“Prince fans, many dressed in purple, line up to catch the first of four shows at Denvers 1,700-capacity Ogden Theatre Sunday evening May 12, 2013. The Denver dates are the final stop of a nine-city tour, that started at Vancouvers Vogue Theatre on April 15. He played two shows per night, at 8 and 11:30 p.m. The pop legend performed with his all-ladies band, 3rdEyeGirl.
Photos by Evan Semón/for Reverb”
. He left behind a musical legacy that few pop artists have ever attained. It wasn’t just his music that stirred everybody crazy. The proud Minnesotan’s coupled with his musical prowess and genre-less approach to music made him one of the most iconic entertainers this world will ever see.
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While the continuing onslaught of (often eye-rolling) Facebook posts is still necessary. For his fellow artists, the cover song is their equivalent. Over the weekend, acts from all different genres paid tribute to Prince. Acts from the Dixie Chicks to LCD Soundsystem honored the high-heel-wearing with live covers of some of the biggest hits from the artist’s enormous catalog.
Here are the five best Prince covers from the weekend proceeding his passing.
Bruce Springsteen, “Purple Rain”
LCD Soundsystem, “Controversy”
Chris Stapleton, “Nothing Compares 2U”
Pearl Jam, “Purple Rain”
Dixie Chicks, “Nothing Compares 2U”
