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PRINCE PERFORMS AT LONDON FASHION SHOW: Audience surprised when he jumped on catwalk to sing ‘U Got the Look.’
*Prince drew lots of quiet stares when he planted himself in the front row of Matthew Williamson's fashion show in London yesterday.
But when the lights dimmed and the first notes of his music began to pound through the sound system, His Royal Badness had the crowd screaming and scrambling to take cell phone photos as jumped onstage for a surprise performance.
"He really wanted to do this, and you don't say 'No' to Prince," Williamson told Reuters TV following the show.
The singer, currently in London performing a string of dates at the 02 Arena, took his front row seat at Williamson’s spring-summer 2008 collection and appeared to be there to just watch the show.
But when one of his songs began to play, a pair of identical twins appeared on the catwalk and started to dance. Prince, wearing a black suit and hat, then began singing into a microphone from his seat before jumping up and performing from the start of the runway flanked by his band, reports Reuters.
Audience members, including Sting’s wife Trudie Styler, rose to their feet and began cheering. He closed the show with his 1986 hit, “Kiss.”
Don’t expect to find any of this footage on YouTube. Those days are over, as Prince has gotten his lawyers to crack down on the use of unauthorized footage under threat of a lawsuit.
