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#PrinceOnThisDay - Vanity 6 Open the Night

On 12 November 1982, Vanity 6 opened both of Prince’s shows at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta as part of the 1999 Triple Threat Tour. The trio—Vanity (Denise Matthews), Brenda Bennett, and Susan Moonsie—made one of their earliest live appearances supporting the just-released 1999 album.
Prior to the gig the group had been assembled and produced by Prince; their self-titled album was out, and these Atlanta dates were among the first full tour outings. They performed short sets on both the early and late shows, with The Time providing the live instrumental backing from behind a curtain.

During the performances the typical Vanity 6 set on the tour ran approximately 15–20 minutes and consisted of Make-Up, Wet Dream, Drive Me Wild, If a Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up), and Nasty Girl. Jill Jones sometimes supplied offstage vocals. Exact song order for the Atlanta shows is unrecorded, but the group delivered the same brief, high-energy opener for both houses.

After the sets the stage was cleared for The Time and then Prince. The company continued the next night at the same venue.

Cool Facts
• Vanity 6’s first major tour dates as a live act.
• Instrumental backing supplied by The Time offstage.
• Opened both the advertised early show and the last-minute late show.
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#PrinceOnThisDay - The Time Take the Stage

On 12 November 1982, The Time performed as the middle act on both of Prince’s shows at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre during the opening stretch of the 1999 Tour. Morris Day led the band through their own set after Vanity 6 and before Prince.

Prior to the gig The Time had already built a strong live reputation on the Controversy Tour. The current lineup was Morris Day (vocals), Jellybean Johnson (drums), Terry Lewis (bass), Jimmy Jam (keyboards), Monte Moir (keyboards), Jesse Johnson (guitar), and Jerome Benton (dancer/valet). They also supplied the offstage instrumental backing for Vanity 6’s opener.

During the shows the exact Atlanta setlists are unknown. Standard early-tour material included Get It Up, 777-9311, Girl, Wild and Loose, Gigolos Get Lonely Too, Cool, and an encore of The Walk. The band delivered roughly 45-minute sets to both the early and late houses.

After the performances the group remained in Atlanta for the following night’s show at the same theatre before the tour moved onward.

Cool Facts
• The Time backed Vanity 6 from behind a curtain before taking the stage themselves.
• Performed on both the advertised early show and the added late show.
• Part of the Triple Threat bill supporting the newly released 1999 album.
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#PrinceOnThisDay - The Greenbriar Mall Autograph Stop

On 12 November 1982 Prince and Vanity 6 held an in-store appearance at the Record Bar in Greenbriar Mall, Atlanta. The session formed part of the promotional activities that supported the newly launched 1999 Tour. Fans came to the store to meet the artists and receive autographs.

Those present were Prince together with Vanity 6—Vanity (Denise Matthews), Brenda Bennett, and Susan Moonsie. They signed for the people who turned out. Recollections describe the crowd as large and lively; the visit is remembered as a spectacle that ended early when the numbers became hard to manage. Comparable stops on the same run sometimes relied on decoy cars for a clean exit.

After the signing the group departed the mall. The stop remains a clear example of the brief window in late 1982 when Prince still regularly met fans in record stores while promoting the 1999 album and its associated acts.

Cool facts:
• Direct fan memory places Prince and all of Vanity 6 at the Greenbriar Record Bar that day.
• The session was cut short because of the size of the crowd.
• These in-store signings were a standard but short-lived feature of the earliest 1999 Tour dates.
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