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“He said ‘Look, I want you to take all those albums and destroy them and I’ll pay for whatever cost was incurred in manufacturing.’ And he actually paid us out of his royalties”: What made Prince abruptly pull his new album days before release in 1987?

A record allegedly driven by supernatural forces, Prince swiftly disowned the stark funk of the Black Album - but what caused him to pivot so dramatically?

“He moved from instrument to instrument as quietly as possible and blew my mind with his vocal performance and the beauty of that piece”: Prince’s collaborators on how he embraced The Beatles and recorded one of the most vulnerable ballads of his career

“He moved from instrument to instrument as quietly as possible and blew my mind with his vocal performance and the beauty of that piece”: Prince’s collaborators on how he embraced The Beatles and recorded one of the most vulnerable ballads of his career

“He’d moved past the pop simplicity of Purple Rain - this was Gershwin-esque," says drummer Bobby Z

Nothing compares to it: Revisiting the wild story of Sinéad O’Connor’s hit 35 years on

Nothing compares to it: Revisiting the wild story of Sinéad O’Connor’s hit 35 years on

PLAYBACK: Everyone remembers the Irish singer’s mesmerising video for ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’. Few know that Prince was the musician who wrote and released the original – or the level of chaos that ensued when he and O’Connor met. On the song’s 35th anniversary, Mark Beaumont delves into its emotive…

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“Ain’t nobody gonna believe I’d do this”: What Prince said to his engineer when he “unproduced” When Doves Cry and removed the bassline

We celebrate the pioneering genius of the man from Minneapolis

"It's the only time I get to spend with my mother": The story of Sinéad O'Connor’s Nothing Compares 2 U

The late singer channeled her mother when performing the iconic Prince song, but did she originally sing it about Peter Gabriel?

Heartwarming moment children sing along and dance with elderly woman on tram

The woman, who has been named as 77-year-old Susan Rogers, sings along to Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline after the teenagers put the song on their speakers on the tram

'Heart warming' moment children sing along and dance with elderly woman on Metrolink

'The kids are alright'

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A faulty mixing console meant that Prince’s The Ballad of Dorothy Parker was recorded ‘wrong’, but he used it anyway

A faulty mixing console meant that Prince’s The Ballad of Dorothy Parker was recorded ‘wrong’, but he used it anyway

“I kept thinking, ‘Isn’t he noticing that there’s something weird with this?’” recalls engineer Susan Rogers

The artist formerly known as Camille – Prince's lost album 'comes out'

The artist formerly known as Camille – Prince's lost album 'comes out'

When Prince Rogers Nelson died at the age of 57 on April 21, 2016, it sent shockwaves around the world. Tributes from fans flooded social media, vigils sprang up across the US, and key landmarks, including the Lowry Bridge in Prince’s hometown of Minneapolis, turned purple to mark his passing.…

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Luxury cruise ship departs St. Paul, stirs river dreams for passengers, locals

MINNEAPOLIS — Bob Wilson stepped off a bus at St. Paul's Lambert's Landing on Saturday, a native back in his hometown for the maiden voyage of the Viking Mississippi, a 450-foot-long cruise ship and floating symbol of this city's hopes for a riverfront tourism revival.

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