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Prince Announces ‘Hit & Run’ American Tour with 3rdEyeGirl

Prince 57th GRAMMY Awards
Prince speaks onstage during The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the at the STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California

*Prince and his backing band 3rdEyeGirl have announced their Hit & Run American tour, which kicks off May 14th in Louisville, Kentucky at an as-yet-unspecified venue.

Why Kentucky? The group’s drummer Hannah Welton hails from Louisville. Tickets for the performance go on sale Monday, March 9th at 10 a.m. local time through Live Nation, and a portion of proceeds from the concert will benefit Louisville-based charities.

According to Rolling Stone, the trek follows the spontaneous approach of his 2014 UK Hit & Run tour, which found Prince playing two to three shows per night at major venues – with dates announced via Twitter after little advance notice.

In December, he casually strolled onstage at the W Hollywood Hotel’s jazz night and ripped out a fierce guitar solo during a cover of the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends.”

Last year, Prince released two new studio albums: a solo LP, “Art Official Age,” and his debut with 3rdEyeGirl, “Plectrumelectrum.” He capped off a productive 2014 with an unprecedented eight-minute medley as the musical guest for a November episode of “Saturday Night Live.”

More recently, Prince stole the 2015 Grammy Awards with his cane-twirling entrance to present Album of the Year. “Like books and black lives, albums still matter,” he said.

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