Musicology Live 2004ever

Musicology Live 2004ever was a concert tour by American recording artist Prince to promote his Musicology album. The tour began on March 27, 2004 in Reno, Nevada and concluded on September 11 in San Jose, California. It was a commercial success earning $87.4 million from 77 shows in 52 cities across the United States and selling more than 1.4 million tickets.^[1][2] Prince said one of the goals of the tour was "to bring back music and live musicianship."^[3]

Musicology Live 2004ever

Continental tour by Prince
Poster to the concert in Alabama, USA
Location	North America
Associated album	Musicology
Start date	March 27, 2004 (2004-03-27)
End date	September 11, 2004 (2004-09-11)
No. of shows	88
Attendance	1.240 million
Box office	US$87.4 million
Prince concert chronology

Background and development

In April 2004, Prince released his thirtieth studio album Musicology from Columbia Records after leaving former record labels Warner Bros. and Arista. The album followed the 2003 releases Xpectation and N.E.W.S. When speaking about the album, Prince stated:

"I am really an artist and a musician at heart, that's what I do. Musicology has no boundaries or formats. It is long overdue to return to the art and craft of music, that's what this album is about. School's in session."

The singer gave a small performance at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles in February to preview some of the new songs from the album where he also announced plans for an upcoming tour. Tour dates were announced later that month in North America. He opened the 2004 Grammy Awards with Beyoncé and was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the same year. More tour dates were announced shortly afterward.^[3][4]

The Musicology Tour also increased sales of the Musicology album because concertgoers received a copy of Musicology, with the album cost included in the ticket price for the tour. This prompted Billboard magazine and Nielsen SoundScan to change its chart data methodology: For future album releases, Billboard says that customers "must be given an option to either add the CD to the ticket purchase or forgo the CD for a reduced ticket-only price."^[5]

Set list

This set list is representative of the first show in Los Angeles on March 29, 2004. It does not represent all concerts during the tour.

1. "Musicology"
2. "Let's Go Crazy"
3. "I Would Die 4 U"
4. "When Doves Cry"
5. "Baby I'm a Star"
6. "Shhh"
7. "D.M.S.R."
8. "I Feel for You"
9. "Controversy"
10. "God" (interlude)
11. "The Beautiful Ones"
12. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
13. "Insatiable"
14. "Sign 'O' the Times"
15. " The Question of U"
16. "Let's Work"
17. "U Got the Look"
18. "Life O' the Party"
19. "Soul Man"
20. "Kiss"
21. "Take Me with U"

Encore

22. Acoustic Medley: "4ever in My Life" / "12:01" / "On the Couch" / "Little Red Corvette" / "Sometimes It Snows in April" / "7"
23. "Purple Rain"

Tour dates

List of 2004 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue^[6]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
March 27	Reno	United States	Lawlor Events Center	11,777 / 11,777	$748,253
March 29	Los Angeles		Staples Center	17,367 / 17,367	$1,249,585
March 30	Bakersfield		Centennial Garden	7,987 / 7,987	$599,025
March 31	Glendale		Glendale Arena	16,094 / 16,094	$1,035,859
April 2	Dallas		American Airlines Center	18,483 / 18,483	$1,161,356
April 6	Oklahoma City		Ford Center	13,651 / 13,651	$845,412
April 7	Omaha		Qwest Center	12,398 / 12,398	$632,148
April 8	Ames		Hilton Coliseum	11,009 / 11,009	$510,195
April 10	Champaign		UI Assembly Hall	11,867 / 11,867	$560,008
April 12	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse	10,859 / 10,859	$678,557
April 13	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena	12,805 / 12,805	$800,568
April 14	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena	14,092 / 14,092	$869,272
April 16	Columbus		Schottenstein Center	16,381 / 16,381	$928,386
April 17	Cleveland		Gund Arena	18,558 / 18,558	$1,101,243
April 18	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center	10,913 / 10,913	$548,586
April 21	Columbia		Colonial Center	16,165 / 16,165	$873,620
April 22	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena	11,614 / 11,614	$651,685
April 23	Raleigh		RBC Center	18,494 / 18,494	$1,159,331
April 25	Sunrise		Office Depot Center	18,231 / 18,231	$1,051,164
April 26	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum	17,079 / 17,079	$1,038,895
April 27	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	14,791 / 14,791	$880,132
April 29	Birmingham		Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex	16,889 / 16,889	$826,669
April 30	Atlanta		Philips Arena	17,977 / 17,977	$1,168,393
May 1	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum	10,365 / 10,365	$606,474
May 4	Kansas City		Kemper Arena	14,941 / 14,941	$752,126
May 5	St. Louis		Savvis Center	17,393 / 17,393	$953,651
May 6	Nashville		Gaylord Entertainment Center	16,680 / 16,680	$983,425
May 24	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	15,467 / 15,467	$968,729
May 26	Los Angeles		Staples Center	34,651 / 34,651	$2,527,148
May 28
May 29	Paradise		Mandalay Bay Events Center	22,594 / 22,594	$2,432,651
May 30
June 1	San Jose		HP Pavilion	35,269 / 35,269	$2,332,326
June 2
June 3	Los Angeles		Staples Center	34,642 / 34,642	$2,478,030
June 4
June 9	San Antonio		SBC Center	12,607 / 12,607	$774,980
June 11	Dallas		American Airlines Center	18,093 / 18,093	$1,043,408
June 12	Bossier City		CenturyTel Center	12,552 / 12,552	$670,239
June 14	Memphis		The Pyramid	17,202 / 17,202	$942,981
June 16	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center	60,044 / 60,044	$3,615,429
June 17
June 18
June 20	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	39,009 / 39,009	$2,274,438
June 21
June 24	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater	21,475 / 21,475	$1,167,219
June 25	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	17,642 / 17,642	$1,063,791
July 12	New York City		Madison Square Garden	57,023 / 57,023	$3,973,848
July 13
July 14
July 16	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena	40,502 / 40,502	$2,567,168
July 17	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center	12,698 / 12,698	$674,076
July 18	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena	[a]	[a]
July 20	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	16,661 / 16,661	$1,007,320
July 22	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	50,089 / 50,089	$2,770,944
July 23
July 24
July 27	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	39,366 / 39,366	$2,899,618
July 28
July 30	Detroit	United States	Joe Louis Arena	18,993 / 18,993	$1,214,610
July 31	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	19,505 / 19,505	$1,679,045
August 1	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	10,354 / 10,354	$632,130
August 3	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	16,697 / 16,697	$1,081,453
August 6	Houston		Toyota Center	31,504 / 31,504	$1,816,214
August 7
August 9	Atlanta		Philips Arena	33,214 / 33,214	$2,031,926
August 10
August 12	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center	54,927 / 54,927	$3,549,885
August 13
August 14
August 17	Boston		FleetCenter	49,085 / 49,085	$2,799,722
August 18
August 19
August 22	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center	56,624 / 56,624	$3,450,758
August 23
August 24
August 27	Denver		Pepsi Center	34,348 / 34,348	$2,207,112
August 28
August 30	Seattle		KeyArena	30,282 / 30,282	$1,688,379
August 31
September 1	Portland		Rose Garden Arena	13,271 / 13,271	$897,300
September 3	Sacramento		ARCO Arena	16,334 / 16,334	$908,656
September 4	Fresno		Save Mart Center	14,940 / 14,940	$770,623
September 5	San Diego		Cox Arena	12,545 / 12,545	$918,333
September 7	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheater
September 9	Oakland		Oakland Arena	16,492 / 16,492	$949,192
September 10	San Jose		HP Pavilion	33,534 / 33,534	$1,838,670
September 11
Total				1,240,269 / 1,240,269 (100%)	$75,515,157

Band

• Lead vocals & guitar – Prince
• Rhythm guitar – Mike Scott
• Bass – Rhonda Smith
• Drums – John Blackwell
• Keyboards – Renato Neto and Rad
• Saxophones – Maceo Parker and Candy Dulfer
• Trombone – Greg Boyer
• Keys — Chance Howard

Source:^[4]

Notes

1. The score data is representative of the two shows in East Rutherford, New Jersey at the Continental Airlines Arena on July 16 and July 18 respectively.