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'On the Verge of Bein' Obscene': Purple Reign at House of Blues

Got a hankering for the good old days of the 80s? Then Purple Reign, a Prince tribute show held at Mandalay Bay’s House of Blues every Sunday night just might be the tonic. Both flashy and accurate, Purple Reign manages to prove the old adage that imitation can prove to be a funky, highly addictive form of flattery (yes we’re paraphrasing, but you have to do that sometimes with shopworn cliches).

Led by an eerily effective Prince look-alike named Jason Tanner, the group spends nearly two hours performing a tight set of some of Prince’s best known hits, “When Doves Cry,” ‘Purple Rain,” “1999,” “Little Red Corvette,” just to name a few.

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