Prince played Bryant Park, PLAYING BUTTER TONIGHT

$121.03 ?? thats the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard, they dont even comment on the price like saying its for a good cause or its for a once in a lifetime chance to see prince up close. what an absolute douche. someone get me a ticket.

Posted by Pissy Mist | June 16, 2006 11:49 AM

Anyone ever been to this club? What's its capacity?

Posted by curious | June 16, 2006 11:54 AM

Its not a club - its a restaurant - very very small space... I dont know where the stage will be. What is the password to get onto the ticketing site???

Posted by Anonymous | June 16, 2006 12:04 PM

sold out

Posted by Anonymous | June 16, 2006 12:08 PM

theres no password for the ticketing site...unless you paid for fan club dues and picked one.

Posted by Anonymous | June 16, 2006 12:10 PM

At least Prince decided $312.10 was too exorbitant. Prince feels your financial pain.

Posted by J | June 16, 2006 1:05 PM

The guitar didn't ring through the crowd at for those of us in Bryant Park, the sound was horrible... prince seemed to be rocking it though, hopefully it came across better on TV.

the price is steep, but really not that bad to see Prince in such an intimate venue.. most artists on his level are charging way more than that for shows at 20,000 seat arenas..

Posted by Jay Smooth | June 16, 2006 4:24 PM

how is it possible for him to place butter (I am assuming downstairs?) it is literally the size of my kitchen and has no stage

Posted by jojo | June 16, 2006 9:55 PM

Prince is a great artist. His live shows are unreal. If you have not seen him live, you have missed a treat.

Posted by darkshadow | June 17, 2006 12:48 AM

Prince's live shows are amazing!! His ticket prices are so high because he's playing such small crappy venues.....and because there are a few hard cores out there who continue to buy them at the high prices, most of us will only have the joy of seeing him one time. It sucks because when he performed in Vegas a couple years ago he proved that he can still sell out a 20,000 seat venue 2 nights in a row. I think he's trying to make a statement that shows us he is only in it for the music.

Posted by marcie | June 18, 2006 1:16 AM

Prince's live shows are amazing!! His ticket prices are so high because he's playing such small crappy venues.....and because there are a few hard cores out there who continue to buy them at the high prices, most of us will only have the joy of seeing him one time. It sucks because when he performed in Vegas a couple years ago he proved that he can still sell out a 20,000 seat venue 2 nights in a row. I think he's trying to make a statement that shows us he is only in it for the music.

Posted by marcie | June 18, 2006 1:16 AM

Prince's live shows are amazing!! His ticket prices are so high because he's playing such small crappy venues.....and because there are a few hard cores out there who continue to buy them at the high prices, most of us will only have the joy of seeing him one time. It sucks because when he performed in Vegas a couple years ago he proved that he can still sell out a 20,000 seat venue 2 nights in a row. I think he's trying to make a statement that he's only in it for the music.

Posted by marcie | June 18, 2006 1:18 AM

My bad.....sorry, I had some computer issues

Posted by marcie | June 18, 2006 1:21 AM

Whoever posted this on this site is an idiot...!! That was something he was doing for the current [prior to 6/16] NPG Music Club members **only**; NOT a public event.

Join when he isn't doing a show; not just so you can score tickets & block out those who have been members for years. Members hate people like that.

I was lucky; I went to Butter & was up front again with the man himself, but dumb crap like posting this publicly is probably why people who deserved to go couldn't get a ticket.

People who have posted here don't even get the ticket price references.. no surprise there... LOL. The new CD is named 3121 (thirty-one, twenty-one), so....: Tamar ($31.21 various US cities), Las Vegas during Memorial Day Weekend ($121.03 for Morris Day & the Time with special guests Prince and Larry Graham & GCS on Friday @ Club Rio; and $312.01 for each of his shows Sat & Sun @ Club 3121) & Butter NYC ($121.03).

The Vegas shows (I also attended) were priced as such because 1) it was a small venue, 2) in Las Vegas (an expensive city) *and* 3) during a holiday weekend. Not to mention, he's an independent.. HE'S got to pay: a crew, singers, dancers, musicians, security, etc., etc. Yeah, the Vegas price was a little high -- but no worse than when hotels and airlines jack up the prices for holidays.. Anybody complain about Madonna's $700 tix prices for the last tour in 2004 when Prince was charging, on average, only $55-80 per ticket--including a CD?! How about the $1500 for Barbra Streisand a few yrs before that -?

If you don't know isht, you don't have isht to say.

Posted by 5 Year Member | June 18, 2006 11:48 AM

"That was something he was doing for the current [prior to 6/16] NPG Music Club members **only**; NOT a public event."

No shit! The blog entry (which was posted on June 16, too late for any alleged non-fans to join NPGMC in order to take advantage of this) clearly stated that.

Posted by You need Sherlock Holmes 'cuz you don't got a clue | June 18, 2006 6:23 PM

I was there, right in front of Prince, no stage, just two feet between him and I. It was the show of a lifetime. I would have paid more. Three hours, yes, three hours of non-stop of hard-core funk and rock. He tore the roof off the place. Only around 100 tickets sold plus some celebties. It was like having Prince play for you in your living-room.

Posted by Tom | June 18, 2006 9:03 PM

I was there, right in front of Prince, no stage, just two feet between him and I. It was the show of a lifetime. I would have paid more. Three hours, yes, three hours of non-stop of hard-core funk and rock. He tore the roof off the place. Only around 100 tickets sold plus some celebties. It was like having Prince play for you in your living-room.

Posted by Tom | June 18, 2006 9:04 PM

Hi!