Prince’s Former Band, Says It Will Reunite

Prince’s Former Band, Says It Will Reunite

 

Members of the Revolution, the band that Prince founded in 1979, but that later disbanded in 1986, have announced on Facebook their planes to reunite for live performances after the pop star’s death last week.

“We have decided, after spending three or four days together now grieving over the loss of Prince, that we would like to come out and do some shows,” Wendy Melvoin, a guitar player who sang with the band, said in the video, which was released on Tuesday.

Ms. Melvoin did not specify when or where the shows would take place, but mentioned that it would be “soon”

 

The video, posted on the Facebook page of bassist Mark Brown (known as BrownMark), shows five people introducing themselves as Ms. Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Bobby Z and Matt Fink, the band members on the “Purple Rain” album.

But reports from The Minneapolis Star Tribune say they were imposters, quickly replaced by the real musicians.

The newspaper also reported that, the video was shot on Sunday night at the Cosmos Bar in the Loews Hotel, downtown Minneapolis, where almost 100 of Prince’s close friends had gathered. The Revolution has reunited on other occasions, including in 2003 and 2012, for benefit performances.