From 1990 to 2013, Prince’s backing band was the New Power Generation, a sprawling and oft-changing ensemble. NPG rejoined Prince in 2015 for the final studio album of his lifetime, Hit n Run Phase Two, and the band has toured multiple times doing Prince material in the years following his death. But they’ve recently had trouble renewing their license to use the NPG band name, so going forward, they’ll be touring under a new name: the Minneapolis Sound All Star Band.
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