MY 1984 REVIEW OF THE 'PURPLE RAIN' TOUR

I gave the opening night of Prince's historic tour a mixed review

Following the massive superstar making success of Prince’s film ‘Purple Rain’ and the huge sales of the soundtrack, which was his sixth album on Warner Bros., he embarked on a massive arena tour. I’d seen every Prince tour from his first New York performance at the Bottom Line to support the breakthrough 1981 LP ‘Dirty Mind’ through the his subsequent r…