The Purple Rain Tour stretched across the country from 1984-1985. It included nearly 1oo shows over five months and sold nearly two million tickets. This tour represented Prince at his MTV peak ...

The "Purple Rain" tour opened on Nov. 4, 1985 in Detroit, the first of a seven night stand at Joe Louis Arena. Tickets for the two Birmingham shows, Jan. 19 and Feb. 3, were $17.50 each.

But the Purple Rain tour was a major step in technology for us. Once you’ve seen a laser beam for five minutes, you’re done with it. So what we were doing was pushing the lasers and different ...