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by Clive Young Prince already had Madison Square Garden in the palm of his hand when he gave the crowd a sly grin and broke into "1999," a smash that many in attendance probably hadn't heard since at least that date. Back at the turn of the Millennium, it seemed the song had run its natural course, hitting an obvious expiration date when the years suddenly had the number 2 in front of them.
"I got to mix Prince twice, once at an American Idol finale and the second time at the Billboard Awards. Both times it was an absolutely exhilarating experience—one of those rare "wow" moments that remind you why you got into the business. At the Billboard Awards show [as] he played with Third Eye Girl, I remember thinking at the time that it would be the closest I could get to mixing Jimi Hendrix. " —FOH Engineer Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher