THE COUNTRY ISSUE IS OUT NOW!

PRINCE ON PARADE!

Following his Purple Rain tour in 1984, Prince announced to the music world and beyond that he was, in effect, “retiring” and would not tour again for an undetermined number of years. “I’m going to look for the ladder,” Prince said at the time, to the astonishment of millions of fans.

August 2, 1986

PRINCE ON PARADE!

Following his Purple Rain tour in 1984, Prince announced to the music world and beyond that he was, in effect, “retiring” and would not tour again for an undetermined number of years. “I’m going to look for the ladder,” Prince said at the time, to the astonishment of millions of fans. When pressed as to what he meant by this, he simply explained, “Sometimes it snows in April.”

Sign In to Your Account

Registered subscribers can access the complete archive.

Login

Don’t have an account?

Subscribe

...or read now for $1 via Supertab

READ NOW