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Legendary Presence

Next, we saw the marching band grooving to “Baby I’m a Star” as the stage lit up in neon lights and continuing with “Proud Mayr” by Creedence Clearwater. Prince tasted all genres and incredible artists from “All Along the Watchtower” by Bob Dylan and “Best of You” by the Foo Fighters.

Prince performs during the

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What made Prince’s performance special wasn’t just his presence and vocals, but the fact that his songs choices were utterly unexpected, and he took them on and made them exceptional. It also rained during the performance, which contributed to his “Purple Rain” rendition.