Jam of the Year World Tour
Tour by Prince
LocationNorth America
Associated albumEmancipation
Start dateJanuary 7, 1997 (1997-01-07)
End dateJanuary 22, 1998 (1998-01-22)
Legs4
No. of shows100
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 fell through 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, in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania at the Tower Theater. 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.

Setlist

Love 4 One Another Charities

This setlist 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
  2. "Sleep Around"
  3. "Johnny"
Jam of the Year

This setlist 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
  2. "Girls & Boys" / "Erotic City"
  3. "Sleep Around"
  4. "Baby I'm A Star" / "1999"
Setlist changes

Love 4 One Another Charities

  • 8 January 1997: "The Ride" was not performed, "Mr. Happy" and "Partyman" were performed during the show's encore.
  • 10 January 1997: "Partyman" was performed in the encore.
  • 11 January 1997: "The Ride" was not performed.
  • 13 January 1997: "The Ride" was not performed, "Somebody's Somebody" and "The Ride" were performed during the show's encore.
  • 18 January 1997: "The Ride" was not performed.
  • 19 January 1997: "Mr. Happy" and "Johnny" were performed as a first encore, while "Sleep Around" and "Partyman" were performed as a second encore.
  • 16 February 1997: "The Ride" and "Johnny" was not performed, "Jungle Strut" / "Batuka" / "Soul Sacrifice" / "Toussaint L'Overture" were performed as the "Santana Medley" in the encore.
  • 11 April 1997: "The Ride" was not performed, "The Holy River" was performed in encore.
  • 19 April 1997: "The Ride" and "Johnny" was not performed, "Condition of the Heart" was performed on piano before "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", "The Holy River" & "Girls & Boys" were performed in the show's encore.
  • 20 April 1997: "Johnny" was not performed, "Condition of the Heart" & "Diamonds and Pearls" was performed on piano before "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", "Santana Medley" with Carlos Santana and "Mr. Happy" was performed in the show encore.
  • 28 April 1997: "The Ride" and "Johnny" was not performed.
  • 29 April 1997: "Johnny" was not performed and "Mr. Happy" was performed in the encore.
  • 17 May 1997: "The Ride" and "Mr. Happy" were performed in the show's encore.
  • 18 May 1997: "The Ride" and "Mr. Happy" were performed in the show's encore.
  • 5 June 1997: "Johnny" was not performed, "The Ride" and "Mr. Happy" were performed in the show's encore.
  • 6 June 1997: "The Ride" and "Mr. Happy" were performed in the show's encore.
  • 21 June 1997: "The Ride", "Mr. Happy" and "Johnny" were not performed. "Baby I'm a Star" / "1999" was performed as the show's encore after "Sleep Around".
  • 22 June 1997: "The Ride", and "Johnny" were not performed. "Baby I'm a Star" / "1999" and "Mr. Happy" was performed as the show's encore after "Sleep Around".
  • 27 June 1997: "Mr. Happy" and "Johnny" were not performed. "Little Red Corvette" was performed in placement of "17 Days". "Baby I'm a Star" / "1999" was performed as the show's encore after "Sleep Around".
  • 28 June 1997: "Mr. Happy" and "Johnny" were not performed. "Little Red Corvette" was performed in placement of "17 Days". "Baby I'm a Star" / "1999" was performed as the show's encore after "Sleep Around".

Jam of the Year

  • 1 August 1997: A piano medley was played before "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", the songs included were "Diamonds and Pearls", "Strange Relationship", "Girls & Boys" and "Venus De Milo". "Kiss", "Cream", "Gett Off / Gett Off (Houstyle)", and "When Doves Cry" were performed as a 2nd encore.
  • 2 August 1997: A piano medley was played, the songs included were "Diamonds and Pearls", "Venus De Milo", "Condition of the Heart", "Somebody's Somebody" and "Strange Relationship". Following the piano medley, "I'll Take You There" / "I Got the Feelin'" / "The Way You Do Things You Do" / "Shout" were played in place of "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?".
  • 3 August 1997: "When You Were Mine" / "The Cross". A piano medley was played before "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", the songs included were "Diamonds and Pearls", "Girls & Boys", "Condition of the Heart", and "Somebody's Somebody".
  • 5 August 1997: A piano medley was played before "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", the songs included were "Diamonds and Pearls", "Girls & Boys", "Strange Relationship".
  • 8 August 1997: "The Ride" was played before "The Cross". A piano medley was played before "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", the songs included were "Diamonds and Pearls", "Girls & Boys", and "Strange Relationship". "Mr.Happy" was performed after "Raspberry Beret" with Doug E. Fresh.
  • 9 August 1997: "When You Were Mine" / "The Cross". A piano medley was played before "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", the songs included were "Diamonds and Pearls", "Girls & Boys", and "Strange Relationship". "Baby I'm A Star" / "1999" was not performed.
  • 10 August 1997: "When You Were Mine" / "The Cross". A piano medley was played before "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", the songs included were "Diamonds and Pearls", "Venus de Milo", "Strange Relationship", "Girls & Boys", and "Condition of the Heart". "Flash Light", "Stomp" and "Mr. Happy" were performed in the encore with Doug E. Fresh.
  • 13 August 1997: "When You Were Mine" / "The Cross". A piano medley was played before "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", the songs included were "Diamonds and Pearls", "Girls & Boys", "Delirious, and "Venus de Milo". The encore was replaced with "Kiss", "Cream", "Gett Off / Gett Off (Houstyle)", "When Doves Cry", A "Jam of the Year" jam, and "Sleep Around".
  • 15 August 1997: "When You Were Mine" / "The Cross". A piano medley was played before "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", the songs included were "Diamonds and Pearls", "Girls & Boys", "The Beautiful Ones", "Delirious", and "Kamasutra". "Erotic City' was not performed.

Tour Dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
Love 4 One Another Charities Tour[8]
North America #1
January 7, 1997 Upper Darby United States Tower Theater 3,006 / 3,006 $150,300
January 8, 1997 Boston Roxy 1,300 / 1,300 N/A
January 10, 1997 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall 3,700 / 3,700
January 11, 1997 New York City Roseland Ballroom 3,000 / 3,000 $150,000
January 13, 1997 Detroit State Theater 3,000 / 3,000 N/A
January 18, 1997 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium 6,000 / 6,000 $180,000
January 19, 1997 Atlanta Atlanta Live 2,500 / 2,500 $75,000
February 16, 1997 Honolulu Blaisdell Arena 7,900 / 7,900 $322,583
North America #2
April 11, 1997 Hollywood United States Pantages Theatre 2,500 / 2,500 $162,500
April 19, 1997 San Jose Event Center at San Jose University 13,000 / 14,600 $520,000
April 20, 1997
April 28, 1997 Phoenix America West Arena 8,298 / 8,298 $331,920
April 29, 1997 San Diego RIMAC Arena 5,000 / 5,000 $207,500
May 17, 1997 Cleveland CSU Convocation Center 5,000 / 5,000 $200,000
May 18, 1997 Louisville Louisville Gardens 6,800 / 6,800 N/A
June 5, 1997 Toronto Canada The Warehouse 2,206 / 2,206 $84,225
June 6, 1997 Montreal Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier 2,980 / 2,980 $142,295
June 21, 1997 Moline United States The Mark of the Quad Cities 5,207 / 5,207 $182,245
June 22, 1997 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center 12,201 / 12,201 $369,080
June 27, 1997 St. Louis Kiel Center 13,756 / 13,756 $619,020
June 28, 1997 Chicago United Center 17,943 / 17,943 $1,121,438
Jam of the Year World Tour[9]
North America #1
July 21, 1997 Clarkston United States Pine Knob Music Center 14,542 / 14,542 $908,875
July 23, 1997 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater 9,550 / 10,541 $573,000
July 25, 1997 Boston FleetCenter 11,761 / 15,705 $627,253
July 26, 1997 Philadelphia CoreStates Center 12,382 / 14,938 $693,392
August 1, 1997 Landover USAir Arena 15,324 / 15,324 $970,520
August 2, 1997 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 20,179 / 20,179 $908,055
August 3, 1997 Atlanta Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre 14,790 / 15,500 $709,920
August 5, 1997 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center 14,460 / 15,283 N/A
August 8, 1997 San Antonio Alamodome 12,882 / 12,882 $837,330
August 9, 1997 Dallas Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre 15,937 / 16,533 $852,630
August 10, 1997 Houston The Summit 14,789 / 14,789 N/A
August 13, 1997 Lafayette Cajundome 9,554 / 10,680
August 15, 1997 Miami Miami Arena 12,000 / 12,000
August 18, 1997 Raleigh Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre 12,193 / 14,000 $589,328
August 20, 1997 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum 5,063 / 5,063 $227,835
August 22, 1997 Nashville Nashville Arena N/A N/A
August 23, 1997 Memphis Pyramid Arena 14,423 / 15,978 $697,111
North America #2
September 13, 1997 Buffalo United States Marine Midland Arena 15,872 / 15,872 $767,147
September 14, 1997 Wallingford Oakdale Theatre 5,000 / 5,000 $433,333
September 16, 1997 Holmdel Township PNC Bank Arts Center 17,219 / 17,219 $947,045
September 19, 1997 Dayton Ervin J. Nutter Center N/A N/A
September 20, 1997 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
September 21, 1997 Baltimore Baltimore Arena
September 24, 1997 Calgary Canada Canadian Airlines Saddledome 9,659 / 13,171 $508,160
September 26, 1997 Vancouver General Motors Place N/A N/A
September 27, 1997 George United States The Gorge Amphitheatre 11,611 / 13,500 $711,173
September 28, 1997 Portland Rose Garden 10,868 / 13,110 $594,117
October 1, 1997 Sacramento ARCO Arena 9,500 / 9,500 $522,500
October 2, 1997 Fresno Selland Arena 7,993 / 9,450 $386,328
October 4, 1997 West Valley City The E Center N/A N/A
October 5, 1997 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre 16,130 / 16,130 $833,383
October 10, 1997 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 15,449 / 17,989 $803,348
October 11, 1997 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl 17,172 / 17,172 $1,167,696
October 12, 1997 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre 14,785 / 14,785 $1,002,916
October 24, 1997 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 13,766 / 13,766 $1,032,450
October 25, 1997 Phoenix Desert Sky Pavilion N/A N/A
October 28, 1997 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
October 29, 1997 Las Cruces Pan American Center 12,000 / 13,000
October 31, 1997 Mobile Mobile Civic Center N/A
November 2, 1997 Austin Frank Erwin Center 7,108 / 11,282 $331,707
November 4, 1997 Columbia Carolina Coliseum 6,000 / 6,000 $290,000
November 5, 1997 Lexington Rupp Arena 18,976 / 18,976 $887,128
November 6, 1997 Knoxville Thompson-Boling Arena 10,493 / 11,614 $507,162
November 8, 1997 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum N/A N/A
November 9, 1997 Cincinnati The Crown
North America #3
December 8, 1997 Fargo United States Fargodome 13,114 / 17,000 N/A
December 10, 1997 Minneapolis Target Center 29,000 / 29,000 $957,290
December 11, 1997
December 13, 1997 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center 6,232 / 8,500 $207,713
December 14, 1997 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium N/A N/A
December 16, 1997 Ames Hilton Coliseum
December 17, 1997 Milwaukee Bradley Center
December 18, 1997 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 12,076 / 12,076 $414,569
December 27, 1997 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,012 / 16,012 $693,799
December 30, 1997 Dallas Reunion Arena N/A N/A
December 31, 1997 Houston Compaq Center 14,389 / 15,201 $620,490
January 2, 1998 New Orleans Lakefront Arena 7,285 / 7,471 $253,737
January 3, 1998 Little Rock Barton Coliseum N/A N/A
January 4, 1998 Kansas City Kemper Arena
January 5, 1998 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium 8,300 / 10,719 $289,089
January 8, 1998 Atlanta Fox Theater 13,359 / 13,359 $667,905
January 9, 1998
January 10, 1998
January 13, 1998 Tampa Ice Palace 12,494 / 13,000 $408,096
January 22, 1998 Oakland The Arena in Oakland 12,114 / 12,114 $545,130

Cancelled Shows

Love 4 One Another Charities Tour[10]
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
Jam of the Year World Tour[11]
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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