Kevin Estrada
Two years after the passing of Prince, his most famous backing band, The Revolution, is paying tribute to his legacy with a new tour.
The Revolution starred with Prince in 1984’s Purple Rain. In addition to recording the Academy Award-winning album, they performed with Prince on his worldwide Purple Rain tour and were featured on his 1986 album, Around the World in a Day.
Bassist Brown Mark remembers that when Prince died on April 21, 2016, the band wasn’t ready to perform his music.
“In the very beginning it was like, ‘No,’” he tells ABC Radio. However, after grieving, the band members agreed that they should go