The Jam of the Year World Tour was a concert tour which took place from January 1997 to January 1998 visiting cities all across the United States and Canada. This tour took place in support of Prince's 19th studio album, Emancipation released in November 1996.
This is one of Prince's most notable tours and is also Prince's first tour in North America after he changed his name in 1993.
Background After wrapping up his performances at the Blaisdell Arena on his Gold Tour to promote his 17th studio album, The Gold Experience, Prince was due to embark on a North American Leg of the tour in March 1996 with The Time, D'Angelo and Tony Rich. However, due to the fact that Prince was working on Emancipation and quickly putting out projects to hurry and get out of his 1992 Warner Bros. deal, he cancelled the tour. He fired everyone from the New Power Generation at the time and made a completely new configuration of the band. In July 1996, Prince released his 18th studio album, Chaos and Disorder which marked to be his final album to complete the requirements under his Warner Bros. contract.
In November 1996, Prince released his 19th studio album Emancipation and announced that he was going on a world tour. He said due to the fact that the Warner Bros. contract doesn't end until December 31, 1999, the tour would continue until the year 2000 so that he wouldn't have to return to the studio. He quickly broke that promise with the release of the de facto Prince album, Newpower Soul by the New Power Generation leading him to change the title of the tour in February 1998.
The world tour was planned to start overseas in Sweden in June 1997 however, all those concerts were cancelled due to reasons unknown. Prince was also supposed to start promo for Emancipation with one-off concerts all across the world planning to come to Brazil, Italy, Germany, England, Spain, France & Netherlands but all further plans were cancelled. Rumors that Prince also planned to headline the 1997 Super Bowl XXXI Halftime Show at the Louisiana Superdome however none of those plans materialized, either.
However, in December 1996, Prince announced that he was going to do public warm-up shows for his band in support of his charity, Love 4 One Another. It was named the Love 4 One Another Charities Tour, and it started on January 7, 1997, at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. Tickets went on sale just three days before the first show and sold out almost immediately. All of the proceeds made from the tour went to his charity. In July 1997, almost 2 weeks before the first show of the Jam of the Year World Tour began, tickets were put on sale on July 10 for the first round of shows for the official tour. The first date of the tour started on July 21 in Clarkston, Michigan at the Pine Knob Music Center.
Set list January to June 1997 This set list on represents the show on January 7, 1997 in Upper Darby, this does not represent the setlist for the remainder of the tour.
"Jam of the Year" "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" (includes "Rock 'N' Roll is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)" instrumental coda) "Purple Rain" "17 Days" "Get Yo Groove On" (includes an interpolation of "Six") "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "Face Down" "The Cross" "One of Us" "Do Me, Baby" (includes snippets of "Adore", "Insatiable", "Scandalous", "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?") "Sexy M.F." / "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (includes "♥ or $" instrumental) "The Ride" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "Take Me With U" / "Raspberry Beret" "Mr. Happy" Encore "Sleep Around" "Johnny"
July 1997 to January 1998 This set list on represents the show on July 23, 1997 in Wantagh, this does not represent the setlist for the remainder of the tour.
"Jam of the Year" "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" (includes "Rock 'N' Roll is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)" instrumental coda) "Purple Rain" "Little Red Corvette" "Get Yo Groove On" (includes an interpolation of "Six") "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "Face Down"(includes "777-9311" instrumental) "The Cross" "One of Us" "Do Me, Baby" (includes snippets of "Adore", "Insatiable", "Scandalous", "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?") "Sexy M.F." / "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (includes "♥ or $" instrumental) "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "Take Me With U" / "Raspberry Beret" (includes "Mr. Happy" instrumental coda) Encore "Girls & Boys" / "Erotic City" "Sleep Around" "Baby I'm A Star" / "1999"
Tour dates + List of 1997 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and gross revenue Date City Country Venue Attendance RevenueJanuary 7Upper Darby TownshipUnited StatesTower Theater3,006 / 3,006$150,300January 8BostonRoxy1,300 / 1,300N/AJanuary 10Washington, D.C.DAR Constitution Hall3,700 / 3,700$13,480January 11New York CityRoseland Ballroom3,000 / 3,000$150,000January 13DetroitState Theater3,000 / 3,000N/AJanuary 18BirminghamBoutwell Memorial Auditorium6,000 / 6,000$180,000January 19AtlantaAtlanta Live2,500 / 2,500$75,000February 16HonoluluBlaisdell Arena7,900 / 7,900$322,583April 11HollywoodUnited StatesPantages Theatre2,500 / 2,500$162,500April 19San JoseEvent Center at San Jose University13,000 / 14,600$520,000April 20April 28PhoenixAmerica West Arena8,298 / 8,298$331,920April 29San DiegoRIMAC Arena5,000 / 5,000$207,500May 17ClevelandCSU Convocation Center5,000 / 5,000$200,000May 18LouisvilleLouisville Gardens6,800 / 6,800N/AJune 5TorontoCanadaThe Warehouse2,206 / 2,206$84,225June 6MontrealSalle Wilfrid-Pelletier2,980 / 2,980$142,295June 21MolineUnited StatesThe Mark of the Quad Cities5,207 / 5,207$182,245June 22NoblesvilleDeer Creek Music Center12,201 / 12,201$369,080June 27St. LouisKiel Center13,756 / 13,756$619,020June 28ChicagoUnited Center17,943 / 17,943$1,121,438July 21ClarkstonPine Knob Music Center14,542 / 14,542$908,875July 23WantaghJones Beach Theater9,550 / 10,541$573,000July 25BostonFleetCenter11,761 / 15,705$627,253July 26PhiladelphiaCoreStates Center12,382 / 14,938$693,392August 1LandoverUSAir Arena15,324 / 15,324$970,520August 2CharlotteCharlotte Coliseum20,179 / 20,179$908,055August 3AtlantaCoca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre14,790 / 15,500$709,920August 5Oklahoma CityMyriad Convention Center14,460 / 15,283N/AAugust 8San AntonioAlamodome12,882 / 12,882$837,330August 9DallasCoca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre15,937 / 16,533$852,630August 10HoustonThe Summit14,789 / 14,789N/AAugust 13LafayetteCajundome9,554 / 10,680August 15MiamiMiami Arena12,000 / 12,000August 18RaleighHardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre12,193 / 14,000$589,328August 20JacksonMississippi Coliseum5,063 / 5,063$227,835August 22NashvilleNashville ArenaN/AN/AAugust 23MemphisPyramid Arena14,423 / 15,978$697,111September 13BuffaloMarine Midland Arena15,872 / 15,872$767,147September 14WallingfordOakdale Theatre5,000 / 5,000$433,333September 16Holmdel TownshipPNC Bank Arts Center17,219 / 17,219$947,045September 19DaytonErvin J. Nutter CenterN/AN/ASeptember 20PittsburghCivic ArenaSeptember 21BaltimoreBaltimore ArenaSeptember 24CalgaryCanadaCanadian Airlines Saddledome9,659 / 13,171$508,160September 26VancouverGeneral Motors PlaceN/AN/ASeptember 27GeorgeUnited StatesThe Gorge Amphitheatre11,611 / 13,500$711,173September 28PortlandRose Garden10,868 / 13,110$594,117October 1SacramentoARCO Arena9,500 / 9,500$522,500October 2FresnoSelland Arena7,993 / 9,450$386,328October 4West Valley CityThe E CenterN/AN/AOctober 5Greenwood VillageFiddler's Green Amphitheatre16,130 / 16,130$833,383October 10Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre15,449 / 17,989$803,348October 11Los AngelesHollywood Bowl17,172 / 17,172$1,167,696October 12IrvineIrvine Meadows Amphitheatre14,785 / 14,785$1,002,916October 24Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena13,766 / 13,766$1,032,450October 25PhoenixDesert Sky PavilionN/AN/AOctober 28AlbuquerqueTingley ColiseumOctober 29Las CrucesPan American Center12,000 / 13,000October 31MobileMobile Civic CenterN/ANovember 2AustinFrank Erwin Center7,108 / 11,282$331,707November 4ColumbiaCarolina Coliseum6,000 / 6,000$290,000November 5LexingtonRupp Arena18,976 / 18,976$887,128November 6KnoxvilleThompson-Boling Arena10,493 / 11,614$507,162November 8GreensboroGreensboro ColiseumN/AN/ANovember 9CincinnatiThe CrownDecember 8FargoFargodome13,114 / 17,000N/ADecember 10MinneapolisTarget Center29,000 / 29,000$957,290December 11December 13Cedar RapidsFive Seasons Center6,232 / 8,500$207,713December 14OmahaOmaha Civic AuditoriumN/AN/ADecember 16AmesHilton ColiseumDecember 17MilwaukeeBradley CenterDecember 18Grand RapidsVan Andel Arena12,076 / 12,076$414,569December 27Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills16,012 / 16,012$693,799December 30DallasReunion ArenaN/AN/ADecember 31HoustonCompaq Center14,389 / 15,201$620,490
+ List of 1998 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and gross revenue Date City Country Venue Attendance RevenueJanuary 2New OrleansUnited StatesLakefront Arena7,285 / 7,471$253,737January 3Little RockBarton ColiseumN/AN/AJanuary 4Kansas CityKemper ArenaJanuary 5EvansvilleRoberts Municipal Stadium8,300 / 10,719 $289,089January 8AtlantaFox Theater13,359 / 13,359$667,905January 9January 10January 13TampaIce Palace12,494 / 13,000$408,096January 22OaklandThe Arena in Oakland12,114 / 12,114$545,130
Cancelled dates + List of cancelled concerts Date City Country VenueJanuary 14, 1997PittsburghUnited StatesA. J. Palumbo CenterJanuary 15, 1997HamptonHampton Convocation CenterJanuary 17, 1997Fort MillCharlotte Hornets Training FacilityJanuary 20, 1997TallahasseeThe MoonJanuary 22, 1997New OrleansSaenger TheatreJanuary 24, 1997University ParkMoody ColiseumJanuary 25, 1997HattiesburgUniversity of Southern MississippiJanuary 26, 1997HoustonInternational BallroomMay 22, 1997MontrealCanadaMolson CentreMay 23, 1997OttawaNational Arts CentreJune 3, 1997StockholmSwedenStockholm Olympic StadiumJune 5, 1997OsloNorwayValle HovinJune 7, 1997BerlinGermanyFriedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-SportparkJune 10, 1997LondonEnglandWembley StadiumJune 12, 1997FrankfurtGermanyWaldstadionJune 15, 1997DublinIrelandLansdowne RoadAugust 12, 1997New OrleansUnited StatesLakefront ArenaAugust 26, 1997HamptonHampton ColiseumAugust 27, 1997ColumbusPolaris AmphitheaterSeptember 9, 1997WallingfordOakdale TheatreNovember 21, 1997TuscalossaColeman ColiseumDecember 13, 1997RochesterRochester Community War MemorialDecember 28, 1997Baton RougeRiverside CentroplexDecember 29, 1997ShreveportHirsch Memorial ColiseumJanuary 6, 1998Valley CenterKansas ColiseumJanuary 8, 1998Fort WayneWar Memorial ColiseumJanuary 9, 1998CharlestonCharleston Civic CenterJanuary 15, 1998AlbanyPepsi ArenaJanuary 16, 1998WorcesterWorcester's Centrum CentreJanuary 21, 1998Las VegasMGM Grand Garden ArenaJanuary 24, 1998San DiegoCox Arena
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