1995

Publication: Miami Herald [US]
Date: January 1, 1995
Title: "Drug Raid At Glam Slam"
Summary: For the second time in a week police raided and shut down a popular Miami Beach nightclub after an undercover investigation revealed drug-related activities.

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: January 16, 1995
Title: "Paisley Park Money Woes Won't Sink Prince"
Summary: Is it the darkness before the dawn at Paisley Park, or just business as usual with the mercurial despot known as Prince?

Publication: Black Enterprise [US]
Date: January 18, 1995
Title: "Paisley Park May Be Considering Armory Bid"
Summary: The long vacant and boarded-up Minneapolis Armory, aka a white elephant, could possibly take on a purplish hue in the future.

Publication: USA Today [US]
Date: February 13, 1995
Title: "Arsenio's Full-Length Birthday"
Summary: Arsenio Hall says it was his happiest birthday since he got a Cleveland Browns uniform when he was 12. Hall turned 37 Sunday, and his pals planned a progressive surprise party Thursday.

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: March 3, 1995
Title: "LA Law"
Summary: Prince has approached five high-powered Los Angeles entertainment lawyers to negotiate his way out of his recording contract with Warner Bros.

Publication: Daily Mirror [UK]
Date: March 10, 1995
Title: "I Pray For Prince's New Soul Mayte"
Summary: PRINCE'S new flame Mayte Garcia is burning bright, seduced into the limelight by the erotic rock star.

Publication: People Magazine [US]
Date: March 13, 1995
Title: "A Schmooze Is Just A Schmooze"
Summary: We hear that the fellow formerly known as Prince was cozing up to actress Morgan Fairchild at a performance by Johnny Rivers at the House of Blues club in LA recently.

Publication: US Magazine [US]
Date: April 1995
Title: "?"
Summary: The Folks at ABC Broadcasting Standards and Practices were a little nervous about how "erotic" things might get when The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, who received an award of merit, performed with his Erotic City Dance Troupe.

Publication: Q [UK]
Date: April 1995
Title: "Impish: He Has It All: The Artist When He Called Prince"
Summary: Let's not be coy. He's a genius. Popular music in the last years, has, quite simply, produced nobody else remotely like him. No one else has spanned the twin worlds of black and white pop with such aplomb, such verve, such respect and impudence at the same time.

Publication: Detroit Free Press [US]
Date: April 4, 1995
Title: "Another Move In Prince’s Name Game"
Summary: The ego Formerly Known As Prince has agreed to appear on a British TV show, but only if he can tape is act a day in advance before a specially recruited audience.

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times [US]
Date: April 5, 1995
Title: "Guitar Suit Targets Former Prince"
Summary: The Artist Formerly Known As Prince has some explaining to do. A Chicago man is suing the funk-rock superstar, alleging he stole a custom-made guitar.

Publication: Billboard [US]
Date: April 22, 1995
Title: "Rosie Gaines Goes From 'Diamonds' to a Motown Gem In Her Own Setting"
Summary: LOS ANGELES With the release of her debut Motown set, ''Closer Than Close,'' on June 6, vocalist/pianist Rosie Gaines is finally realizing her career dream of writing and producing her own album.

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: May 11, 1995
Title: "Scrubbing The House"
Summary: As the Artist Formerly Known As Prince prepares to perform at the Glam Slam nightclub in Los Angeles this weekend, his former manager, Gilbert Davison, is making plans to remove all signs of the pop star's existence at the hometown nightspot.

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: May 23, 1995
Title: Miscellaneous Section
Summary: Symbolina seems hellbent on looking weird. Photographer Richard Avedon, who doesn't exactly glamorize subjects, shot one of the latest unflattering photographs of Chanhassen rock star P. Rogers Nelson for the May 22 issue of the New Yorker.

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: May 25, 1995
Title: "Prince Was Given Royal Treatment At a AAA Outlet"
Summary: The question of the day snickered among AAA employees was: Did Prince Rogers Nelson remove his dark glasses for his driver's license photo?

Publication: Chicago Tribune [US]
Date: June 20, 1995
Title: "Paisley Park Studios Opens Doors to the Public"
Summary: The pop star who wrote and recorded 1999, Purple Rain and other hits opened his Paisley Park Studios to the public last weekend as a recreation center with late-night dancing and music videos.

Publication: USA Today [US]
Date: June 29, 1995
Title: "Prince Among Men"
Summary: The Artist Formerly Known As Prince will finally release his long awaited _The Gold Experience_ Sept. 12 on Warner Bros.

Publication: PC Guide [UK]
Date: July 1995
Title: "Sign Of The Times"
Summary: Dateline: 1999 AD. Here's the scenario. You fancy buying the new Prince album, so off you saunter to the local HMVirgin Price, 50 ECU notes clutched firmly in your hand.

Publication: The Toronto Star [US]
Date: July 20, 1995
Title: "The Gospel According To Mavis Staples"
Summary: "He really is a God-fearing child. The Bible is his favorite book. But I tell you, the first time I saw that child's show, 'Oh my,’ I'm thinking, this boy is nasty."

Publication: San Francisco Chronicle [US]
Date: August 3, 1995
Title: From Personal's Column
Summary: "The Gold Experience," a forthcoming album by the artist formerly known as Prince, will be issued along with a line of related products:

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: September 1, 1995
Title: From Jon Bream's column
Summary: Not only did Prince drop out of TV's SNL this weekend, but he disappeared from Forbes' annual list of the top 40 money-winners in the entertainment world.

Publication: Billboard [US]
Date: September 9, 1995
Title: "The Rhythm And The Blues He Is L.V.--And Gets Added Push From Coolio; Uptown Has Sounds Of 'New York Undercover'"
Summary: QUICK HITS: ...The artist formerly known as Prince has packed his bags and is headed back to his original digs in Minneapolis. The purple one is selling his L.A. home and his nightclub, Glam Slam.

Publication: Forbes [US]
Date: September 14, 1995
Title: "Princely Pauper"
Summary: Last year rock star Prince legally changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph and announced that no one was to call him Prince anymore. The change, he hoped, would break him free of any contracts he signed as his former self.

Publication: USA Today [US]
Date: October 2, 1995
Title: "Off To A Good Start"
Summary: "The Gold Experience" has already gone gold. Released last Tuesday, the new album by the Artist Formerly Known as Prince had sold 500,000 copies by Friday.

Publication: The Star-Ledger [US]
Date: October 3, 1995
Title: "Former Prince's 'Gold' Strikes The Ire Of Women"
Summary: There's rancor within some of the female ranks at WB Records over the company's release of the Former Prince's new "Gold Experience" album with a cut titled "P Control". The P-word is spelled out in the rap, which includes other bits of profanity.

Publication: USA Today [US]
Date: December 14, 1995
Title: "The Miami Buzz"
Summary: Mayte, backup dancer for the pop star formerly known as Prince, is flashing a huge diamond and telling pals she's engaged to Symbol Man.