The Story of Welcome 2 America, Episode 4: We Got 2 Let the Funk Unwind

Prince | Official Podcast

Sony Music

Music Interviews, Music, Arts

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Welcome 2 America Tour brought Prince and his band to several cities for lengthy residencies, including the marathon Twenty One Nite Stand at the L.A. Forum in 2011. Hear exclusive live recordings from the Forum alongside memories from NPG bandmates Morris Hayes, Elisa Fiorillo, Shelby J., and Liv Warfield, Prince's former manager Kiran Sharma, and Ebony Magazine editor Harriette Cole, who Prince recruited to join his Welcome 2 America Tour and spotlight his opening acts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the story of Welcome to America, produced by the Princess State and distributed
0:11.7	by Sony Music Entertainment.
0:17.1	Welcome to America.
0:20.4	Welcome to America's best described as what we've all been waiting for.
0:26.4	Welcome to the final episode of this four-part series on Princess 2010 album Welcome to America,
0:32.1	which has just been released from his vault.
0:34.4	I'm your host, Andrea Swenson.
0:36.6	We spent a lot of time discussing the creation of the album and its powerful messages.
0:41.8	For this episode, we're going to turn our attention to the Welcome to America tour, because
0:46.5	the deluxe edition of the new album includes a full concert on Blu-ray from Princess Residency
0:52.4	at the Forum in Inglewood, California in the spring of 2011.
0:57.5	Prince announced the Welcome to America tour at a press conference in October 2010.
1:02.7	Bring friends, bring your children, and bring foot spray because it's going to be funky.
1:08.3	Welcome to America, peace.
1:14.5	In the spirit of gathering live in person to celebrate Prince, I wanted to kick off
1:18.9	this episode from a very special place.
1:22.0	Princess Paisley Park in Chanhason, Minnesota, we're a release party for Welcome to America
1:27.0	was held on July 30th.
1:29.2	It also happened to be the first time I got to meet one of my co-hosts for this podcast
1:33.4	in person.
1:34.4	I found Mr. Morris Hayes, Prince's longtime music director backstage, waiting to share
1:39.6	his memories with fans, along with one of the vocalists who recorded and toured with
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