1990

Publication: Upscale [US]
Date: February 1990
Title: "Prince"
Summary: There are many words that can be used to describe Prince: mysterious, brilliant, dark, versatile, private, genius. Known in his hometown of Minneapolis as "His Royal Badness,"Prince has intrigued critics and fans alike throughout his career.

Publication: The New York Times [US]
Date: February 28, 1990
Title: "Prince's Studio Makes A Star of Hometown"
Summary: The entertainment realm of the pop-music superstar Prince is radically altering the reputation of a city whose main contribution to the movie industry used to be industrial training films.

Publication: St. Petersburg Times [US]
Date: March 6, 1990
Title: "In Minneapolis, Purple Reigns Prince's Hometown Entertains Visions of Becoming A Mecca"
Summary: The entertainment realm of the pop-music superstar Prince is radically altering the reputation of a city whose main contribution to the movie industry used to be industrial training films.

Publication: Spin [US]
Date: April 1990
Title: "The 10 Most Interesting Musicians of the Last 5 Years"
Summary: In the years following Purple Rain, a number of black bands moved to Minneapolis to launch careers. Why not? The movie made it look like a Black Rock Coalition rendering of Mecca.

Publication: The San Diego Union-Tribune [US]
Date: April 15, 1990
Title: "View From Graffiti Bridge"
Summary: It is a bright spring morning in the palace Prince built, and the man of the house isn't talking.

Publication: The Boston Globe [US]
Date: August 19, 1990
Title: "A New Album For Prince"
Summary: Claude Monet. David Cronenberg. Flannery O'Connor. Steve Reich. John Ford. All artists who've spent much of their careers exploring and reexploring a limited number of crucial themes, burrowing deeper into the possibilities with each endeavor. Or at least into the potential of those possibilities.

Publication: Rolling Stone [US]
Date: August 23, 1990
Title: Random Notes
Summary: Prince --who recently played fifteen sold-out shows at Wembley Arena, in London-- won’t be bringing his Nude Tour to these shores. But plans are underway for a Graffiti Bridge tour to start up in October.

Publication: Entertainment Weekly [US]
Date: August 17, 1990
Title: "Glam Dancing"
Summary: In mid-September, Minneapolis clubgoers will get a preview of Prince’s late fall movie, Graffiti Bridge, when the Glam Slam opens. The two-story, 20,000-square-foot night spot has the same name and decor as a fictitious club in the film (right).

Publication: St. Petersburg Times [US]
Date: November 18, 1990
Title: "Prince No Longer Rules Wendy & Lisa"
Summary: It required a lengthy battle to find their own identity apart from rock superstar Prince and his globally celebrated Revolution band.