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Yesterday evening at approximately 7pm PT, Prince launched his new website LOTUSFLOW3R.com for all of his fans to play with. For the price of $77, folks who signed up at the site were allowed access to the site which offers all three of his new albums — LOTUSFLOW3R, MPLSoUND and Elixir by Bria Valente — for immediate download as well as a vault of photographs and video clips (including his Coachella performance last year). I was very happy to pony up the membership fee for the site … here are a few screencaps of what the site looks like:

Trust me, I realize that paying $77 for access to a website is not easy for everyone but this is the way that Prince has been running his official websites for years now. It wasn’t that long ago that fans who paid a membership fee were given access to NPGmusicclub.com which was his last venture to disseminate music to his fans (and is no longer available online). In addition to all the music and video that is available on the site, members were also given the opportunity to purchase tickets for his three concerts this coming Saturday night and were also afforded free tickets to the Tonight Show tapings that he is doing all week long. That is how I got my tickets to attend tonight’s taping. While not everyone may be able or interested in participating with Prince‘s site in this way, I am happy to do so. I’ve been a fan of the man’s work for far too long and I have learned that this sort of access to premium content and first dibs at concert tickets is well worth the price of admission. Should news or important information be released on the site, I’ll do my best to pass along the info. I’ve been jamming to the three albums all morning long as I plan for my 5 upcoming Prince shows this week … thus far, I’m very pleased with my membership.

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Yesterday I received an email from Prince‘s new online presence at LOTUSFLOW3R.com that suggested that he might be putting on a string of performances in the LA area “from the 24th [of March] on”. Here is the message that was sent out:

At first, I assumed that Prince might be gearing up for a few guerrilla shows around town, perhaps at a Target store or two (you may recall that we learned last week that Prince has teamed up with Target for the exclusive rights to retail his new albums LOTUSFLOW3R and MPLSOUND as well as the debut album Elixir from his new protégé Bria Valente) but according to THIS site, Prince will be appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for three nights in a row starting on March 25th:

The one and only PRINCE will be on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno for 3 STRAIGHT nights. It will be March 25th, 26th, and 27th. We also received this note from a no-name reporter:

NEWSFLASH –

Prince will b per4ming an unprecedented 3 nites in a row on The Tonight Show March 25, 26 and 27. B part of audience history when Leno’s studio gets a purplemusic makeover! R u ready?

I had a feeling this might be part of the fun stuff starting March 24th and put in a call to the Tonight Show.

My gut tells me that there will be something going on on the 24th before Prince takes up residency on the Tonight Show. Don’t be surprised if we get late-breaking word that the Purple One is perched atop a Target store somewhere in LA putting on a live concert. I’m just sayin’.

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Last week we learned that Prince announced his plan to release three new albums of music this year, two from him and one from his newest protégé Bria Valentine, as soon as he secured a distribution deal to sell physical copies of his albums. Prince launched MPLSound.com to preview select tracks (Crimson and Clover, 4ever, Colonized Mind, Wall of Berlin, (There’ll Never Be) Another Like Me and Here Eye Come) that are said to be forthcoming on these new albums but has since taken down that site and lieu of a new site at LOTUSFLOW3R.com:

This new site promises that fans will be able to LISTEN to new tracks by Prince and special guests, WATCH videos and exclusive content and BUY music, concert tickets and more. Right now, there are only 3 songs streaming on the site (Crimson and Clover, (There’ll Never Be) Another Like Me, and Here Eye Come) and no other options … no watching, no buying — yet. The site also reads January 2009 An entirely new galaxy awaits … so I suspect that there’ll be some big changes in the coming weeks. This is very exciting news for Prince fans. This new online experience may be a great way for Prince to release as much music as he likes, whenever he likes … and I can’t wait. I’ve been able to preview all of the music he’s teased us with thus far and I want to hear more. Stay tuned … it shouldn’t be long now.

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