Publication: The San Diego Union-Tribune [US]
Date: February 1, 1985
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Title: "Purple Hot Color As Prince Readies New Orleans Show"
Written By: AP

You can still buy purple underwear, and there's a new shipment of purple sashes, but anything else in purple was sold out well in advance of tonight's concertby rock dynamo Prince.

"We're out of purple belts," said Gina Misenhelter, a sales clerk at a shop catering to young suburbanites."No purple socks.No purple pants.Out of purple sweaters, too."

Purple is the color associated with Prince since his semi-autobiographical movie "Purple Rain."

At least 50,000 people were expected to attend hisconcerttonight at the Louisiana Superdome.

"And you've got to wear purple," said high school student Tara Brown, who has a floor-level seat for theconcert."It says so on the ticket."