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The 1999 Tour (Triple Threat Tour) was a concert tour by American recording artist, Prince in support of his 1999 double album. The tour included Vanity 6, and The Time. as opening acts. The tour ran from November 1982 to April 1983, across the United States. More dates were planned for Europe, but Prince preferred staying to work on other projects, including his upcoming hit film and album of the same name Purple Rain.
| Tour by Prince | |
| Associated album | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Start date | November 11, 1982 |
| End date | April 10, 1983 |
| Legs | 2 |
| No. of shows | 93 |
| Prince concert chronology | |
| |
Line-up
Vanity 6: Vanity (lead vox), Susan Moonsie (lip-sync), Brenda Bennett (lead/backing vox) *Jill Jones singing offstage for Susan Moonsie, and The Time playing backstage*
The Time: Morris Day (lead vox), Jerome Benton (valet/dancer/backing vox), Jesse Johnson (guitar/backing vox), Jimmy Jam (keyboards/backing vox) Terry Lewis (bass/backing vox) Monte Moir (keyboards/backing vox), Jellybean Johnson (drums)
Prince (band): Prince (lead vox/guitar/piano), Dez Dickerson (backing vox/guitar), Brownmark (bass/backing vox), Jill Jones (backing vox), Lisa Coleman (keyboards/backing vox), Dr. Fink (keyboards/backing vox), Bobby Z. (drums)
History
The tour also served as promotion for both The Time's "What Time Is It?" album, and Vanity 6's debut album, which were all produced by Prince in 1982 through his aliases "Jamie Starr" and "the Starr Company". The tour marked the departure of members from both Prince's band and the Time. Guitarist Dez Dickerson left Prince's band a couple of months after the tour ended, due to the fact that the songs played during the tour were opposed to his religious nature. Dickerson would be replaced in August of 1983 by Wendy Melvoin. At the time, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have been fired by Prince and Morris (allegedly). This was due to the fact that they couldn't make it to a show in San Antonio during a blizzard storm that happened in Atlanta leaving them stranded there. Due to their absence, Prince was the one who had to play the bass off-stage for Lewis while Jerome Benton (valet/dancer for The Time) had to mimic playing the bass on-stage. Another reason they were fired is due to the fact that they violated their contract which instructed the duo to not to produce for other bands, by producing for the S.O.S. Band The pair would therefore be replaced by St. Paul Peterson and Jerry Hubbard, while Jam and Lewis went on to write and produce for more bands and studio artists. Monte Moir who was also in The Time also took the opportunity to leave as well (being replaced by Mark Cardenas) and ended up collaborating occasionally with Jam and Lewis.
During the tour, tensions escalated as The Time were considered to upstage Prince's band for being considered more "funkier", and a bigger success with the audience. Prince would end up omitting The Time from advertising bills and even from shows for being too good, but nonetheless they remained as a backing band for the first opening act, Vanity 6.
The audience for the tour was mostly African-American during its first leg in 1982, but the audience had an increase in white audience during its second leg in 1983, because Prince started to include his rock single "Little Red Corvette" on the setlist, according to Monte Moir. The single which was accompanied by a video was played on heavy rotation on the MTV network channel.
Within dates of the tour, Prince made two appearances on Solid Gold to promote his singles "1999" and "Little Red Corvette". The Time and Vanity 6 would do the same with their songs before and during the tour by performing on TV shows and in local clubs.
Setlist
1982 (leg 1)
- Controversy
- Let's Work
- Do Me, Baby
- D.M.S.R
- interlude (Lisa solo)
- piano improv. (Prince)
- How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
- Lady Cab Driver
- Automatic
- International Lover
- 1999
(Head, Uptown, and Delirious would sometimes be played at certain shows)
1983 (leg 2)
- Controversy
- Let's Work
- Do Me, Baby
- Sexuality/Let's Pretend We're Married
- interlude (Lisa solo)
- piano improv. (Prince)
- How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
- Lady Cab Driver
- Little Red Corvette
- Dirty Mind
- International Lover
- 1999
(Some shows would have D.M.S.R in the setlist in place of Sexuality/Let's Pretend We're Married)
Song albums: Controversy, 1999, Dirty Mind
Dates
| # | Date | City | Country | Venue | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 Tour (Leg 1 : 1982-83) | |||||
| 1 | November 11, 1982 | Chattanooga | United States | Memorial Auditorium | 1 700 |
| 2 | November 12, 1982 | Atlanta | Fox Theatre | 10 543 | |
| 3 | 10 543 | ||||
| 4 | November 13, 1982 | 10 543 | |||
| 5 | November 14, 1982 | New-Orleans | Sanger Theater | 2 636 | |
| 6 | November 15, 1982 | 2 636 | |||
| 7 | November 18, 1982 | Columbus | Veterans Memorial Auditorium | 4 000 | |
| 8 | November 19, 1982 | Gary | Genesis Convention Center | 8 500 | |
| 9 | November 20, 1982 | Indianapolis | Market Square Arena | 16 000 | |
| 10 | November 21, 1982 | Cleveland | Public Hall | 8 000 | |
| 11 | November 23, 1982 | Baltimore | Civic Center | 14 000 | |
| 12 | November 24, 1982 | Philadelphia | Class Of 1964 Skating Rink | 2 500 | |
| 13 | November 25, 1982 | 2 500 | |||
| 14 | November 26, 1982 | Greensboro | Greensboro Coliseum | 12 187 | |
| 15 | November 27, 1982 | Hampton | Hampton Coliseum | 13 800 | |
| 16 | November 28, 1982 | Columbia | Carolina Coliseum | 12 352 | |
| 17 | November 30, 1982 | Detroit | Masonic Temple Auditorium | 4 322 | |
| 18 | December 1, 1982 (am) | 4 322 | |||
| 19 | 4 322 | ||||
| 20 | December 2, 1982 | 4 322 | |||
| 21 | 4 322 | ||||
| 22 | December 3, 1982 | 4 322 | |||
| 23 | December 4, 1982 | Saint-Louis | The Checkerdome | 16 323 | |
| 24 | December 5, 1982 | Louisville | Louisville Gardens | 6 750 | |
| 25 | December 6, 1982 | 6 750 | |||
| 26 | December 8, 1982 | Saginaw | Wendler Arena | 7 600 | |
| 27 | December 9, 1982 | Chicago | Auditorium Theatre | 4 000 | |
| 28 | December 10, 1982 | 4 000 | |||
| 29 | December 11, 1982 | 4 000 | |||
| 30 | December 12, 1982 | Cincinnati | Riverfront Coliseum | 7 170 | |
| 31 | December 15, 1982 | Memphis | Mid-South Coliseum | 11 200 | |
| 32 | December 16, 1982 | Nashville | Municipal Auditorium | 9 000 | |
| 33 | December 17, 1982 | Little Rock | Pine Bluff's Convention Center | 9 000 | |
| 34 | December 18, 1982 | Bâton-Rouge | Riverside Centroplex | 8 600 | |
| 35 | December 19, 1982 | Birmingham | Civic Center Coliseum | 19 000 | |
| 36 | December 20, 1982 | New Orleans | Saenger Performing Arts Center | 2 636 | |
| 37 | December 29, 1982 | Houston | The Summit | 16 000 | |
| 38 | December 31, 1982 | Dallas | Reunion Arena | 17 734 | |
| 39 | January 2, 1983 | Dallas | Reunion Arena | 11 426 | |
| 40 | January 3, 1983 | Lake Charles | Lake Charles Civic Center | 5 230 | |
| 1999 Tour (Leg 2 : 1983) | |||||
| 41 | February 1, 1983 | Lakeland | United States | Lakeland Civic Center | 9 500 |
| 42 | February 2, 1983 | Savannah | Savannah Civic Center | 9 600 | |
| 43 | February 3, 1983 | Augusta | Augusta Coliseum | 20 000 | |
| 44 | February 4, 1983 | Greensboro | Greensboro Coliseum | 12 500 | |
| 45 | February 5, 1983 | Richmond | Richmond Coliseum | 20 000 | |
| 46 | February 6, 1983 | Roanoke | Roanoke Civic Center | 10 622 | |
| 47 | February 10, 1983 | Providence | Providence Civic Center | 14 500 | |
| 48 | February 11, 1983 | Hartford | Hartford Civic Center | 7 000 | |
| 49 | February 12, 1983 | Norfolk | The Scope | 6 853 | |
| 50 | February 13, 1983 | Washington DC | Starplex Armory | 10 000 | |
| 51 | February 14, 1983 | 10 000 | |||
| 52 | February 15, 1983 | Chapel Hill | UONC Auditorium | 8 010 | |
| 53 | February 16, 1983 | Macon | Macon Coliseum | 9 252 | |
| 54 | February 17, 1983 | Columbus | Columbus Municipal Auditorium | 3 916 | |
| 55 | February 18, 1983 | Tallahassee | Leon County Civic Center | 9 975 | |
| 56 | February 19, 1983 | Jacksonville | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 11 626 | |
| 57 | February 20, 1983 | Mobile | Municipal Auditorium | 10 112 | |
| 58 | February 22, 1983 | Greenville | Greenville Memorial Auditorium | 7 500 | |
| 59 | February 24, 1983 | Buffalo | War Memorial Auditorium | 2 000 | |
| 60 | February 25, 1983 | East Lansing | MSU Auditorium | 3 800 | |
| 61 | February 26, 1983 | Toledo | Toledo Sports Arena | 3 500 | |
| 62 | February 27, 1983 | Ann Arbor | Chrysler Arena | 13 751 | |
| 63 | February 28, 1983 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Civic Arena | 12 860 | |
| 64 | March 2, 1983 | Peoria | Peoria Civic Center | 10 129 | |
| 65 | March 3, 1983 | Dayton | Hara Arena | 5 500 | |
| 66 | March 5, 1983 | Baltimore | Baltimore Civic Center | 14 000 | |
| 67 | March 6, 1983 | Salisbury | Salisbury Civic Center | 6 892 | |
| 68 | March 8, 1983 | Norfolk | The Scope | 6 853 | |
| 69 | March 9, 1983 | Columbus | Columbus Municipal Auditorium | 3 916 | |
| 70 | March 10, 1983 | Monroe | Monroe Civic Center | 7 600 | |
| 71 | March 11, 1983 | Huntsville | Von Braun Civic Center | 10 000 | |
| 72 | March 12, 1983 | Knoxville | Knoxville Civic Auditorium | 2 500 | |
| 73 | March 13, 1983 | Kalamazoo | Wings Stadium | 5 113 | |
| 74 | March 15, 1983 | Minneapolis | Met Center | 13 500 | |
| 75 | March 17, 1983 | Rockford | Rockford Metro Center | 10 000 | |
| 76 | March 18, 1983 | Omaha | Omaha Civic Auditorium | 10 960 | |
| 77 | March 19, 1983 | Kansas City | Kansas City Municipal Auditorium | 7 313 | |
| 78 | March 21, 1983 | New York | Radio City Music Hall | 6 400 | |
| 79 | March 24, 1983 | San Antonio | HemisFair Arena | 16 057 | |
| 80 | March 25, 1983 | Norman | Lloyd Noble Center | 8 519 | |
| 81 | March 28, 1983 | Universal City | Universal Amphitheater | 6 251 | |
| 82 | March 29, 1983 | San Diego | San Diego Sports Arena | 12 800 | |
| 83 | March 30, 1983 | Phoenix | Phoenix Veterans Coliseum | 14 041 | |
| 84 | March 31, 1983 | Long Beach | Long Beach Arena | 13 500 | |
| 85 | April 1, 1983 | Oakland | Oakland Coliseum | 14 200 | |
| 86 | April 2, 1983 | Fresno | Selland Arena | 9 000 | |
| 87 | April 3, 1983 | Oakland | Oakland Coliseum | 14 200 | |
| 89 | April 5, 1983 | Denver | Auditorium Arena | 5 800 | |
| 90 | April 7, 1983 | Milwaukee | The Mecca | 9 532 | |
| 91 | April 8, 1983 | Détroit | Joe Louis Arena | 21 672 | |
| 92 | April 9, 1983 | Cleveland | Richfield Coliseum | 17 500 | |
| 93 | April 10, 1983 | Chicago | UIC Pavillion | 10 650 | |
Dates were planned for the Netherlands, further in the month of April, but were cancelled...
The Time started to get ommitted from shows during the second leg... So only played backstage for Vanity 6 for those shows, instead.
1999 Super Deluxe (disc 4, 5 and 6)
The 1999 Super Deluxe album posthumously released in 2019 includes an audio recording of one of the shows of this tour that happened on December 1, 1982 at the Masonic Hall in Detroit. On the album, it has been labelled as November 30, 1982. The album also includes a video recording of one of the shows that happened in Houston on December 29, 1982. The album also includes a tour demo of a mashup/re-recording made by Prince of the songs; Lady Cab Driver, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Head, and Little Red Corvette, to show his band how they should play it next show. The mashup was made in January 1983 in between the legs of the 1999 tour. This re-interpretation however, was only played in the show that happened in Lakeland, Florida.
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