# Diamonds and Pearls Tour

The Diamonds and Pearls Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist Prince and the New Power Generation promoting his Diamonds and Pearls album, released the previous year. The tour itinerary were scheduled dates in Asia, Europe, and for the first time, Australia. Like several of his then-recent tours, Prince chose not to tour the United States, the exception being the Lovesexy Tour in 1988. It would be 1993's Act I Tour before Prince did a full tour of the United States.

## History

More extravagant than the previous year's Nude Tour, the Diamonds and Pearls Tour had more expensive set design, and additional band members. The setlist focused mainly on songs from the album, but was spattered with a number of greatest hits. Most songs were played in their entirety. Prince added a new horn section to the band and promoted a new hip hop image with raps by Tony M. The concerts were preceded with footage and teases from his forthcoming album, indicating that videos had already been shot and ready to be released.

## Opening act

* Carmen Electra (select venues)
* The Naked Mazurs (select venues)
* Djaambi (select venues)

## Band

* Prince — vocals, piano, and guitar
* Levi Seacer Jr. — guitar and vocals
* Sonny T. — bass guitar and vocals
* Rosie Gaines — keyboards, organ, and vocals
* Tommy Barbarella — keyboards
* Michael Bland — drums, percussion
* Tony M. — dancing and lead raps
* Kirky J. and Damon Dickson — dance and vocals
* The NPG Hornz — brass
* Mayte Garcia, Diamond and Pearl — dancing
After the departure of the remaining members of The Revolution after 1990's Nude Tour, Prince decided to officially dub this new band the New Power Generation. Most of the band transferred over from the Nude Tour. Levi Seacer Jr. was switched from bass to guitar to replace the departed Miko Weaver while Sonny T. took over for Levi on bass. Tommy Barbarella was brought in as a replacement for Doctor Fink on keyboards.
Prince added a new horn section to the band, dubbed the NPG Hornz who, while not being active on the Diamonds and Pearls album, would contribute greatly to Prince's albums for several years.
Dancers Diamond, Lori Elle, and Pearl, Robia LaMorte, served as spokespersons for Prince during the tour while also performing in the album's videos while Mayte, then-newest member of the NPG Band was a troupe dancer who was being promoted for his next project that same summer of 1992.

## Set lists

Setlist of 24 April 1992, at the Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
* "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (Introduction)
* "Thunder"
* "Daddy Pop"
* "Diamonds and Pearls"
* "Let's Go Crazy"
* "Kiss"
* "Jughead" (Includes "Dead on It" intro)
* "Purple Rain"
* "Live 4 Love"
* "Willing and Able" (Includes "Lively Up Yourself" intro)
* Interlude
* "Nothing Compares 2 U"
* "Sexy M.F."
* "Thieves in the Temple" (Includes snippets of "It")
* "A Night in Tunisia" / "Strollin'" (Instrumental)
* "Insatiable"
* "Gett Off" / "Gett Off (Houstyle)" (Includes snippets of "The Flow")
Encore I
* "Cream" (Includes "La, La, La, He, He, Hee" interpolation)
* "Chain of Fools" (Vocals by Rosie Gaines)
Encore II
* "1999" / "Baby I'm a Star" / "Push" (Includes "A Love Bizarre" , "My Name is Prince" and "Peter Gunn Theme" interpolations)

### Additional notes

* On some dates, "Damn U" was performed in place of "Nothing Compares 2 U"
* Starting the UK Dates, "Delirious" was performed in place of Willing and Able on some dates, after the Stuttgart show it was performed for the remainder of the tour.
* On a few dates of the tour, "Bambi" was performed after "Live 4 Love" or in replacement of "Live 4 Love"

## Tour dates

List of 1992 concerts :
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Capacity |
| April 3, 1992 | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 96,324 / 96,324 |
| April 4, 1992 | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 96,324 / 96,324 |
| April 7, 1992 | Nagoya | Japan | Rainbow Hall | 10,543 / 10,543 |
| April 9, 1992 | Yokohama | Japan | Yokohama Arena | 14,637 / 14,637 |
| April 13, 1992 | Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | 22,875 / 22,875 |
| April 14, 1992 | Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | 22,875 / 22,875 |
| April 16, 1992 | Melbourne | Australia | Flinders Park Tennis Centre | 63,954 / 63,954 |
| April 18, 1992 | Melbourne | Australia | Flinders Park Tennis Centre | 63,954 / 63,954 |
| April 19, 1992 | Melbourne | Australia | Flinders Park Tennis Centre | 63,954 / 63,954 |
| April 21, 1992 | Melbourne | Australia | Flinders Park Tennis Centre | 63,954 / 63,954 |
| April 22, 1992 | Melbourne | Australia | Flinders Park Tennis Centre | 63,954 / 63,954 |
| April 24, 1992 | Sydney | Australia | Sydney Entertainment Centre | 66,156 / 66,156 |
| April 26, 1992 | Sydney | Australia | Sydney Entertainment Centre | 66,156 / 66,156 |
| April 27, 1992 | Sydney | Australia | Sydney Entertainment Centre | 66,156 / 66,156 |
| April 29, 1992 | Sydney | Australia | Sydney Entertainment Centre | 66,156 / 66,156 |
| April 30, 1992 | Sydney | Australia | Sydney Entertainment Centre | 66,156 / 66,156 |
| May 1, 1992 | Sydney | Australia | Sydney Entertainment Centre | 66,156 / 66,156 |
| May 3, 1992 | Sydney | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 39,894 / 48,042 |
| May 25, 1992 | Ghent | Belgium | Flanders Expo | 11,000 / 11,000 |
| May 27, 1992 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy | 51,900 / 53,000 |
| May 28, 1992 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy | 51,900 / 53,000 |
| May 30, 1992 | Dortmund | Germany | Westfalenhallen | 13,689 / 13,689 |
| May 31, 1992 | Berlin | Germany | Waldbühne | 22,100 / 22,100 |
| June 2, 1992 | Cologne | Germany | Sporthalle | 7,648 / 7,648 |
| June 3, 1992 | Frankfurt | Germany | Festhalle Frankfurt | 10,961 / 10,961 |
| June 5, 1992 | Munich | Germany | Olympiahalle | 12,760 / 12,760 |
| June 6, 1992 | Munich | Germany | Olympiahalle | 12,760 / 12,760 |
| June 8, 1992 | Kiel | Germany | Ostseehalle | 10,232 / 10,232 |
| June 9, 1992 | Hamburg | Germany | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | 13,678 / 13,678 |
| June 10, 1992 | Hamburg | Germany | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | 13,678 / 13,678 |
| June 13, 1992 | Dublin | Ireland | Royal Dublin Showgrounds | 27,698 / 27,698 |
| June 15, 1992 | London | England | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | 133,144 / 133,144 |
| June 16, 1992 | London | England | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | 133,144 / 133,144 |
| June 17, 1992 | London | England | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | 133,144 / 133,144 |
| June 19, 1992 | London | England | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | 133,144 / 133,144 |
| June 20, 1992 | London | England | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | 133,144 / 133,144 |
| June 21, 1992 | London | England | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | 133,144 / 133,144 |
| June 23, 1992 | London | England | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | 133,144 / 133,144 |
| June 24, 1992 | London | England | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | 133,144 / 133,144 |
| June 26, 1992 | Manchester | England | Maine Road | 39,113 / 39,113 |
| June 28, 1992 | Glasgow | Scotland | Celtic Park | 33,114 / 33,114 |
| July 1, 1992 | Stuttgart | Germany | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle | 12,344 / 12,344 |
| July 3, 1992 | Trier | Germany | Moselstadion | 16,988 / 16,988 |
| July 4, 1992 | Maastricht | Netherlands | MECC | 17,543 / 17,543 |
| July 6, 1992 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy | |
| July 7, 1992 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy | |
| July 8, 1992 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy | |
| July 10, 1992 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | 47,767 / 47,767 |
| July 11, 1992 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | 47,767 / 47,767 |
| July 12, 1992 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | 47,767 / 47,767 |

### Postponed and cancelled dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue | Rescheduled/Cancelled | Reason |
| May 11, 1992 | Hanover | Germany | Niedersachsenstadion | Cancelled | Originally rescheduled to 30 May 1992 but then cancelled |
| May 12, 1992 | Berlin | Germany | Waldbühne | Rescheduled to 31 May 1992 | Unknown |
| May 14, 1992 | Stockholm | Sweden | Ericsson Globe Arena | Cancelled | Unknown |
| May 15, 1992 | Stockholm | Sweden | Ericsson Globe Arena | Cancelled | Unknown |
| May 17, 1992 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium | Cancelled | Unknown |
* 1 2 This box office score data is representative of all shows from May 27–28 & July 6–8