Wildcat Times Music, Sports, and News of Charlotte, NC An independent, student-organized publication. Volume 1, Issue 2 April 2011 PRINCE Welcome 2 America Tour 2011 Inside this issue: Prince arrived in Charlotte on the evening of Harlem Globetrotters 2 March 24th, 2011 for his Welcome 2 America Tour during his North and South Carolina leg of the tour. 2011 World Tour With Anthony Hamilton as the opening act the place Upcoming Time Warner 2 was hyped up to see Prince. Anthony Hamilton, a Char- Cable Arena Events: lotte, NC native opened the show with some of his April 2011 songs from his new CD and his past CD’s. Soon there- after Prince came to the stage opening with “When Doves Cry”. Weather for Charlotte: 2 Week of April, Prince’s show was one to see for yourself. With his musical style, he performed some of his many Prince/Harlem GT Pics 3 hits such as “Cool”, I want to be “Free,” “Kiss”, and the closing song, “Purple Rain”. Although he performed All Time Low Concert 3 many songs, he did not perform some of the major hits, Top 10 things to do in LV 4 “1999”, “Little Red Corvette”, and “Delirious”. Excalibur of Las Vegas, 4 After the closing song, fans were waiting for Tournament of Kings Review almost 20 minutes before Prince came back out per- forming 2 songs combined into one as his encore. Al- though Prince did not perform some of his major hits, the fans still loved the show. The set list of his songs is below. Steven Christian: Music Writer 1. When Doves Cry 24. Diamonds and Pearls 2. Nasty Girl 25. Something in the water (Does not Compute) 3. Darling Nikki 26. Home Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore? 4. Sign “O” the Times 27. If I Was Your Girlfriend 5. 777-9311/ The Time cover 28. Kiss 6. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World 29. Purple Rain 7. Uptown 8. Raspberry Beret ENCORE 9. Cream 10. Cool (Don’t stop ‘till you get enough intro) 30. Dance (Disco Heat) 11. Lets Work 31. Baby I’m A Star 12. U Got The Look 13. Nothing Compares to U 14. Take Me With U 15. Anotherloverholenyohead 16. Controversy 17. Play The Funky Music (Wild Cherry Cover) 18. Which Way is Up? 19. Controversy 20. I Want to be Free (Ohio Players Cover) 21. Shhhh 22. Elixir 23. The Beautiful Ones PAGE 2 AN INDEPENDENT, STUDENT-ORGANIZED PUBLICATION. VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 Harlem Globetrotters 2011 World Tour The world famous Harlem Globetrotters bounced, dribbled, and jumped their way into Time War- ner Cable Arena on the night of March 25th, 2011, 24 hours after Prince’s great performance. The Harlem Globetrotters 2011 World Tour featured the new shot called the 4-point shot. The Globetrotters went against their rivals, Washington Generals in a very intensive and close game. Throughout the game, there was a lot of fan interaction and participation. From being able to take a shot with one of the Globetrotters, to dancing the YMCA at Halftime. Also added to the show was the “Penalty Box”, which was anytime the Globetrotters did anything funny to the referees they were added to the “Penalty Box” for 10 to 20 seconds. After the show, the Globe- trotters held an autograph session for about 30 minutes. All in all, the show was one for the history books as one of the closest games against the Generals in years. Steven Christian, Family Entertainment Writer Upcoming Events at Time Warner Cable Arena LIVE NATION & AEG LIVE PRESENTS: USHER W/ Akon April 30th, 2011 Time Warner Cable Arena 7:00pm Tickets on sale now! Weather for the week of April 18th, 2011 Monday-Friday Charlotte, NC Area Monday: 4/18: High: 75; Low 50; Partly Cloudy; 10% Chance of Precipitation Tuesday: 4/19: High 80; Low 57; Scattered Showers; 30% Chance of Precipitation Wednesday: 4/20: High: 82; Low: 59; Mostly Sunny; 10% Chance of Precipitation Thursday: 421: High: 78; Low: 53; Scattered T-Storms; 60% Chance of Precipitation Friday: 4/22: High: 72; Low: 49; Partly Cloudy; 20% Chance of Precipitation PAGE 3 AN INDEPENDENT, STUDENT-ORGANIZED PUBLICATION. VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 Pictures PRINCE Harlem Globetrotters ALL TIME LOW Gets Dirty in Charlotte All Time Low came through Charlotte on their Dirty Works Tour 2011 with guests Hey Monday, The Summer Set, and YellowCard on Tues- day, March 29th, 2011. With The Fillmore as the venue for the night, the con- cert was one that was jumping from beginning to end. With The Summer Set as the opening band, they sang a number of songs from their upcoming al- bum, set to be released later this year. Hey Monday was the next band to take the stage. With lead vocalist Cassadee Pope, Mike Gentile on lead guitar, Alex Lipshaw on rhythm guitar and Pat McKenzie on drums, they mixed songs from their new EP, “Beneath It All” and their first CD, “Hold On Tight”. Next up was everyone’s longtime favorite 90’s band, Yellowcard! Since their hiatus two years ago, Yellowcard has been popular with their newly released album, “When Through Thinking Say Yes” Singing songs from all their albums, they closed with the very popular song, “Ocean Avenue”. All Time Low came to the stage as the closer and highlighter of the tour. Opening with a new song from the soon to be released album, “Dirty Work” called “Time Bomb”. They then sang songs from their previous albums. The end of the night ended with “Weightless and “Dear Maria”. All in all, the concert was one that will be remembered for years to come. Steven Christian, Music Writer PAGE 4 AN INDEPENDENT, STUDENT-ORGANIZED PUBLICATION. VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 CONTACT US! WCT’s Steven Christian’s Wildcat Times 215 South Cedar Street Las Vegas Trip! #323 A Charlotte, NC 28202 Top 10 things to do in LAS Vegas! Phone: 240-346-2565 10. Walk the Strip! (it’s a 4 mile walk!) E-mail: [email protected] 9. Hotel Hop 8. Don’t gamble all of your money! Keep a budget on it! 7. Check out the Fashion Show Mall! 6. M&M’s World, Your one stop shop for M&M’s 5. Go see the Titanic Exhibit at Luxor Hotel & Casino 4. David Copperfield’s magic show. 3. Criss Angel Believe by Cirque Du Soleil 2. Go see a Vegas-style show 1. Excalibur’s Tournament of Kings Dinner Show! Famous Las Vegas Sign Are you going to visit Las Vegas soon? Visit Excalibur’s Tournament of Kings! Located in the dungeons of the Excalibur Hotel & Casino in Las Ve- gas, NV, the Tournament of Kings Arena hosts the most spectacular dinner show in Las Vegas. Similar to Medieval Times, Tournament of Kings is one show that has the effects of lasers, lights, pyrotechnics, and fun all mixed into one. The dinner part of the show is very exciting, no utensils. Hands-on food ONLY! As in medieval times, that is how everyone ate. The show itself is defiantly one to see. From crowd participation to castle events, it is a very ex- hilarating show. With King Arthur being the head of the event, there is a lot to see from horse racing to jousting and sword fighting. In all of that excitement, the show will not disappoint! For more info on Excalibur Las Vegas, Go to: www.exclilbur.com www.visitlasvegas.com Steven Christian, Family Entertainment writer .