On Tuesday, November 16th, Prince Tribute Band Purple Reign celebrated their one year anniversary at Hooters Casino Hotel.
After the pre-show cocktail reception, the VIP guests including Comedian Kevin Burke of Defending the Caveman, were invited to a private show in the Night Owl Showroom. The tribute show includes the likeness of “The Kid” along with Morris Day and The Time during the 90 minute performance.
This band first started playing in small college clubs at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Since those humble beginnings, Purple Reign has risen to international acclaim and is known as the world’s number one Prince Tribute show. On November 17, 2008, the group became the first ever tribute/impersonator act to appear as the musical guest on “The Late Show with David Letterman”. This show was later chosen by CBS and The Late Show to ring in the New Year and re-aired January 1st, 2009; making it the first musical performance of 2009 on Letterman. Purple Reign has been crowned “Best Tribute Act of 2009” by the 28th annual Las Vegas Review Journal Poll; winning 2 awards by both the staff and readers.
The cast members of the show included ason Tenner as Prince, Levant Marcus as Morris E. Day, Thomas Austin as Jerome Benton. Band members for the anniversary performance included Musical Director and Guitarist D'Andre, Keyboardist Damon B. (a.k.a. Dr. Db), Bassist Sally G, and Drummer LC. Additional cast included Adrienne Diamond as backup dancer.