| Diamonds and Pearls Tour | ||||
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| Tour by Prince | ||||
| Associated album | Diamonds and Pearls | |||
| Start date | April 3, 1992 | |||
| End date | July 12, 1992 | |||
| Legs | 3 | |||
| Shows | 4 in Asia 14 in Australia 32 in Europe 50 in Total |
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The Diamonds and Pearls Tour was a concert tour by Prince promoting his Diamonds and Pearls album, released the previous year. Like several of his then-recent tours, Prince chose not to tour in the United States (the exception being the Lovesexy World Tour). It wouldn't be till 1993's Act I tour before Prince did a full tour of the U.S.
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More extravagant than the previous year's Nude Tour, the Diamonds and Pearls Tour had more expensive set design, and additional band members. The setlist focused mainly on songs from the album, but was spattered with a number of greatest hits. Most songs were played in their entirety. Prince added a new horn section to the band and promoted a new hip-hop image with raps by Tony M.
After the departure of the remaining members of The Revolution after 1990's Nude Tour, Prince decided to officially dub this new band the New Power Generation. Most of the band transferred over from the Nude Tour. Levi Seacer, Jr. was switched from bass to guitar to replace the departed Miko Weaver while Sonny T. took over for Levi on bass. Tommy Barbarella was brought in as a replacement for Doctor Fink on keyboards.
Prince added a new horn section to the band, dubbed the New Power Generation Hornz who, while not being active on the Diamonds and Pearls album, would contribute greatly to Prince's albums for several years.
Dancers Diamond and Pearl were mainly eye candy and holdovers from promotional videos, but Mayte would be elevated to the focus of his next album, and eventually become Prince's bride.
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | |||
| April 3, 1992 | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome |
| April 4, 1992 | |||
| April 7, 1992 | Nagoya | Rainbow Hall | |
| April 9, 1992 | Yokohama | Yokohama Arena | |
| Australia | |||
| April 13, 1992 | Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane Entertainment Centre |
| April 14, 1992 | |||
| April 16, 1992 | Melbourne | Flinders Park Tennis Centre | |
| April 18, 1992 | |||
| April 19, 1992 | |||
| April 21, 1992 | |||
| April 22, 1992 | |||
| April 24, 1992 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre | |
| April 26, 1992 | |||
| April 27, 1992 | |||
| April 29, 1992 | |||
| April 30, 1992 | |||
| May 1, 1992 | |||
| May 3, 1992 | Sydney Cricket Ground | ||
| Europe | |||
| May 25, 1992 | Ghent | Belgium | Flanders Expo |
| May 27, 1992 | Rotterdam | Holland | Ahoy Rotterdam |
| May 28, 1992 | |||
| May 30, 1992 | Dortmund | Germany | Westfalenhallen |
| May 31, 1992 | Berlin | Waldbühne | |
| June 2, 1992 | Cologne | Cologne Sporthalle | |
| June 3, 1992 | Frankfurt | Festhalle Frankfurt | |
| June 5, 1992 | Munich | Olympiahalle | |
| June 6, 1992 | |||
| June 8, 1992 | Kiel | Ostseehalle | |
| June 9, 1992 | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | |
| June 10, 1992 | |||
| June 13, 1992 | Dublin | Ireland | Royal Dublin Showgrounds |
| June 15, 1992 | London | England | Earls Court |
| June 16, 1992 | |||
| June 17, 1992 | |||
| June 19, 1992 | |||
| June 20, 1992 | |||
| June 21, 1992 | |||
| June 23, 1992 | |||
| June 24, 1992 | |||
| June 26, 1992 | Manchester | Maine Road | |
| June 28, 1992 | Glasgow | Scotland | Celtic Park |
| July 1, 1992 | Stuttgart | Germany | Schleyer-Halle |
| July 3, 1992 | Trier | Moselstadion | |
| July 4, 1992 | Maastricht | Holland | De Geusselt |
| July 6, 1992 | Rotterdam | Ahoy Rotterdam | |
| July 7, 1992 | |||
| July 8, 1992 | |||
| July 10, 1992 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy |
| July 11, 1992 | |||
| July 12, 1992 | |||