Prince Tour
The Prince Tour was the first concert tour by American recording artist Prince, and supported his second album "Prince". The tour started as a headlining club act and played 13 dates before joining Rick James' Fire It Up Tour as a supporting act for 38 more dates in the United States. The tour lasted from late November 1979 through April 1980. History. The tour focused on material from Prince's first two albums. As a support act, the set usually contained 7-8 songs, but most extended out so the concert would last about 40 minutes. Towards the  end of the tour, Prince sometimes incorporated a newly written song, "Head" into the act. The lewd number conflicted with keyboardist Gayle Chapman's religious beliefs, as she was a member of The Way and caused her to leave the band. She was later replaced by Lisa Coleman, who provided additional vocals for the song in the studio and in concert and later became a close collaborator with Prince. The Prince Tour stayed within the United States, but prior to Prince's next tour, he would venture to Europe for the first time for three club dates. Matt Fink started  in this tour wearing a jailbird, black and white striped outfit. It would not be until the next tour for "Dirty Mind" that he would adopt the Doctor Fink persona. When Prince joined Rick James' Fire It Up Tour, within the industry it was billed as the Battle of Funk. However it quickly became evident that Prince was winning over the crowd with his short, lively set and bringing more energy than the two hour set by the headliner. Animosity between the two groups developed as they tended not to socialize after the show, plus Rick James and his crew  were heavy into drinking and doing drugs, something Prince avoided. Set list. Additionally, "Head" debuted on this tour and was worked into some shows. "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" was the second song played in these concerts, and would be the same for the next two concert tours. For some reason after that, it would never be played again except at a few one-off shows over the following years.