Diamonds and Pearls Tour

Diamonds and Pearls Tour
Tour by Prince
Associated album	Diamonds and Pearls
Start date	April 3, 1992
End date	July 12, 1992
Legs	3
Shows	4 in Asia 14 in Australia 32 in Europe 50 in Total
Prince tour chronology
Nude Tour (1990) Diamonds and Pearls Tour (1992) Act I Tour (1993)

The Diamonds and Pearls Tour was a concert tour by Prince promoting his Diamonds and Pearls album, released the previous year. Like several of his then-recent tours, Prince chose not to tour in the United States (the exception being the Lovesexy World Tour). It wouldn't be till 1993's Act I tour before Prince did a full tour of the U.S.

History

More extravagant than the previous year's Nude Tour, the Diamonds and Pearls Tour had more expensive set design, and additional band members. The setlist focused mainly on songs from the album, but was spattered with a number of greatest hits. Most songs were played in their entirety. Prince added a new horn section to the band and promoted a new hip-hop image with raps by Tony M.

Band

• Prince — vocals, piano and guitar
• Levi Seacer, Jr. — guitar and vocals
• Sonny T. — bass guitar and vocals
• Rosie Gaines — keyboards, organ and vocals
• Tommy Barbarella — keyboards
• Michael Bland — drums, percussion and vocals
• Tony M. — dancing and lead raps
• Kirky J. and Damon Dickson — dance and vocals
• The NPG Hornz — brass
• Mayte, Diamond and Pearl — dancing

After the departure of the remaining members of The Revolution after 1990's Nude Tour, Prince decided to officially dub this new band the New Power Generation. Most of the band transferred over from the Nude Tour. Levi Seacer, Jr. was switched from bass to guitar to replace the departed Miko Weaver while Sonny T. took over for Levi on bass. Tommy Barbarella was brought in as a replacement for Doctor Fink on keyboards.

Prince added a new horn section to the band, dubbed the New Power Generation Hornz who, while not being active on the Diamonds and Pearls album, would contribute greatly to Prince's albums for several years.

Dancers Diamond and Pearl were mainly eye candy and holdovers from promotional videos, but Mayte would be elevated to the focus of his next album, and eventually become Prince's bride.

Typical set list

1. "Take My Hand, Precious Lord "
2. "Thunder"
3. "Daddy Pop"
4. "Diamonds and Pearls"
5. "Let's Go Crazy"
6. "Kiss"
7. "Jughead" (contains excerpts of "Dead on It")
8. "Purple Rain"
9. "Live 4 Love" (contains excerpts of "The Question of U")
10. "Willing and Able" (contains excerpts of "Lively Up Yourself" and "Delirious")
11. "Damn U"
12. "Sexy M.F."
13. "A Night In Tunisia"
14. "Thieves in the Temple" (contains excerpts of "It")
15. "Strollin'" (instrumental)
16. "Insatiable "
17. "Gett Off" (contains excerpts of "The Flow")
18. "Cream" (contains excerpts of "La, La, La, He, He, Hee" and "Well Done")
19. Medley:
    1. "1999"
    2. "Baby I'm a Star" (contains excerpts of "Respect")
    3. "Push" (contains excerpts of "A Love Bizarre", "The Glamorous Life" and "My Name Is Prince")
20. "Peter Gunn Theme"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Asia
April 3, 1992	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome
April 4, 1992
April 7, 1992	Nagoya		Rainbow Hall
April 9, 1992	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena
Australia
April 13, 1992	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
April 14, 1992
April 16, 1992	Melbourne		Flinders Park Tennis Centre
April 18, 1992
April 19, 1992
April 21, 1992
April 22, 1992
April 24, 1992	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
April 26, 1992
April 27, 1992
April 29, 1992
April 30, 1992
May 1, 1992
May 3, 1992			Sydney Cricket Ground
Europe
May 25, 1992	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Expo
May 27, 1992	Rotterdam	Holland	Ahoy Rotterdam
May 28, 1992
May 30, 1992	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
May 31, 1992	Berlin		Waldbühne
June 2, 1992	Cologne		Cologne Sporthalle
June 3, 1992	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
June 5, 1992	Munich		Olympiahalle
June 6, 1992
June 8, 1992	Kiel		Ostseehalle
June 9, 1992	Hamburg		Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
June 10, 1992
June 13, 1992	Dublin	Ireland	Royal Dublin Showgrounds
June 15, 1992	London	England	Earls Court
June 16, 1992
June 17, 1992
June 19, 1992
June 20, 1992
June 21, 1992
June 23, 1992
June 24, 1992
June 26, 1992	Manchester		Maine Road
June 28, 1992	Glasgow	Scotland	Celtic Park
July 1, 1992	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyer-Halle
July 3, 1992	Trier		Moselstadion
July 4, 1992	Maastricht	Holland	De Geusselt
July 6, 1992	Rotterdam		Ahoy Rotterdam
July 7, 1992
July 8, 1992
July 10, 1992	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
July 11, 1992
July 12, 1992

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