🎸 Prince – Roosevelt Hotel Aftershow
- GlamSlamEscape
- Mar 24, 2006
- 4 min read
🎸 Prince – Roosevelt Hotel Aftershow
Live Performance #?: Invitation‑Only Industry Party
24 March 2006 (a.m.)
Writer: Glam Slam Escape / Live Performance Chronicle
Date: 24 March 2006
Length: ~7–8 minutes
A velvet‑rope 3121 fantasy unfolded inside the Roosevelt Hotel ballroom, where Prince turned an industry party into a sweat‑lit, celebrity‑packed aftershow that felt more like a secret club initiation than a promotional event.
🎸 Full Setlist
Notes: ‘Milk & Honey’, ‘Love Changes’, and ‘Stay With Me’ remain unconfirmed in running order.
3121
The Chain
Come Together — Támar co‑lead vocals
Closer 2 My Heart — Támar lead vocals
All Night Long — Támar lead vocals
Milk & Honey — Támar lead vocals
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) — Támar lead vocals
Love Changes — Támar lead vocals
When A Man Loves A Woman — Támar lead vocals
Beautiful Strange
Redhead Stepchild — Támar lead vocals
Stay With Me — Támar lead vocals
You Shook Me All Night Long — audience member lead vocal
It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me / Be Happy — incl. “Hollaback Girl” interpolation
Rock Steady — Támar lead vocals
Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough — Támar lead vocals, with Apollonia
What Have You Done For Me Lately — Támar lead vocals
Partyman
Play That Funky Music — audience member lead vocal
Love Rollercoaster — incl. “It Ain’t Over” chant; audience member lead vocal
Purple Rain
Let’s Go Crazy
🎸 Band & Guests
Prince – vocals, guitar
Cora Coleman‑Dunham – drums
Josh Dunham – bass
Morris Hayes – keyboards
Támar Davis – vocals
Maya & Nandy McClean (The Twinz) – dance
DJ Rashida – turntables
Guest: Mike Scott – guitar
Additional Guests: Apollonia (featured on “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough”), multiple audience‑member vocal cameos
🎸 Show Facts
• Advertised Start Time: ?
• Actual Start Time: ~12:15 a.m.
• Length of Show: ~125 minutes
• Attendance / Capacity: Invite‑only
• Ticket Price: Invitation‑only
• Venue Notes: Roosevelt Hotel ballroom transformed into a full “3121” club environment with staging, lighting, and décor matching the era’s aesthetic.
🎸 Excerpt
Prince tore into the room like he owned the building, flipping an industry mixer into a purple pressure cooker. Celebrities lined the walls while Támar and The Twinz turned the stage into a kinetic blur of motion, and the band locked into a groove that felt both rehearsed and reckless.
🎸 Performance Overview
This aftershow functioned as a hybrid: part 3121‑era showcase, part celebrity‑studded club jam, part experimental workshop. Prince leaned heavily on Támar’s vocal firepower, using her as the emotional engine for the night while he steered the band through covers, deep cuts, and spontaneous detours. The atmosphere was loose, playful, and charged with the thrill of exclusivity.
🎸 The Story
The Roosevelt Hotel ballroom—reimagined as a temporary 3121 nightclub—was already buzzing when Prince hit the stage after midnight. The crowd, thick with Hollywood names, pressed in as the band launched into “3121,” setting the tone for a night that blurred performance and party.
Támar took command early, delivering a run of soul‑driven covers that showcased her range while Prince shifted between bandleader, guitarist, and mischievous instigator. The first‑ever confirmed performances of “The Chain” and “Come Together” added a sense of occasion, while audience‑member cameos on “You Shook Me All Night Long” and “Play That Funky Music” kept the energy unpredictable.
Apollonia’s appearance during “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” drew a roar, and the interpolation of “Hollaback Girl” during “It’s Ecstasy…” marked the final known time Prince ever referenced the song live. The night closed with a one‑two punch of “Purple Rain” and “Let’s Go Crazy,” sealing the event as one of the most mythic 3121‑era aftershows.
🎸 Full Setlist
Note: ‘Milk & Honey’, ‘Love Changes’, and ‘Stay With Me’ remain unconfirmed in sequence.
3121
The Chain
Come Together — Támar co‑lead vocals
Closer 2 My Heart — Támar lead vocals
All Night Long — Támar lead vocals
Milk & Honey — Támar lead vocals
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) — Támar lead vocals
Love Changes — Támar lead vocals
When A Man Loves A Woman — Támar lead vocals
Beautiful Strange
Redhead Stepchild — Támar lead vocals
Stay With Me — Támar lead vocals
You Shook Me All Night Long — audience member lead vocal
It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me / Be Happy — incl. “Hollaback Girl” interpolation
Rock Steady — Támar lead vocals
Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough — Támar lead vocals, with Apollonia
What Have You Done For Me Lately — Támar lead vocals
Partyman
Play That Funky Music — audience member lead vocal
Love Rollercoaster — incl. “It Ain’t Over” chant; audience member lead vocal
Purple Rain
Let’s Go Crazy
🎸 Highlights
• First confirmed live performances of “The Chain” and “Come Together.”
• Surprise celebrity‑heavy audience including Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, Christina Aguilera, Salma Hayek, Paris Hilton, and more.
• Rare audience‑member lead vocals on “You Shook Me All Night Long” and “Play That Funky Music.”
• Final known interpolation of “Hollaback Girl.”
• Apollonia joining for “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough.”
🎸 Related Performances
• 3121 Las Vegas Residency (2006–2007)
• 2006 Brit Awards Aftershow
• 2006 NAACP Image Awards Aftershow
🎸 Sources / Setlist Provenance
Circulating eyewitness accounts, industry‑attendee recollections, verified setlist archives, and fan‑community documentation. Some song placements remain unconfirmed.
🎸 Alt Text Box
A dimly lit hotel ballroom transformed into a purple‑themed nightclub, with Prince and his band performing on a compact stage surrounded by dancers, celebrities, and industry guests.
🎸 Closing Notes
This performance stands as one of the defining 3121‑era aftershows—intimate, experimental, star‑studded, and unmistakably Prince: playful, unpredictable, and musically fearless.
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