Prince on the custom motorcycle featured in Purple Rain. Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince’s genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a ...

In a gutsy debut as The Kid, Kollins' musical chops are undeniable, channeling the passion, range, and splits of Prince. Also ...

*Prince has an army of hit songs and albums. And while each tune and compilation strikes a nerve with fans for internal and external reasons, no greatest hits offering seems to be complete without his ...

Purple Rain” officially opens Nov. 5 and that’s when critics will weigh in on the show’s merits — but here are some observations from the first performance.

In 1983, Prince was still a year away from the release of his Grammy- and Academy Award-winning hit, Purple Rain. However, ...

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily ...

“Seeing Purple Rain makes it clear that the man from Minneapolis is certainly going to give anybody else making music this year a real hard time,” according to a movie preview in the July 28, 1984, ...

*A new stage adaptation of the classic “Purple Rain” film is in the works. Wolf tapped director Lileana Blain-Cruz for the project and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to write the new musical’s book ...

The music of Prince is headed to the stage, not in concert form but in a musical. The film “Purple Rain” is having a Broadway-style adaptation, and the leads for the show have been announced before ...

The legendary rock musical drama Purple Rain is being brought back to theaters for a one-night-only presentation in Dolby Cinema on March 5th, 2025. The 1984 film starring Prince in his film acting ...

Prince on the custom motorcycle featured in Purple Rain. Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince's genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a ...

Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince's genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a challenge — from the boss himself. Prince broached the ...