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Prince finally headed for NZ

Author
NZ Herald Staff,
Publish Date
Fri, 5 Feb 2016, 1:52pm
The artist formerly known as... (Getty Images)
The artist formerly known as... (Getty Images)

Prince finally headed for NZ

Author
NZ Herald Staff,
Publish Date
Fri, 5 Feb 2016, 1:52pm

He's recorded some of pop music's biggest songs across a career spanning four decades - but Prince has never performed in New Zealand. Until now.

The Purple Rain and Kiss maker will perform later this month in New Zealand, a press release issued today said.

Prince, 57, will be touring New Zealand and Australia as part of his Piano and a Microphone tour, the statement said.

Further details, including venues and dates, would be announced "soon" but previous shows on the tour have been stripped back affairs, with Prince performing with just a piano for company.

Prince remains one of pop's enduring enigmatic stars, as respected now for his innovations, his musicianship and vast body of work, as he was celebrated for his hits during his commercial peak during the 1980s.

It's estimated he's sold more than 100 million albums and he's won multiple Grammys as well as an Oscar and a Golden Globe.

Albums like 1999 (1982), Sign o' the Times (1987) and Purple Rain (1984) are considered classics. On those - and some other 40 studio albums in his career - the multi-instrumentalist combined guitar rock, funk, soul, jazz, R&B, psychedelia and often sexually charged lyrics into a singular sound.

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