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Prince’s iconic ’80s backing band The Revolution Going On Tour

Prince’s iconic ’80s backing band The Revolution will celebrate his legacy with a short string of tour dates this spring. The lineup for the dates, which the group announced via a ticketing link on Twitter, features guitarist Wendy Melvoin, keyboardists Lisa Coleman and Matt Fink, bassist Mark Brown (aka Brownmark) and Robert Rivkin (Bobby Z) on drums.

The group previously performed at an all-star tribute concert in Minneapolis in October, and is scheduled to participate the decadent, three-day Celebration 2017 mini-festival in the Purple One’s honor, which will take place at Paisley Park on April 20-23. It features Morris Day and the Time, Chaka Khan, Prince’s other most notable backing band The New Power Generation, and many more.

Check out the Revolution’s newly added spring dates below.

Apr. 23–Chicago–Metro
Apr. 27–Washington D.C.–The Fillmore Silver Spring
Apr. 28–New York–B.B. King’s
Apr. 29–Philadelphia–Theatre of Living Arts

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