Prince’s Backup Band to Play at First Avenue

Minneapolis, MN – Prince’s backup band from the 1980s, the Revolution, will reunite to perform Sept. 2-3 at First Avenue.

According to the Star Tribune, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Bobby Z, Matt Fink and Brownmark will be participating.

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Special guests Dez Dickerson and Andre Cymone, both former Prince sidemen in the pre-Revolution days, will join the band.

In a statement, the Revolution said: "With profound loss and apocalyptic grief, we, along with the world, mourned Prince upon the news of his passing. After seeing the response outside of First Avenue and around the rest of the world’s monuments, we, as The Revolution — Wendy, Lisa, Brownmark, Dr. Fink, and Bobby Z — have decided to pay tribute to Prince at home in the city of Minneapolis."

Tickets will go on sale at 11 a.m. Friday. For more information, visit the First Avenue website.

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