1997

Publication: New York Daily News [US]
Date: January 6, 1997
Title: "A Rhapsody In Purple"
Summary: Even with Muhammad Ali among the guests showing up to honor Bryant Gumbel on Friday, the NBC anchor said afterward that his favorite moment was when the Artist Formerly Known As Prince showed up, dressed in conservative coat and tie, to play old songs for an old friend.

Publication: Addicated To Noise [Internet]
Date: January 10, 1997
Title: "Prince Begins Charity Tour For The Kids"
Summary: Addicted To Noise staff writer Gil Kaufman reports: That guy we used to call Prince, then TAFKAP, now The Artist and maybe soon What's His Name? hit the road earlier this week for a 14-date mini-tour, for the kids.

Publication: The Washington Times [US]
Date: January 10, 1997
Title: "The Artist; Musician Tries to Resurrect Princely Career"
Summary: The artist formerly known asPrincehas been doing an inordinate amount of socializing of late.He did the "Today" show, dressed for laughs like host Bryant Gumbel.The next week, on Tuesday, he did "Rosie O'Donnell." He invited Oprah Winfrey tointerviewhim at his 65,000-square-foot spread near Minneapolis.It was there that he also revealed his soul to an Ebony magazine writer over a dinner of "mock duck."

Publication: New York Daily News Online [Internet]
Date: January 14, 1997
Title: "Surveillance"
Summary: The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Who Now Wants To Be Called "Artist," was actually outgoing and friendly at this post-concert party at Spy last Saturday, engaging in physical contact with the masses--masses of celebrities, that is.

Publication: Cybersleaze [Internet]
Date: January 16, 1997
Title: From News
Summary: THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE is planning a romantic celebration of his first year of marriage - by whisking wife MAYTE off to the place where they spent their honeymoon.

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: January 20, 1997
Title: CJ’s Column
Summary: Prince watchers at the Wolves loss to the Bulls marveled at how Symbolina could watch the game mostly without moving his head.

Publication: New York Daily News [US]
Date: January 22, 1997
Title: "Hot Seat"
Summary: Here's a dilemma for you. Let's pretend you're Prince for a moment. With your new emancipated self, you venture off to L.A.'s red-hot Sky Bar and look for a perch to sit and be seen.

Publication: Entertainment Weekly [US]
Date: January 24, 1997
Title: "2 Good 2 B 4Gotten"
Summary: The Artist Formerly Known As Prince may be emancipated from his past, but he hasn't forgotten it.

Publication: Billboard [US]
Date: January 25, 1997
Title: From The Beat
Summary: Say what? Fans of O{+> were momentarily stymied at his Roseland Theater show Jan. 11 in new York when they didn’t know what to shout to bring the artist formerly known as Prince back for an encore, as he'’ still using that godforsaken unpronounceable glyph for a name.

Publication: Mojo [UK]
Date: February 1997
Title: "Shoot-out At The Fantasy Factory
Summary: [Note: This is an extremely large, but quite interesting, piece typed by Fredrik and Pernilla Glimberg. It is in essence several different articles joined into one large piece.]

Publication: New York Daily News [US]
Date: February 3, 1997
Title: "Purple Majesty"
Summary: We don't come here to bury Prince, only to keep you up to date on his stylized entrances to eating establishments and clothing boutiques.

Publication: St. Paul Pioneer Press [US]
Date: February 11, 1997
Title: "Prolific ex-Prince working on next album, ‘Truth’"
Summary: During his interview with the artist formerly known as Prince on VH1 last weekend, Chris Rock asked, "When you were at Warner Bros., you took a lot of flack for putting out too many albums. Do you ever feel that if you were an artist in another time period, that you'd be more appreciated?

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: February 11, 1997
Title: "A Job For Family Court"
Summary: Duane Nelson claims to be in a litigious mood--however there is no disputing his rare form these days. Guess I can call Prince's former brother and bodygaurd Duane, but maybe not.

Publication: Music Central [Internet]
Date: February 11, 1997
Title: Music Central News
Summary: Fresh on the heels of his platinum 3 Cd set Emancipation, The Artists is readying the release of yet another CD sure to set tongues a-waggin. THE TRUTH is an all acoustic CD from the man who's done his part to popularize poor spelling and advanced symbology.

Publication: Cybersleaze [Internet]
Date: February 11, 1997
Title: Cybersleaze News
Summary: THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE was spotted walking in the the women's department of a top California fashion store - and buying some clothes for himself.

Publication: Addicted To Noize [Internet]
Date: February 12, 1997
Title: "Prince Press Release For The Circular File"
Summary: Hmm, an "orchestral-ballet interpretation"? How about just giving us a reworking of "When You Were Mine"?

Publication: New York Daily News [US]
Date: February 18, 1997
Title: "Madonna, Prince Like A Pair"
Summary: Are Madonna and the Artist We Still Call Prince ready to get into bed? Businesswise, of course. Record-industry voyeurs are whispering that the two superstars may mate their labels--Madonna's Maverick and Prince's NPG.

Publication: Cyberselaze [Internet]
Date: February 27, 1997
Title: "More Reports From The London Fashion Front"
Summary: THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE was apparently his usual communicative self when he marched into a fashion show in London last night.

Publication: PRNewswire [US]
Date: February 28, 1997
Title: "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Double Platinum Party"
Summary: NEW YORK, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- EMI-Capitol Music Group North America Chairman and CEO Charles Koppelman hosted a private party for The Artist Formerly Known As Prince and NPG Records to mark the double platinum sales of The Artist's latest release, EMANCIPATION. The event was held last night at NYC's LIFE club.

Publication: The Toronto Star [Can]
Date: March 4, 1997
Title: "Morissette Still Hot"
Summary: Albums by Alanis Morissette, Toni Braxton and the artist formerly known as Prince racked up impressive sales during the month of February, according to the latest figures released by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Publication: VH1 [Internet]
Date: March 6, 1997
Title: From VH1 News
Summary: The "4th Annual VH1 Honors" will return to the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles Thursday, April 10 to pay tribute to music education in an announcement by VH1 president John Sykes.

Publication: Cybersleaze [Internet]
Date: March 17, 1997
Title: From Cybersleaze
Summary: THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE says he will never stop playing his classic hits - even though he would like nothing more than to do just that.

Publication: Cybersleaze [Internet]
Date: March 24, 1997
Title: From Cybersleaze News
Summary: Soul superstar WHITNEY HOUSTON really is feeling triumphant after hearing she will receive the first Triumphant Spirit Award at the annual prize-giving event organized by American magazine ESSENCE.

Publication: Billboard [US]
Date: March 29, 1997
Title: "Comin' Up Rosie"
Summary: Ya gotta love Rosie Gaines. Not only is the singer- best known as a one-time protégée of the artist formerly known as Prince-taking the proverbial bull by the horns by issuing some slammin' new music on her own Dredlix Records, but she is spreading it via the Internet.

Publication: Rolling Stone [Internet]
Date: March 29, 1997
Title: From Rerelease News
Summary: With Prince set to give his double-album masterpiece a "Star Wars Special Edition"-style makeover (into the triple-album, "Crystal Ball," he originally intended to release), it's all too clear that this ten-year-old release has never sounded better.

Publication: San Jose Mercury News [US]
Date: April 3, 1997
Title: "A Royal Surprise: Ex-Prince To Play"
Summary: The artist formerly known as Prince Rogers Nelson, then as Prince, then as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince and now as the Artist (spelled with an unpronounceable symbol), is dropping by San Jose State University for a hastily scheduled show at 8 p.m. April 12.

Publication: Cybersleaze [Internet]
Date: April 4, 1997
Title: Cybersleaze News
Summary: THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE and AL PACINO can't wait to go to VERSACE's swanky party tomorrow - because they want to see British group REPUBLICA. The READY TO GO rockers will open and close the plush VERSUS fashion show at New York's Ace Gallery, after lead singer SAFFRON was persuaded to attend by Gianni Versace's sister DONATELLA.

Publication: USA Today [US]
Date: April 7, 1997
Title: "2000 Party Plans All Over The Map"
Summary: Perhaps you're too busy plotting this summer's vacation to worry about where you'll commemorate the dawn of the next millennium.

Publication: San Jose Mercury News [US]
Date: April 9, 1997
Title: From the Mercury News
Summary: IT TOOK THAT LONG? Tickets for Saturdays's San Jose Event Center show by the man who would be Prince sold out in less than five minutes Monday.

Publication: San Jose Mercury News [US]
Date: April 11, 1997
Title: "SJSU Prince Concert Canceled; Explanation Is Due In S.F. Today"
Summary: The concert by the artist formerly known as Prince has gone the way of the artist's name: It's been erased.

Publication: Reuters [International]
Date: April 11, 1997
Title: "George Michael Surprises VH1 Concert"
Summary: HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - George Michael made a surprise appearance during Thursday night's 4th Annual VH1 Honors benefit concert at the Universal Amphitheatre, performing a duet with Stevie Wonder on Wonder's hit Living for the City in an evening devoted to rock 'n' roll's golden oldies.

Publication: Cybersleaze [Internet]
Date: April 11, 1997
Title: "More VH1 Honors Backstage Gossip"
Summary: THE ARTIST was being as elusive as ever at the VH1 HONOURS in Los Angeles last night. The PURPLE RAIN hit maker refused to face the world's media for fear of a grilling over his personal life and in particular over the mystery of his child.

Publication: The San Francisco Examiner [US]
Date: April 11, 1997
Title: "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
Summary: The Artist, who used to be The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, who used to be Prince, abruptly canceled a concert scheduled for Saturday at the Event Center at San Jose State, blaming ticket scalping for his decision.

Publication: San Jose Mercury News [US]
Date: April 12, 1997
Title: "Scalpers Blamed For Show Cancellation"
Summary: The artist most people still know as Prince canceled the San Jose show he had scheduled for tonight after learning that tickets were being scalped at the expense of his ``regular'' fans, representatives for the performer said Friday.

Publication: San Francisco Chronicle [US]
Date: April 12, 1997
Title: "Prince Blames Scalpers...."
Summary: Prince canceled his planned concert tonight at the San Jose Event Center after he got word of ticket scalping, his spokesman said yesterday.

Publication: San Fransisco Chronicle [US]
Date: April 13, 1997
Title: ?
Summary: Prince canceled his planned concert tonight at the San Jose Event Center after he got word of ticket scalping, his spokesman said yesterday.

Publication: Entertainment Weekly [US]
Date: April 18, 1997
Title: "Platinum Bombshell"
Summary: The number cruncher formerly known as Prince was honored at a star-studded Manhattan bash in February celebrating the "double platinum" triumph of his latest album, Emancipation, with trade ads trumpeting the feat soon following.

Publication: Wall Of Sound [Internet]
Date: April 18, 1997
Title: "Prince Takes on Scalpers"
Summary: After canceling almost a dozen shows in 1997 because of excessive ticket-scalping, Prince has decided to take measures to insure that all the money made at his weekend concerts in San Jose will go to its intended recipient, his Love 4 One Another charity.

Publication: San Francisco Chronicle [US]
Date: April 18, 1997
Title: "Prince Tickets Back on Sale"
Summary: Tickets for Prince's rescheduled shows Saturday and Sunday at the Event Center at San Jose State go on sale at 10 a.m. today at four locations. Tickets are $40 and pains are being taken to avoid block sales to scalpers, the reason Prince cited for canceling his earlier show.

Publication: Contra Costa Times [US]
Date: April 19, 1997
Title: "Princely Forethought Would Save Fans Hassle"
Summary: There's probably a lot of you out there this morning angry that you couldn't get tickets for one of the two concerts this weekend by The Artist (formerly known as Prince).

Publication: San Jose Mercury News [US]
Date: April 20, 1997
Title: "S.J. Juggles Events, Keeps Traffic Moving"
Summary: On top of all the usual goings-on in San Jose, it featured three events that could have turned downtown into a parking lot: a Golden State Warriors game, the Silicon Valley Charity Ball and a concert by the artist formerly known as Prince.

Publication: The Arizona Republic [US]
Date: April 25, 1997
Title: "Purple Palace Surprise"
Summary: Here's a show that's appropriate for the Purple Palace: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince will perform at the America West Arena. In typical TAFKAP fashion, there are some quirks:

Publication: Wall Of Sound [Internet]
Date: May 5, 1997
Title: "Prince Teams With the Muppets--Overseas"
Summary: Imagine Prince and Kermit doing a duet of "It's Not Easy Bein' Green." Or Prince and Fozzie cracking jokes. Or even Prince serenading Miss Piggy. Sound impossible?

Publication: New York Times [US]
Date: May 6, 1997
Title: "Hail! Hail! Vintage Rock: Cleveland, Tie-Dyed, As Woodstock Nation"
Summary: CLEVELAND -- Monday Cleveland is a rock nexus, as new members gather to be inducted into the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame. Michael Jackson and his four brothers in the Jackson Five are expected for the ceremony on Tuesday.

Publication: New York Daily News [US]
Date: May 6, 1997
Title: "Stars Shine in Cleveland Fete at Rock' N' Roll Hall Induction Site"
Summary: Cleveland -- Two of pop's most peculiar icon, The Artist Formerly Known As Prince and Michael Jackson, were in the house last night as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's annual induction ceremony played it's first home date.

Publication: The Cleveland Plain Dealer [US]
Date: May 16, 1997
Title: "The Artist To Perform Tomorrow"
Summary: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince will perform tomorrow at the Cleveland State University Convocation Center, his Minneapolis-based management team announced yesterday.

Publication: Cybersleaze [Internet]
Date: May 20, 1997
Title: From Cybersleaze
Summary: STEVIE WONDER chalked up his 47th birthday in a pool hall - and ended up singing for his supper. The soul sensation was surprised with a lavish birthday bash at THE HOLLYWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB after being enticed to the secret venue by basketball pal SHAQUILLE O'NEAL.

Publication: Cleveland Plain Dealer [US]
Date: May 20, 1997
Title: "The Artist No Prince To After-show Partygoers"
Summary: The Artist Formally Known as Prince may have dazzled the audience at his concert Saturday night at Cleveland State University. But he left Cleveland on a sour note early Sunday morning, after refusing to perform for more than 500 diehard fans who paid $20 to attend an after-show party at the Odean Concert Club in the Flats.

Publication: Ottawa Sun [Can]
Date: May 22, 1997
Title: "Princely blind date?"
Summary: The phone lines were burning up yesterday with rumors that an Ottawa date would be included in a planned lightning Canadian club tour by The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.

Publication: The Toronto Sun [US]
Date: June 9, 1997
Title: "Paisley Park Princesses; Montrealers Happy Making Music In Theartist's Court"
Summary: They say behind every great man there's a great woman.... In Prince's case, or The Artist, as he is being called this year, there appear to be two. At least on stage. And they're both from Canada.

Publication: The Albany Times Union [US]
Date: July 23, 1997
Title: "A Prince Among Boosters Of Schools"
Summary: Principal Prince? Or is it the school marm once known as a rock star?

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: July 24, 1997
Title: "Officials Like School Idea From Prince; Artist's Surprise Announcement In New York Is News To Politicians And School District Authorities In Minneapolis"
Summary: When Westside Preparatory School in Chicago was nearing a financial collapse in the mid-1980s, Prince came through with a half-million-dollar donation that saved the day.

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: July 27, 1997
Title: "Prince Buys Land In Minneapolis For A New School"
Summary: Principal Prince? The formerly interview-shy artist known as Prince said at a news conference Tuesday in New York City that he's bought land in his hometown of Minneapolis to build a school.

Publication: Orange County Register [US]
Date: August 17, 1997
Title: "As Promoter, The Artist is a Prince"
Summary: The pop giant turns effusive as he takes his music to the Internet and doesn't look back.

Publication: The Nashville Banner [US]
Date: August 22, 1997
Title: "Potrait of the Artist"
Summary: I was dreaming when I wrote this, so forgive me if it goes astray. . . .

Publication: The Nashville Banner
Date: August 22, 1997
Title: "Dez Dickerson; Prince Guitarist Takes Long, Hard Road to Freedom"
Summary: Thirty seconds after he began playing with Prince, Dez Dickerson knew what it felt like to work with a genius.

Publication: The Hartford Courant [US]
Date: September 13, 1997
Title: "Free At Last, The Artist Goes It Alone"
Summary: It's been a decade of personal downsizing for The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.

Publication: St. Louis Post-Dispatch [US]
Date: September 29, 1997
Title: "The Artist Who Formerly Had A
Summary: Career; Ex-Prince's Purple Reign Is Losing Its Lustrous Sheen"
Summary: BY RECORDING industry standards, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince is turning into The Artist Who Formerly Had a Career.

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: October 7, 1997
Title: "Vegetarian Diet Keeps Karma Cookin' For Prince; Working For 'The Artist' May Be More Than Your Average Carnivore Can Chew"
Summary: Prince has gotten very you-are-what-you-eat about his diet. He once thought of eliminating Looza Belgium fruit juices from his intake because the brand sounded so much like Loser. Prince had a thing for the Pear Looza.

Publication: Tulsa World [US]
Date: October 10, 1997
Title: "Bad Taste In The Mouth"
Summary: Let's Go Crazy: In interviews, The Artist Everyone Still Calls Prince used to mention his warehouse of stockpiled songs that Warner Bros. wouldn't let him release. Well, now that he's out of Warner and on his own, he is free to exercise his record-it-and-release-it mentality.

Publication: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [US]
Date: October 17, 1997
Title: "Cue TIPS Wife Of Artist Steps Out On Her Own"
Summary: Mayte, the dancer spouse of The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, will bring her New Power Generation Dance Company to the Riverside Theater, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave., at 8 p.m. Monday. The 20-dancer troupe is on a six-month inaugural tour of the U.S. and Europe.

Publication: Austin American-Statesman [US]
Date: November 4, 1997
Title: "Prince Party-Goers Get The Royal Wave"
Summary: Hank Williams and the ghosts of country music may have been turning over in their graves, but the 1,000 Prince fans who crowded the Sixth Street Hang 'Em High Saloon were probably only turning over in their sleep following the singer's after-show party'' there late Sunday.

Publication: Orange County Register [US]
Date: November 5, 1997
Title: "Princely Dancing? Not Here"
Summary: Mayte Garcia had just joined rock star Prince's concert tours as a dancer when the Joffrey Ballet debuted its full-length "Billboards" to music by the pop musician.

Publication: Austin American-Statesman [US]
Date: November 6, 1997
Title: "Street Soundz"
Summary: PRINCE AT HANG 'EM HIGH: We were trying to hunt down a picture of THE ARTIST, formerly Prince, hanging out at his after-concert party'' at the Sixth Street Hang 'Em High Saloon late Sunday/early Monday, but Shane Widner, owner of the downtown kicker bar, said they're hard to come by.

Publication: The Kansas City Star [US]
Date: December 10, 1997
Title: "Are We Gonna Party Like It's 1998?"
Summary: He has always moved in mysterious ways, so the evidence at this point is sketchy. Nonetheless, it appears that the Artist (the former Prince) will bring his self-promoted tour to Kemper Arena the evening of Jan. 4, a Sunday.