Prince = Greatest Performace in Coachella's History

(The Doctor’s words on this performance, added for the blind.) These are the many reasons Prince’s Coachella performance still should and needs to be released on DVD. The greatest performance in Coachella history. Prince has rocked every stage from a bowling alley to the Super Bowl stage. His performance at Coachella, no one could hold a candle to or even a lighter at the end of a “Purple Rain” solo. Prince proved on that night, under those stars, his star still shines bright, and perhaps somewhere, that maybe there is a planet Prince, because his performance was not of this world.

We share with you one of our all-time favorite reviews below (I did not write it) and it is with my deepest regret that I did not attend Coachella (ducks Prince’s cane) and may never live it down.

Enjoy the review regardless:

The superstar’s tremendous performance now stands as the greatest in Coachella history.

If you weren’t there – if you stayed home because the lineup just didn’t seem so great, because the triple-digit temps would just be too much, because you curiously lack an appreciation for what a masterful showman Prince continues to be 30 years on – well, this all may seem like hyperbole.

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