PRINCE IS PLAYING ABOVE THE RIM

The NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves are adding to their Prince celebrations in March and April as Sony Legacy continues to roll out physical products from the late superstar.

The T-wolves will distribute an exclusive Minneapolis-themed 7" purple vinyl single to all attendees of the Miami Heat game on 4/5 at Target Center in Minneapolis. The team will have another Prince night on 3/19 vs. the Golden State Warriors; musical tributes are planned from Morris Day, Sounds of Blackness, Liv Warfield, Sheila E and others.

The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings will next release Ultimate Rave, a three-disc bundle of 1999's Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, its 2001 remix Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic and a DVD of Prince's epic 1999 New Year's Eve party, Prince In Concert: Rave Un2 the Year 2000, on 4/26

Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic and Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic will also be released on purple vinyl. In addition, the albums will be available in both CD/LP form alongside new exclusive merchandise corresponding to the Rave era via the Official Prince Store.

In June, PBS stations will be broadcasting an edited version of Prince In Concert: Rave Un2 The Year 2000.

The releases are timed to coincide with Celebration 2019, the four-day Prince event to be held 4/25-28 at Paisley Park. Performing this yearwill be Jesse Johnson, The Revolution and Funk Soldiers, a15-piece supergroup of New Power Generation and Paisley Park musical alumni.