{"id":326387,"date":"2017-06-08T06:42:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T06:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=326387"},"modified":"2017-06-08T06:42:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T06:42:14","slug":"prince-estate-attacks-deceitful-purple-rain-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/prince-estate-attacks-deceitful-purple-rain-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince estate attacks ‘deceitful’ Purple Rain show"},"content":{"rendered":"
Prince’s estate have criticised plans for a Purple Rain stage show, calling it “a blatant attempt to deceive fans”.<\/p>\n
The British production was announced last week by Gary Lloyd, who directed the West End production of the Michael Jackson musical Thriller Live.<\/p>\n
Billed as “a live music and dance celebration of Prince,” it will feature hits like Kiss, Purple Rain and Little Red Corvette, played by a live band.<\/p>\n
But Prince’s estate said it had not authorised the show.<\/p>\n
The producers of Purple Rain said there was no intention to deceive anyone.<\/p>\n
‘Weighing legal options’<\/strong><\/p>\n “Neither Prince’s family or the estate have given permission to use his name, likeness, or music catalogue for this event,” Troy Carter, entertainment adviser to the estate, told the BBC in a statement.<\/p>\n “This is a blatant attempt to deceive fans into thinking they’re seeing a Purple Rain musical on the West End, when it’s only a cover band playing Prince’s songs.<\/p>\n “We’re currently weighing our legal options and look forward to bringing the real Purple Rain to the stage in the near future.”<\/p>\n Purple Rain On Stage was conceived as a tribute to the star, who died suddenly last April following an overdose of painkillers.<\/p>\n It’s being produced by Adam Spiegel and Mark Goucher with Claire-Bridget Kenwright, who said: “We have long been fans of Prince and his music and are excited to be able to bring it to audiences throughout the UK in 2018.<\/p>\n “There is no intention to deceive fans. The production will be a live music and dance celebration of an iconic artist’s work.”<\/p>\n