Dirty Mind Tour

Dirty Mind Tour
Tour by Prince
Location	United States
Associated album	Dirty Mind
Start date	December 4, 1980
End date	April 6, 1981
Legs	2
Shows	30
Prince tour chronology
Prince Tour (1979–1980) Dirty Mind Tour (1980–1981) Controversy Tour (1981–1982)

The Dirty Mind Tour was the second concert tour by Prince, and supported his third album Dirty Mind. The tour lasted from late December 1980 through April 1981.

History

The tour focused on material from Prince's second and third albums, and marks the debut of Lisa Coleman on keyboards, replacing Gayle Chapman who left following the previous tour. Prince had begun playing "Head" during the Prince tour which ultimately caused her to leave the band as she felt the songs lyrics and on stage antics conflicted with her religious beliefs. After the tour, the band would be further depleted by the departure of bassist André Cymone. Cymone would leave over a number of grievances with Prince -a number of which were that his contributions to Prince's music went uncredited, his lack of input in the studio, and most of all he was ready to start his own career- but some feel that his bitter feelings toward Prince stem from he believing he should have been treated better considering how his family offered Prince a home after he left his father's house.^[1] Cymone would later claim that Prince stole many of his ideas that were used for his The Time and that he created the bassline for Controversy's Do Me, Baby.^[1]

Additionally, with this tour Prince updated his look. After being told by his managers he couldn't wear spandex pants without any underwear, Prince began performing in a long trench coat, black high heeled boots and leggings, and just bikini brief trunks.

The band

• Prince: Lead Vocals and Guitar
• Dez Dickerson: Guitar
• André Cymone: Bass
• Matt Fink: Keyboards
• Lisa Coleman: Keyboards and Piano
• Bobby Z.: Drums

Set list

Setlist of March 9th, 1981, at the Sam's, Minneapolis, Minnesota^[2]

1. "Do It All Night"
2. "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
3. "Gotta Broken Heart Again"
4. "Broken"
5. "When You Were Mine"
6. "Sexy Dancer"
7. "Sister"
8. "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
9. "Head"
10. "Still Waiting"
11. "Partyup"
12. "Uptown"
13. "Crazy You"
14. "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)"
15. "Dirty Mind"

Encore

1. "Everybody Dance"
2. "Bambi"

Tour Dates

Prior to the Dirty Mind Tour, Prince took his band to Europe for three shows in Amsterdam, London and Paris.

Date	City	Country	Venue
First Leg
December 04, 1980	Buffalo	United States	Shea's Buffalo
December 05, 1980	Washington, D.C.		Warner Theatre
December 07, 1980	Raleigh		Civic Center
December 10, 1980	New York		The Ritz
December 11, 1980	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
December 12, 1980	Chattanooga		Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
December 13, 1980	Nashville		Tennessee Theatre
December 14, 1980	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
December 18, 1980	Memphis		Ellis Auditorium
December 20, 1980	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
December 26, 1980	Chicago		Uptown Theatre
Second Leg
March 09, 1981	Minneapolis	United States	Sam's
March 11, 1981	Royal Oak		Royal Oak Music Theatre
March 11, 1981
March 13, 1981	Atlanta		Agora Ballroom
March 15, 1981	Virginia Beach		Rogues
March ??, 1981	Baltimore		??
March 17, 1981	Boston		Metro
March 18, 1981	Cherry Hill		Emerald City
March 20, 1981	Ypsilanti		EMU - Bowen Field House
March 22, 1981	New York		The Ritz
March 24, 1981	Chicago		Park West
March 24, 1981
March 26, 1981	Denver		Rainbow Music Hall
March 29, 1981	San Francisco		The Stone
March 31, 1981	West Hollywood		Flipper's
April 3, 1981	San Antonio		Majestic Theatre
April 4, 1981	Dallas		McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
April 5, 1981	Houston		Hofheinz Pavilion
April 6, 1981	New Orleans		Saenger Theatre

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Alex Hahn (2003). "Possessed: The Rise And Fall Of Prince". Billboard Books. 
2. ^ http://www.princevault.com/index.php/09_March,_1981