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Prince's "Surprise" show, late set
Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis
Friday, January 18, 2013The third and final night of Prince's run at the Dakota Jazz Club was dubbed "Surprise," so it was no shocker that there was rampant speculation going around about what the surprise might be. After attending the late show on Friday night, I'm still not sure what the surprise was, or if there was one at all, or if the surprise was the show itself. It didn't seem like anyone at the Dakota cared about that, though, because Prince took us on a two-hour funky guitar-fueled victory lap with him and reminded us all why we were willing to spend a small fortune just for the chance to be there.
The tables had been cleared out of the Dakota's main floor for the Friday night shows, making it look like what a rich old person's idea of a rock club might be. By the time I got inside at 10:30, the floor was already packed full of people who had been willing to shell out $250 for the privilege of being there. The crowd was younger than I assumed it would be given the price tag, even Prince noted "I haven't seen one old person yet" before singling out some poor fan by adding "except you."
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