Hands down. The most intimate and powerful show I've ever seen was when Prince came to SXSW, played a small show to 700 people (only a hundred made it through the 3.5 hours) and left all of us damp wash rags of joy as we walked back to our cars at almost 4am.

With my platinum pass for SXSW, I was registered in a lottery to get tickets for either a secret Prince or Justin Timberlake show. They were happening at the exact same time just half a mile from each other. Imagine that? Prince did ask the audience not to use their cameras or he'd walk off the stage.

Oh yeah. A Tribe Called Quest was the opening act. Complete with Phife Dawg. RIP.

I wound up winning the Prince ticket and I was able to attend the greatest live performance I've ever seen. It was 3+ hours long, a ton

At one point during the performance (maybe in hour two), Prince tells the audience, "Don't make me hurt you. You know how many hits I got?". Absolute legend.

This photo was taken at 3:20am after over three hours of music and multiple (5 or 6 or 7) encores by his Royal Purpleness. Unbelievable room. Unbelievable performance.

This video was not by me, but the rest of the photos were. Clearly the person was standing pretty close to where I was.

Some interesting links and stories from that night. It was proclaimed as not only THE event of SXSW that year, but maybe the party to end all parties.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/prince/2013/la-zona-rosa-austin-tx-1bd8bdd4.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sxsw-2013-prince-closes-festival-with-epic-concert-113161/ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2013-mar-17-la-et-ms-sxsw-2013-prince-throws-a-party-to-end-all-parties-20130317-story.html https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/prince-delivers-funk-filled-finale-at-sxsw/ https://ew.com/music-festivals/2013/03/17/sxsw-prince/