More than 300 Prince songs from his NPG Records era are now available online for the very first time.
Today, a wellspring of albums from the Purple One's 1995-2010 output hit streaming services (23 albums total). The rollout includes rare and out-of-print recordings and comes just a few months after Prince's estate and Sony Music Entertainment announced a distribution agreement that covers 35 Prince albums that were not widely available through digital service providers (via Billboard).
It's the perfect excuse to start studying for the Questlove-curated symphonic tribute to Prince coming to Tampa's Yuengling Center (the arena formally known as the Sun Dome) on October 5.
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A Questlove-curated, symphonic Prince tribute is headed to Tampa's Sun Dome Yuengling Center arena
"4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince" is the first major live tour that Prince's estate — which is providing videos and photos for the tour — has officially sanctioned. Questlove isn't touring with the production, but he did pick the songs and work on on the orchestral arrangements, which a live band — Virginia's Wolf Trap Orchestra — and an assortment of vocalists will perform.
Tickets for the show will cost fans $25-$125. More info below. Oh, and if you'd rather not even think about streaming, then check out Discogs' guide to Prince's NPG era here.
4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince w/Wolf Trap Orchestra. Fri. Oct. 5, 8 p.m. $25-$125. Yuengling Center at University of South Florida, 12499 USF Bull Run Dr., Tampa. More info: yuenglingcenter.com.
This article appears in Aug 16-23, 2018.

