The Diamonds and Pearls Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist Prince and the New Power Generation promoting his Diamonds and Pearls album, released the previous year. The tour itinerary were scheduled dates in Asia, Europe, and for the first time, Australia. Like several of his then-recent tours, Prince chose not to tour the United States, the exception being the Lovesexy Tour in 1988. It would be 1993's Act I Tour before Prince did a full tour of the United States.
History More extravagant than the previous year's Nude Tour, the Diamonds and Pearls Tour had more expensive set design, and additional band members. The setlist focused mainly on songs from the album, but was spattered with a number of greatest hits. Most songs were played in their entirety. Prince added a new horn section to the band and promoted a new hip hop image with raps by Tony M. The concerts were preceded with footage and teases from his forthcoming album, indicating that videos had already been shot and ready to be released.
Opening act Carmen Electra (select venues) The Naked Mazurs (select venues) Djaambi (select venues)
Band Prince — vocals, piano, and guitar Levi Seacer Jr. — guitar and vocals Sonny T. — bass guitar and vocals Rosie Gaines — keyboards, organ, and vocals Tommy Barbarella — keyboards Michael Bland — drums, percussion Tony M. — dancing and lead raps Kirky J. and Damon Dickson — dance and vocals The NPG Hornz — brass Mayte, Diamond and Pearl — dancing
After the departure of the remaining members of The Revolution after 1990's Nude Tour, Prince decided to officially dub this new band the New Power Generation. Most of the band transferred over from the Nude Tour. Levi Seacer Jr. was switched from bass to guitar to replace the departed Miko Weaver while Sonny T. took over for Levi on bass. Tommy Barbarella was brought in as a replacement for Doctor Fink on keyboards.
Prince added a new horn section to the band, dubbed the NPG Hornz who, while not being active on the Diamonds and Pearls album, would contribute greatly to Prince's albums for several years.
Dancers Diamond, Lori Elle, and Pearl, Robia LaMorte, served as spokespersons for Prince during the tour while also performing in the album's videos while Mayte, then-newest member of the NPG Band was a troupe dancer who was being promoted for his next project that same summer of 1992.
Set lists Setlist of 24 April 1992, at the Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
"Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (Introduction) "Thunder" "Daddy Pop" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Let's Go Crazy" "Kiss" "Jughead" (Includes "Dead on It" intro) "Purple Rain" "Live 4 Love" "Willing and Able" (Includes "Lively Up Yourself" intro) Interlude "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Sexy M.F." "Thieves in the Temple" (Includes snippets of "It") "A Night in Tunisia" / "Strollin'" (Instrumental) "Insatiable" "Gett Off" / "Gett Off (Houstyle)" (Includes snippets of "The Flow")
Encore I
"Cream" (Includes "La, La, La, He, He, Hee" interpolation) "Chain of Fools" (Vocals by Rosie Gaines)
Encore II
"1999" / "Baby I'm a Star" / "Push" (Includes "A Love Bizarre", "My Name is Prince" and "Peter Gunn Theme" interpolations)
Additional notes On some dates, "Damn U" was performed in place of "Nothing Compares 2 U" Starting the UK Dates, "Delirious" was performed in place of Willing and Able on some dates, after the Stuttgart show it was performed for the remainder of the tour. On a few dates of the tour, "Bambi" was performed after "Live 4 Love" or in replacement of "Live 4 Love"
Tour dates + List of 1992 concerts Date City Country Venue CapacityApril 3, 1992TokyoJapanTokyo Dome 96,324 / 96,324April 4, 1992April 7, 1992NagoyaRainbow Hall 10,543 / 10,543April 9, 1992YokohamaYokohama Arena 14,637 / 14,637April 13, 1992BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Entertainment Centre 22,875 / 22,875April 14, 1992April 16, 1992MelbourneFlinders Park Tennis Centre 63,954 / 63,954April 18, 1992April 19, 1992April 21, 1992April 22, 1992April 24, 1992SydneySydney Entertainment Centre 66,156 / 66,156April 26, 1992April 27, 1992April 29, 1992April 30, 1992May 1, 1992May 3, 1992Sydney Cricket Ground 39,894 / 48,042May 25, 1992GhentBelgiumFlanders Expo 11,000 / 11,000May 27, 1992RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy51,900 / 53,000 May 28, 1992May 30, 1992DortmundGermanyWestfalenhallen 13,689 / 13,689May 31, 1992BerlinWaldbühne 22,100 / 22,100June 2, 1992CologneSporthalle 7,648 / 7,648June 3, 1992FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt 10,961 / 10,961June 5, 1992MunichOlympiahalle12,760 / 12,760June 6, 1992June 8, 1992KielOstseehalle10,232 / 10,232June 9, 1992HamburgAlsterdorfer Sporthalle 13,678 / 13,678June 10, 1992June 13, 1992DublinIrelandRoyal Dublin Showgrounds 27,698 / 27,698June 15, 1992LondonEnglandEarls Court Exhibition Centre 133,144 / 133,144June 16, 1992June 17, 1992June 19, 1992June 20, 1992June 21, 1992June 23, 1992June 24, 1992June 26, 1992ManchesterMaine Road39,113 / 39,113June 28, 1992GlasgowScotlandCeltic Park33,114 / 33,114July 1, 1992StuttgartGermanyHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle12,344 / 12,344July 3, 1992TrierMoselstadion16,988 / 16,988July 4, 1992MaastrichtNetherlandsMECC17,543 / 17,543July 6, 1992RotterdamRotterdam AhoyJuly 7, 1992July 8, 1992July 10, 1992ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy47,767 / 47,767July 11, 1992July 12, 1992
Postponed and cancelled dates Date City Country Venue Rescheduled/Cancelled Reason May 11, 1992 Hanover Germany Niedersachsenstadion Cancelled Originally rescheduled to 30 May 1992 but then cancelled May 12, 1992 Berlin Waldbühne Rescheduled to 31 May 1992 Unknown May 14, 1992Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe Arena Cancelled Unknown May 15, 1992 Unknown May 17, 1992 Gothenburg Scandinavium Unknown
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External links Prince Tour History