Is Prince the real-life Willy Wonka? He holes up in his mysterious Paisley Park complex, where he mixes up magical and strange confections of funk/rock/R&B. He even dresses like Gene Wilder’s purple-jacketed candymaker from the 1971 movie. So it’s a no-brainer that he’d try a Wonka-esque promotion for his forthcoming album 3121, due March 21.
According to fansite prince.org, he’s including seven ”purple tickets” inside random copies of the CD that entitle the bearer to attend a private concert at Prince’s home. Yes, Eminem and other artists have offered similar giveaways, but not even Marshall Mathers is as famously private as Prince. Plus, it looks like Prince is preparing to open up to TV interviewers, including Oprah, Larry King, 60 Minutes (presumably, to young, earring-wearing hipster Ed Bradley), and Ellen DeGeneres.
Not sure if an open, friendly Prince will be as intriguing as the Wonka-esque eccentric we’ve marveled at over the years, but given the fiery preview of his new tracks he offered on Saturday Night Live a week ago, I don’t think we need to fear that Prince is losing his musical edge.
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Damn, that Cheney guy is AWESOME!
Maybe Cheney was just trying to save the Quails from the big bad hunter!
OOOOH, a purple ticket AND a chance to party like it’s 1999 with Prince in person? Dude, that is flyer than Prince’s superhero P*ssy Control.
I guess it’s time to get that part time job at the record store…
i would love to hanag with Prince in his house. I was gonna buy 2 copies of 3121 but now i may need 5
Adore Prince’s music! Man, I envy the winners of the purple tickets!
Party on Prince!
Cool idea! I wonder if he’ll choose one of the seven to run his record label when the concert is over.
Prince would never shoot a quail or a friend. Prince for president!!!
This is completely unrelated to the Prince post, but I didn’t know where to email my comment. EW, your Tonight’s Best TV posts are killing me. For tonight, you do not even list 24 and The Bachelor as TV picks. While I can agree that The Bachelor is not really worth most of our time, you do devote a lot of web space to it, and it is a big show right now. 24 is certainly worthy of being a TV pick. You didn’t just sloppily choose TV picks for tonight, but you do this on a regular basis. Get with it and list the TV shows on for tonight that are truly worthy of our attention and that we need to know are playing that night!
Wait, 7 tickets? Does this mean we get the intellect, and the savois faire?
If so, we all know that one day all seven will die, right?
Aw, to heck with it, I still want to party with that Sexy MF!
eye certainly would like to visit and play in 3121. paisley park in the heart…
Eye would die & go 2 heaven after winning that Purple ticket. That’s an amazing idea.
I hope this really does happen. Prince will have me buying 10 copies of his new CD.
PS, thanks for referencing my online home, prince.org , source of too much purple goodness!
Eye am a huge Prince fan (since eye was 10 years old)….eye went 2 3 of his shows n 2004. He was AWESOME…Columbus,oh.,Nasville,Tn.,and New York…Every show was at least 3 hours long! Eye figure with a Birthday like 7774….karma will bring 1 of those purple tickets my way. LOL…That would be an evening I’d neva 4get! ~1 luv~
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away on a leafy Palo Alto street lined with manicured, multimillion-dollar homes is a low-slung apartment building that
hey prine is it ok if i cum and hang out with u at ure house if u dont mind i love u prince….