The Act II Tour was the second leg of a concert tour by Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

 promoting his Love Symbol

Love Symbol

is the fourteenth studio album by American recording artist Prince, released October 13, 1992 on Paisley Park and Warner Bros. Records. Due to its official title being an unpronounceable symbol, which Prince later adopted as his name, the album has been referred to as the Love Symbol Album, or...

album, released the previous year. After Act I's tour of the U.S., Act II was Prince's return to Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

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History

Following up on Act I's heavy promotion of the Love Symbol album, Act II minimized the album promotion and instead focused on Prince's greatest hits. The songs which required rap were dropped from the set or handled by Prince alone. The encore section premiered many newly written songs that would end up on future albums like Come

Come (album)

Come is the fifteenth studio album by Prince, released during his public dispute with his then-record company, Warner Bros.-Evolution of the album:...

and The Gold Experience

The Gold Experience

The Gold Experience is the seventeenth studio album by Prince . It was released on September 26, 1995...

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Band

• Prince
  Prince (musician)
  Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
  
   — vocals, piano and guitar
• Levi Seacer, Jr.
  Levi Seacer, Jr.
  Levi Seacer, Jr. is an American musician. He was an early associate of Sheila E. when he was tapped by Prince to form a new touring band after the demise of The Revolution in 1986. Seacer became the band's bassist, as well as a backing vocalist. Later, he began collaborating with Prince as a...
  
   — guitar and vocals
• Sonny T. — bass guitar and vocals
• Morris Hayes — keyboards, organ and vocals
• Tommy Barbarella
  Tommy Barbarella
  Tommy Barbarella is an American keyboardist. He was a member of The New Power Generation, Prince's recording and stage band, from 1991–1996.In 2010, Barbarella became a member of Nick Jonas and the Administration along with other former members of The New Power Generation, drummer Michael Bland...
  
   — keyboards
• Michael Bland
  Michael Bland
  Michael Bland is best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for 7 years....
  
   — drums, percussion and vocals
• The NPG Hornz — brass
• Mayte — dancing and vocals

The New Power Generation was slimmed down from earlier in the year, leaving the "Game Boyz" behind and removing songs that required raps previously performed by Tony M.

Tony M.

Tony M. is a rapper best known as a member of Prince's band, The New Power Generation. Mosley began his association with Prince as an extra in the film Purple Rain. He can be seen dancing with Kirk Johnson and Damon Dickson during various performances at the First Avenue club...

Typical set list

• Intro
• "My Name Is Prince
  My Name is Prince
  "My Name Is Prince" is a song by Prince and The New Power Generation, from the 1992 Love Symbol album. The song is about Prince himself, and his musical prowess...
  
  "
• "Sexy M.F.
  Sexy M.F.
  "Sexy MF" is a single released on June 30, 1992, by Prince and The New Power Generation, from the Love Symbol album. The B-side was "Strollin", from the previous year's Diamonds and Pearls...
  
  " (including "Love 2 the 9's")
• "The Beautiful Ones
  The Beautiful Ones
  "The Beautiful Ones" is the third track on Prince and The Revolution's soundtrack album Purple Rain. Produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince, the song was recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles by Peggy Mac and David Leonard in early September 1983."The Beautiful Ones" is a haunting...
  
  "
• "Let's Go Crazy
  Let's Go Crazy
  "Let's Go Crazy" is a 1984 song by Prince and The Revolution, from the album, Purple Rain. It was the opening track on both the album, and the film Purple Rain. "Let's Go Crazy" is one of Prince's most popular songs, and is almost always a staple for concert performances, often segueing into other...
  
  "
• "Kiss
  Kiss (song)
  In 1988 Art of Noise released a cover of the song, featuring Tom Jones on vocals. The song became the band's biggest hit to that point, reaching number eighteen on the U.S. dance charts and number five on the UK Singles Chart, higher than the original in that country...
  
  "
• "Irresistible Bitch"
• "She's always In My Hair"
• "Raspberry Beret
  Raspberry Beret
  "Raspberry Beret" is a song by Prince and The Revolution. It was the first U.S. single from their 1985 album, Around the World in a Day. The sound was different from any previous Prince track, incorporating Middle Eastern finger cymbals, stringed instruments, and even a harmonica on the extended...
  
  "
• "Sometimes It Snows In April"
• "The Cross"
• "Sign o' the Times"
• "Purple Rain
  Purple Rain (song)
  "Purple Rain" is a power ballad by Prince and The Revolution. It is the title track from the 1984 album of the same name, which in turn is the soundtrack album for the 1984 film of the same name, and was released as the third single from that album. The song is a combination of rock, pop, gospel,...
  
  "
• "Thunder"
• "When Doves Cry
  When Doves Cry
  A hit cover version by R&B singer Ginuwine was produced by Timbaland in 1996 for Ginuwine's The Bachelor album, Ginuwine's cover uses actual dove sound effects as texture for its jungle music-inspired instrumental track.-Charts:-Other cover versions:...
  
  "
• "And God Created Woman"
• "Little Red Corvette
  Little Red Corvette
  "Little Red Corvette" is a song by the American musician Prince. Released as a single from the album 1999 in 1983, the song was his biggest hit at the time, and his first to reach top-10 status in the U.S., peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart...
  
  "
• "Strollin'"
• "Scandalous!"
• "Girls & Boys
  Girls & Boys (Prince song)
  "Girls & Boys" is a 1986 song by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Parade, the soundtrack to the film Under the Cherry Moon. The song was released as a single in the U.K., and as the B-side to "Anotherloverholenyohead" in the U.S.....
  
  "
• "7
  7 (song)
  "7" is a song by Prince and The New Power Generation, from the 1992 Love Symbol Album. It features a sample of the 1967 Otis Redding and Carla Thomas duet, "Tramp".-Music video:...
  
  "
• "1999
  1999 (song)
  "1999" is a song by Prince, the title track from his 1982 album of the same name. The song is one of Prince's best-known, and a defining moment in his rise to superstar status....
  
  "
• "Baby I'm a Star
  Baby I'm a Star
  "Baby I'm a Star" is a song written and recorded by Prince from his album Purple Rain. It is also the B-side on the "Take Me with U" single.-Background and recording:...
  
  "
• "America
  America (Prince song)
  "America" is a song by Prince and The Revolution. It was the final U.S. single from the group's 1985 album, Around the World in a Day and is a sardonic attack on the mid-1980s United States, referencing Communism, and worrying about nuclear war, a common theme in Prince's lyrics in the 1980s.The...
  
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• "Come"
• "Endorphinmachine"
• "Peach
  Peach (song)
  "Peach" is a song by Prince from his 1993 compilations, The Hits 2 and The Hits/The B-Sides.The female moan heard on the track is that of Kim Basinger. The B-side was the live version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" in the U.S., while the UK backed the song with an edit of "My Name Is Prince"...
  
  "
• "Johnny"
• "Dark"
• "Race"