
Since Prince’s sudden passing yesterday, tributes have poured in from artists around the world. Some of those artists had concerts scheduled last night and took the opportunity to play Prince covers – in some cases covers they’d performed before, in other cases covers the put together last-minute to pay tribute to the legend. Either way, this first night of covers is raw and wonderful, a first-run at what will no doubt be thousands of new covers to come (Coachella is this weekend…)
We’ve rounded up a bunch that have either video or audio below. They’re mostly live from concerts last night, but in a couple cases they’re from artists who couldn’t wait for their next show and posted new covers themselves. We’ll keep adding more as they surface. We know The Damned covered “Manic Monday” and Christine and the Queens covered “I Feel For You” – anyone got full video for those?
Mumford and Sons – Nothing Compares 2 U
Pearl Jam – Purple Rain
Gotye – Sometimes It Snows in April
Umphrey’s McGee – When Doves Cry
Aurora – Purple Rain
Corey Taylor (Slipknot) – Purple Rain
Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding) – Cream
The Avett Brothers – Pretty Girl From Annapolis / When Doves Cry
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic – Erotic City
Jimmy Buffett – Purple Rain
Fort Frances – When Doves Cry
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Raspberry Beret
Gavin James – Purple Rain
Christopher the Conquered – Nothing Compares 2 U
Cœur de Pirate – Purple Rain
Tori Kelly – When Doves Cry
Slightly Stoopid w/ Bob Weir – Purple Rain
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors – Nothing Compares 2 U
More to come…
Well Pearl Jam’s was absolutely the worst. surprisingly, Jimmy Buffett did a good job. Go landshark go.