Musicology Live 2004ever was a concert tour by American recording artist Prince to promote his Musicology album. The tour began on March 27, 2004 in Reno, Nevada and concluded on September 11 in San Jose, California. It was a commercial success earning $87.4 million from 77 shows in 52 cities across the United States and selling more than 1.4 million tickets. Prince said one of the goals of the tour was "to bring back music and live musicianship."

Background and development In April 2004, Prince released his thirtieth studio album Musicology from Columbia Records after leaving former record labels Warner Bros. and Arista. The album followed the 2003 releases Xpectation and N.E.W.S. When speaking about the album, Prince stated: "I am really an artist and a musician at heart, that's what I do. Musicology has no boundaries or formats. It is long overdue to return to the art and craft of music, that's what this album is about. School's in session."

The singer gave a small performance at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles in February to preview some of the new songs from the album where he also announced plans for an upcoming tour. Tour dates were announced later that month in North America. He opened the 2004 Grammy Awards with Beyoncé and was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the same year. More tour dates were announced shortly afterward.

The Musicology Tour also increased sales of the Musicology album because concertgoers received a copy of Musicology, with the album cost included in the ticket price for the tour. This prompted Billboard magazine and Nielsen SoundScan to change its chart data methodology: For future album releases, Billboard says that customers "must be given an option to either add the CD to the ticket purchase or forgo the CD for a reduced ticket-only price."

Set list This set list is representative of the first show in Los Angeles on March 29, 2004. It does not represent all concerts during 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" (interlude) "The Beautiful Ones" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Insatiable" "Sign 'O' the Times" "The Question of U" "Let's Work" "U Got the Look" "Life O' the Party" "Soul Man" "Kiss" "Take Me with U" Encore Acoustic Medley: "4ever in My Life" / "12:01" / "On the Couch" / "Little Red Corvette" / "Sometimes It Snows in April" / "7" "Purple Rain"

Tour dates + List of 2004 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueNorth America box score data: Date City Country Venue Attendance RevenueMarch 27RenoUnited StatesLawlor Events Center11,777 / 11,777$748,253March 29Los AngelesStaples Center17,367 / 17,367$1,249,585March 30BakersfieldCentennial Garden7,987 / 7,987$599,025March 31GlendaleGlendale Arena16,094 / 16,094$1,035,859April 2DallasAmerican Airlines Center18,483 / 18,483$1,161,356April 6Oklahoma CityFord Center13,651 / 13,651$845,412April 7OmahaQwest Center12,398 / 12,398$632,148April 8AmesHilton Coliseum11,009 / 11,009$510,195April 10ChampaignUI Assembly Hall11,867 / 11,867$560,008April 12IndianapolisConseco Fieldhouse10,859 / 10,859$678,557April 13CincinnatiU.S. Bank Arena12,805 / 12,805$800,568April 14PittsburghMellon Arena14,092 / 14,092$869,272April 16ColumbusSchottenstein Center16,381 / 16,381$928,386April 17ClevelandGund Arena18,558 / 18,558$1,101,243April 18University ParkBryce Jordan Center10,913 / 10,913$548,586April 21ColumbiaColonial Center16,165 / 16,165$873,620April 22KnoxvilleThompson–Boling Arena11,614 / 11,614$651,685April 23RaleighRBC Center18,494 / 18,494$1,159,331April 25SunriseOffice Depot Center18,231 / 18,231$1,051,164April 26TampaSt. Pete Times Forum17,079 / 17,079$1,038,895April 27JacksonvilleJacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena14,791 / 14,791$880,132April 29BirminghamBirmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex16,889 / 16,889$826,669April 30AtlantaPhilips Arena17,977 / 17,977$1,168,393May 1BiloxiMississippi Coast Coliseum10,365 / 10,365$606,474May 4Kansas CityKemper Arena14,941 / 14,941$752,126May 5St. LouisSavvis Center17,393 / 17,393$953,651May 6NashvilleGaylord Entertainment Center16,680 / 16,680$983,425May 24AnaheimArrowhead Pond of Anaheim15,467 / 15,467$968,729May 26Los AngelesStaples Center34,651 / 34,651$2,527,148May 28May 29ParadiseMandalay Bay Events Center22,594 / 22,594$2,432,651May 30June 1San JoseHP Pavilion35,269 / 35,269$2,332,326June 2June 3Los AngelesStaples Center34,642 / 34,642$2,478,030June 4June 9San AntonioSBC Center12,607 / 12,607$774,980June 11DallasAmerican Airlines Center18,093 / 18,093$1,043,408June 12Bossier CityCenturyTel Center12,552 / 12,552$670,239June 14MemphisThe Pyramid17,202 / 17,202$942,981June 16Saint PaulXcel Energy Center60,044 / 60,044$3,615,429June 17June 18June 20Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills39,009 / 39,009$2,274,438June 21June 24MilwaukeeMarcus Amphitheater21,475 / 21,475$1,167,219June 25RosemontAllstate Arena17,642 / 17,642$1,063,791July 12New York CityMadison Square Garden57,023 / 57,023$3,973,848July 13July 14July 16East RutherfordContinental Airlines Arena40,502 / 40,502$2,567,168July 17HartfordHartford Civic Center12,698 / 12,698$674,076July 18East RutherfordContinental Airlines ArenaJuly 20UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum16,661 / 16,661$1,007,320July 22RosemontAllstate Arena50,089 / 50,089$2,770,944July 23July 24July 27TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre 39,366 / 39,366 $2,899,618July 28July 30DetroitUnited StatesJoe Louis Arena18,993 / 18,993$1,214,610July 31Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills19,505 / 19,505$1,679,045August 1Grand RapidsVan Andel Arena10,354 / 10,354$632,130August 3RosemontAllstate Arena16,697 / 16,697$1,081,453August 6HoustonToyota Center31,504 / 31,504$1,816,214August 7August 9AtlantaPhilips Arena33,214 / 33,214$2,031,926August 10August 12Washington, D.C.MCI Center54,927 / 54,927$3,549,885August 13August 14August 17BostonFleetCenter49,085 / 49,085$2,799,722August 18August 19August 22PhiladelphiaWachovia Center56,624 / 56,624$3,450,758August 23August 24August 27DenverPepsi Center34,348 / 34,348$2,207,112August 28August 30SeattleKeyArena30,282 / 30,282$1,688,379August 31September 1PortlandRose Garden Arena13,271 / 13,271$897,300September 3SacramentoARCO Arena16,334 / 16,334$908,656September 4FresnoSave Mart Center14,940 / 14,940$770,623September 5San DiegoCox Arena12,545 / 12,545$918,333September 7West Valley CityUSANA AmphitheaterSeptember 9OaklandOakland Arena16,492 / 16,492$949,192September 10San JoseHP Pavilion33,534 / 33,534$1,838,670September 11 Total 1,240,269 / 1,240,269 (100%) $75,515,157

Band

Lead vocals & guitar – Prince Rhythm guitar – Mike Scott Bass – Rhonda Smith Drums – John Blackwell Keyboards – Renato Neto and Rad Saxophones – Maceo Parker and Candy Dulfer Trombone – Greg Boyer Keys — Chance Howard

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