Musicology (tour)

In 2004, Prince toured North America to promote his "Musicology" album. The tour was often billed as "Musicology Live2004ever". The tour lasted from 27 March – 11 September 2004 and covered 96 dates throughout the United States and Canada, fetching a significant profit for Prince. It was attended by 1.47 million people in 2004. [http://www.housequake.com/archive/topic/32869-1.html]

Band

* Bass: Rhonda Smith
* Drums: John Blackwell
* Keyboards: Chance Howard (temporarily on hiatus from The Time)
* Keyboards: Renato Neto
* Alto Saxophone: Maceo Parker
* Saxophone: Candy Dulfer
* Saxophone: Mike Phillips
* Trombone: Grey Boyer
* Guitar: Mike Scott
* Whatever: Prince

et list

The typical set list usually consisted of the following, with some songs substituted for others throughout the tour:

* "Musicology"
* "Let's Go Crazy"
* "I Would Die 4 U"
* "When Doves Cry"
* "Baby I'm a Star"
* "Shhh"
* "D.M.S.R."
* "I Feel for You"
* "Controversy"
* "God"
* "Little Red Corvette"
* "Cream"
* "Raspberry Beret"
* "12:01"
* "7"
* "Sign 'O' the Times"
* "The Question of U"
* "The One"
* "Call My Name"
* "Let's Work"
* "U Got the Look"
* "Life O' the Party"
* "Soul Man" (cover)
* "Kiss"
* "Take Me with U"
* "The Beautiful Ones"
* "Nothing Compares 2 U"
* "Purple Rain"

Also some rarities were performed at various venues, such as:

* "Bambi"
* "Venus de Milo"
* "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
* "Adore"
* "Call My Name"
* "On the Couch"
* "Dear Mr. Man"
* "Everyday Is a Winding Road" (cover, also on "Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic")
* "The Work pt. 1"
* "A Love Bizarre"
* "Pass the Peas" (cover)
* "Gotta Whole Lot of Love" (cover)

Despite being a tour for "Musicology", only a few songs from the album were usually performed. However, Prince supplemented these with his extensive back catalogue, both hits and more rare fan-favorites and a few notable cover versions.