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10th Anniversary Essence Music Festival - Day 1

10 of Prince’s Best Deep Cuts

Prince's catalogue is as sprawling, diverse, idiosyncratic, and rewarding as any musician's in history, and we will only hear more of it as his estate…

Alfred Soto / April 21, 2017

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A Star-Studded New Prince Documentary Featuring Bono, Jagger, More Is In the Works

German film distribution company Ascot Elite Entertainment Group announced today that a new star-studded biographical documentary about Prince is due out next year in Europe. Screendaily…

Winston Cook-Wilson / November 29, 2016

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Watch Prince Cover David Bowie, Bob Marley in Concert

Prince held back-to-back concerts in Toronto on Friday night that had him performing 57 songs in total, including a cover of David Bowie's 1977 hit…

Colin Stutz / March 26, 2016

Hear Prince’s Previously Unreleased Song ‘Cosmic Day’

The Prince Estate went into the vault for another previously unreleased song, "Cosmic Day." The track was recorded on November 15, 1986, at Sunset…

Emily Tan / August 6, 2020

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Prince Estate Releases 1979 Version of ‘I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man’

Prince's estate has just dropped the original version of "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man," from 1979. The minimal-sounding demo…

Emily Tan / July 16, 2020

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Prince Estate Announces Bonkers Sign O’ the Times Reissue

The Prince Estate will be releasing an expanded reissue of Prince's 1987 double-album masterpiece, Sign O' the Times, which SPIN ranked as the third-best album…

Emily Tan / June 25, 2020

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Pale Saints' The Comforts of Madness reissue

The 10 Best Reissues of 2020 (So Far)

The record shops might have been closed up for the last 10 weeks (and plenty are reopening as I write, for better or worse). But…

Ron Hart / June 17, 2020

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Prince Estate Shares Poignant ‘Baltimore’ Video

Prince's "Baltimore" may have come out five years ago, but its message rings true today. On what would have been the late icon's 62th birthday,…

Katrina Nattress / June 7, 2020

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Prince and the Revolution’s 1985 Purple Rain Concert to Stream for 3 Days

Add Prince and the Revolution as the latest artists (or in this case, Prince's estate) to livestream their past performances. This one though is for…

SPIN Staff / May 12, 2020

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Foo Fighters, John Legend, St Vincent Cover Prince at Tribute Show

On Tuesday night, a celebration of Prince's music aired on the anniversary of his death. Why they decided to do this four years later who…

Daniel Kohn / April 22, 2020

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A Different 4/20 Playlist: 7 Albums Released on 4/20 That Aren’t About Pot

There are many things we could have celebrated on 4/20 instead of weed such as the 1912 San Francisco earthquake or Bush’s bankruptcy bill from…

Juan Gutierrez / April 20, 2020

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Apollonia Goes Off on Sheila E for ‘Continuous Lies’ About Her Relationship With Prince

Apollonia was not too pleased when Sheila E. released "Lemon Cake" — a tribute to Prince — on Friday, and aired their dirty laundry in…

Katrina Nattress / April 18, 2020

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Prince Plays a Surprise Concert in Support of his New DVD

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Prince’s Rare Live at The Aladdin Las Vegas Sampler EP Is Out Now

Prince's estate has released a four-song EP from his Live at The Aladdin collection that was previously only available as a promo for radio stations.

Daniel Kohn / April 17, 2020

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Prince’s Early 2000s Albums to Be Reissued on Vinyl

Prince's estate is leaving no stone unturned in revisiting his past catalog. On Thursday, it was announced that much of the Purple Ones…

Daniel Kohn / February 20, 2020

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Foo Fighters, Beck, Chris Martin and More to Play Prince Tribute Concert

An all-star lineup of musicians is set to pay tribute to the Purple One at the "Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince" concert. The show,…

Anna Chan / January 9, 2020

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Beck Drops Surprise Paisley Park Sessions EP Featuring a Prince Medley

In anticipation of his upcoming album Hyperspace, Beck has released a new EP called Paisley Park Sessions. Recorded at Prince's legendary studio complex in…

Will Gottsegen / November 11, 2019

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Prince’s Estate Releases 1999 Era Rarity “Don’t Let Him Fool Ya”

Prince's 1999 is getting the deluxe reissue treatment later this month in a package that includes a rare concert DVD, handwritten lyric sheets, and a total of 35 previously…

Will Gottsegen / November 8, 2019

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Listen to a 20-Year-Old Prince Record a Breathtaking First Version of “I Feel for You”

In honor of the 40th anniversary of Prince's sophomore album Prince, the Purple One's estate has dropped the previously unreleased demo for the album track…

Maggie Serota / October 18, 2019