For nearly four decades, Prince reigned as music’s greatest showman. In the studio, he was a wizard, but onstage, he was a god. The fans who filed into the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on April 14 couldn’t have known they were witnessing his final show, but in some ways it was a typical Prince marathon: two sets, 40-plus songs (some revisited), surprising covers and to close, “Purple Rain.” At one point, he had to leave the stage to collect himself. “Sometimes,” Prince told the crowd, “you forget how emotional the music is.”
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Prince’s Piano & A Microphone Tour
Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, 4/14/16