Prince made just one concert appearance in Southwest Michigan during his career and it was an event at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo in 1983 during the 1999 Tour.
Back in 1997, Prince made a stop in Grand Rapids to play Van Andel Arena on his Jam of the Year Tour. While people who attended the show remember it fondly, a Wyoming man remembers that night for a different reason.
The world is collectively mourning the death of musical icon Prince, and Grand Rapids honored the man in purple and suede by turning one of it's mostly recognizable monuments blue.
Celebration! Woodland in Grand Rapids will honor Prince by screening his film Purple Rain for an entire week.
Prince died on April 21 at the age of 57.
I am sure by now you know that pop star and worldwide celebrity Prince is dead at the age of 57. His body was found at his estate in Minnesota earlier today and police are treating it as a crime scene but that should not imply a crime has been committed, at least not yet...