Jam of the Year World Tour

Jam of the Year World Tour

Continental tour by Prince
Location	North America
Associated album	Emancipation
Start date	January 7, 1997 (1997-01-07)
End date	January 22, 1998 (1998-01-22)
Legs	4
No. of shows	100
Prince concert chronology

The Jam of the Year World Tour was a concert tour which took place from January 1997 to January 1998 visiting cities all across the United States and Canada. This tour took place in support of Prince's 19th studio album, Emancipation released in November 1996.

This is one of Prince's most notable tours and is also Prince's first tour in North America after he changed his name in 1993.

Background

After wrapping up his performances at the Blaisdell Arena on his Gold Tour to promote his 17th studio album, The Gold Experience, Prince was due to embark on a North American Leg of the tour in March 1996 with The Time, D'Angelo and Tony Rich. However, due to the fact that Prince was working on Emancipation and quickly putting out projects to hurry and get out of his 1992 Warner Bros. deal, he cancelled the tour. He fired everyone from the New Power Generation at the time and made a completely new configuration of the band. In July 1996, Prince released his 18th studio album, Chaos and Disorder which marked to be his final album to complete the requirements under his Warner Bros. contract.[1]

In November 1996, Prince released his 19th studio album Emancipation and announced that he was going on a world tour. He said due to the fact that the Warner Bros. contract doesn't end until December 31, 1999, the tour would continue until the year 2000 so that he wouldn't have to return to the studio.[2] He quickly broke that promise with the release of the de facto Prince album, Newpower Soul by the New Power Generation leading him to change the title of the tour in February 1998.

The world tour was planned to start overseas in Sweden in June 1997 however, all those concerts were cancelled due to reasons unknown. Prince was also supposed to start promo for Emancipation with one-off concerts all across the world planning to come to Brazil, Italy, Germany, England, Spain, France & Netherlands but all further plans were cancelled.[3] Rumors that Prince also planned to headline the 1997 Super Bowl XXXI Halftime Show at the Louisiana Superdome however none of those plans materialized, either.[4]

However, in December 1996, Prince announced that he was going to do public warm-up shows for his band in support of his charity, Love 4 One Another.[5] It was named the Love 4 One Another Charities Tour, and it started on January 7, 1997, at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. Tickets went on sale just three days before the first show and sold out almost immediately. All of the proceeds made from the tour went to his charity. In July 1997, almost 2 weeks before the first show of the Jam of the Year World Tour began, tickets were put on sale on July 10 for the first round of shows for the official tour. The first date of the tour started on July 21 in Clarkston, Michigan at the Pine Knob Music Center.

Set list

January to June 1997

This set list on represents the show on January 7, 1997 in Upper Darby, this does not represent the setlist for the remainder of the tour.[6]

1. "Jam of the Year"
2. "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" (includes "Rock 'N' Roll is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)" instrumental coda)
3. "Purple Rain"
4. "17 Days"
5. "Get Yo Groove On" (includes an interpolation of "Six")
6. "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
7. "Face Down"
8. "The Cross"
9. "One of Us"
10. "Do Me, Baby" (includes snippets of "Adore", "Insatiable", "Scandalous", "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?")
11. "Sexy M.F." / "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (includes "♥ or $" instrumental)
12. "The Ride"
13. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
14. "Take Me With U" / "Raspberry Beret"
15. "Mr. Happy"

    Encore

16. "Sleep Around"
17. "Johnny"

July 1997 to January 1998

This set list on represents the show on July 23, 1997 in Wantagh, this does not represent the setlist for the remainder of the tour.[7]

1. "Jam of the Year"
2. "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" (includes "Rock 'N' Roll is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)" instrumental coda)
3. "Purple Rain"
4. "Little Red Corvette"
5. "Get Yo Groove On" (includes an interpolation of "Six")
6. "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
7. "Face Down"(includes "777-9311" instrumental)
8. "The Cross"
9. "One of Us"
10. "Do Me, Baby" (includes snippets of "Adore", "Insatiable", "Scandalous", "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?")
11. "Sexy M.F." / "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (includes "♥ or $" instrumental)
12. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
13. "Take Me With U" / "Raspberry Beret" (includes "Mr. Happy" instrumental coda)

    Encore

14. "Girls & Boys" / "Erotic City"
15. "Sleep Around"
16. "Baby I'm A Star" / "1999"

Tour dates

List of 1997 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and gross revenue[8][9]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
January 7	Upper Darby Township	United States	Tower Theater	3,006 / 3,006	$150,300
January 8	Boston		Roxy	1,300 / 1,300	N/A
January 10	Washington, D.C.		DAR Constitution Hall	3,700 / 3,700
January 11	New York City		Roseland Ballroom	3,000 / 3,000	$150,000
January 13	Detroit		State Theater	3,000 / 3,000	N/A
January 18	Birmingham		Boutwell Memorial Auditorium	6,000 / 6,000	$180,000
January 19	Atlanta		Atlanta Live	2,500 / 2,500	$75,000
February 16	Honolulu		Blaisdell Arena	7,900 / 7,900	$322,583
April 11	Hollywood	United States	Pantages Theatre	2,500 / 2,500	$162,500
April 19	San Jose		Event Center at San Jose University	13,000 / 14,600	$520,000
April 20
April 28	Phoenix		America West Arena	8,298 / 8,298	$331,920
April 29	San Diego		RIMAC Arena	5,000 / 5,000	$207,500
May 17	Cleveland		CSU Convocation Center	5,000 / 5,000	$200,000
May 18	Louisville		Louisville Gardens	6,800 / 6,800	N/A
June 5	Toronto	Canada	The Warehouse	2,206 / 2,206	$84,225
June 6	Montreal		Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier	2,980 / 2,980	$142,295
June 21	Moline	United States	The Mark of the Quad Cities	5,207 / 5,207	$182,245
June 22	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center	12,201 / 12,201	$369,080
June 27	St. Louis		Kiel Center	13,756 / 13,756	$619,020
June 28	Chicago		United Center	17,943 / 17,943	$1,121,438
July 21	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Center	14,542 / 14,542	$908,875
July 23	Wantagh		Jones Beach Theater	9,550 / 10,541	$573,000
July 25	Boston		FleetCenter	11,761 / 15,705	$627,253
July 26	Philadelphia		CoreStates Center	12,382 / 14,938	$693,392
August 1	Landover		USAir Arena	15,324 / 15,324	$970,520
August 2	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum	20,179 / 20,179	$908,055
August 3	Atlanta		Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre	14,790 / 15,500	$709,920
August 5	Oklahoma City		Myriad Convention Center	14,460 / 15,283	N/A
August 8	San Antonio		Alamodome	12,882 / 12,882	$837,330
August 9	Dallas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre	15,937 / 16,533	$852,630
August 10	Houston		The Summit	14,789 / 14,789	N/A
August 13	Lafayette		Cajundome	9,554 / 10,680
August 15	Miami		Miami Arena	12,000 / 12,000
August 18	Raleigh		Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre	12,193 / 14,000	$589,328
August 20	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum	5,063 / 5,063	$227,835
August 22	Nashville		Nashville Arena	N/A	N/A
August 23	Memphis		Pyramid Arena	14,423 / 15,978	$697,111
September 13	Buffalo		Marine Midland Arena	15,872 / 15,872	$767,147
September 14	Wallingford		Oakdale Theatre	5,000 / 5,000	$433,333
September 16	Holmdel Township		PNC Bank Arts Center	17,219 / 17,219	$947,045
September 19	Dayton		Ervin J. Nutter Center	N/A	N/A
September 20	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
September 21	Baltimore		Baltimore Arena
September 24	Calgary	Canada	Canadian Airlines Saddledome	9,659 / 13,171	$508,160
September 26	Vancouver		General Motors Place	N/A	N/A
September 27	George	United States	The Gorge Amphitheatre	11,611 / 13,500	$711,173
September 28	Portland		Rose Garden	10,868 / 13,110	$594,117
October 1	Sacramento		ARCO Arena	9,500 / 9,500	$522,500
October 2	Fresno		Selland Arena	7,993 / 9,450	$386,328
October 4	West Valley City		The E Center	N/A	N/A
October 5	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre	16,130 / 16,130	$833,383
October 10	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre	15,449 / 17,989	$803,348
October 11	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl	17,172 / 17,172	$1,167,696
October 12	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre	14,785 / 14,785	$1,002,916
October 24	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	13,766 / 13,766	$1,032,450
October 25	Phoenix		Desert Sky Pavilion	N/A	N/A
October 28	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
October 29	Las Cruces		Pan American Center	12,000 / 13,000
October 31	Mobile		Mobile Civic Center	N/A
November 2	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	7,108 / 11,282	$331,707
November 4	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum	6,000 / 6,000	$290,000
November 5	Lexington		Rupp Arena	18,976 / 18,976	$887,128
November 6	Knoxville		Thompson-Boling Arena	10,493 / 11,614	$507,162
November 8	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	N/A	N/A
November 9	Cincinnati		The Crown
December 8	Fargo		Fargodome	13,114 / 17,000	N/A
December 10	Minneapolis		Target Center	29,000 / 29,000	$957,290
December 11
December 13	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center	6,232 / 8,500	$207,713
December 14	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium	N/A	N/A
December 16	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
December 17	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
December 18	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	12,076 / 12,076	$414,569
December 27	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	16,012 / 16,012	$693,799
December 30	Dallas		Reunion Arena	N/A	N/A
December 31	Houston		Compaq Center	14,389 / 15,201	$620,490

List of 1998 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and gross revenue[9]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
January 2	New Orleans	United States	Lakefront Arena	7,285 / 7,471	$253,737
January 3	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum	N/A	N/A
January 4	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
January 5	Evansville		Roberts Municipal Stadium	8,300 / 10,719	$289,089
January 8	Atlanta		Fox Theater	13,359 / 13,359	$667,905
January 9
January 10
January 13	Tampa		Ice Palace	12,494 / 13,000	$408,096
January 22	Oakland		The Arena in Oakland	12,114 / 12,114	$545,130

Cancelled dates

List of cancelled concerts[10][11]

Date	City	Country	Venue
January 14, 1997	Pittsburgh	United States	A. J. Palumbo Center
January 15, 1997	Hampton		Hampton Convocation Center
January 17, 1997	Fort Mill		Charlotte Hornets Training Facility
January 20, 1997	Tallahassee		The Moon
January 22, 1997	New Orleans		Saenger Theatre
January 24, 1997	University Park		Moody Coliseum
January 25, 1997	Hattiesburg		University of Southern Mississippi
January 26, 1997	Houston		International Ballroom
May 22, 1997	Montreal	Canada	Molson Centre
May 23, 1997	Ottawa		National Arts Centre
June 3, 1997	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
June 5, 1997	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin
June 7, 1997	Berlin	Germany	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
June 10, 1997	London	England	Wembley Stadium
June 12, 1997	Frankfurt	Germany	Waldstadion
June 15, 1997	Dublin	Ireland	Lansdowne Road
August 12, 1997	New Orleans	United States	Lakefront Arena
August 26, 1997	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
August 27, 1997	Columbus		Polaris Amphitheater
September 9, 1997	Wallingford		Oakdale Theatre
November 21, 1997	Tuscalossa		Coleman Coliseum
December 13, 1997	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial
December 28, 1997	Baton Rouge		Riverside Centroplex
December 29, 1997	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
January 6, 1998	Valley Center		Kansas Coliseum
January 8, 1998	Fort Wayne		War Memorial Coliseum
January 9, 1998	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
January 15, 1998	Albany		Pepsi Arena
January 16, 1998	Worcester		Worcester's Centrum Centre
January 21, 1998	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
January 24, 1998	San Diego		Cox Arena

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