My Name Is Prince: O2, London
Barney Hoskyns, The Times, 27 October 2017
I HADN'T anticipated the sudden pang of sadness as I walked in and saw all those gaudy, gloriously naff outfits. My eyes went straight to the studded trench coat – slightly frayed – that Prince wore in Purple Rain, and I was intensely aware he wasn't inside it. He would never wear any of those costumes, or play any of those daft guitars, again.
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