The Prince Australian Tour 2012 dates have been leaked, announced a tad earlier than promoters had planned with Everguide accidentally leaking the dates, spotted by FasterLouder, the day before the official announcement was due.
Earlier today promoter Chugg Entertainment teased fans that an announcement was imminent, writing on Facebook, “Hmmmm. Just checked the weather report. It’s predicting purple rain for tomorrow…”
The tour will mark only the third time Prince has visited Australia in his long career, and marks nine years since he last visited.
According to The Herald Sun, several promoters had been in negotiations with the Purple Rain pop superstar to present his upcoming Australian concerts.
Big Day Out were part of that bidding process, according to promoter Ken West, who explained back in 2011 as his festival suffered backlash from an underwhelming lineup that “We got asked over a year ago by Prince’s representation to say, ‘We really want to do the Big Day Out’.”
“At the same time we had Blink 182 chasing us for a year, saying, this’ll get Travis (Barker) on a plane. Neither happened. It just kept going to the end of the line and nobody ever really said, ‘No’.”
The tour dates are surprisingly soon, and tickets go on sale next Monday 16 April at 9am with no pre-sale, which means you better set your alarm clock because this is going to be bigger than…well…comprable to Radiohead. Tickets start at $99.
But thousands of fans struggling to get limited tickets won’t be the only problem facing promoters. Prince is notorious for his list of backstage demands which you can have a look at below.
Prince Australian tour 2012 dates:
Friday 11th May – Allphones Arena, Sydney
Monday 14th May – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Friday 18th May – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
