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Some of the outfits and instruments on show at the exhibition. Last December I went to see the My Name Is Prince exhibition at the O2 in London. The last time I'd been to the O2 was back in August 2007 to see Prince during his '21 Nights in London' residency. That night I got to see a 90 minute show in the main arena followed by a 90 minute after show party at the small Indigo club. It was definitely a night to remember. The exhibition entrance I was now back to have a close look at some of his personal items from his career including instruments, clothes and artefacts. The experience was bitter sweet: the only time I got to see Prince's clothes and instruments was when I saw him in concert. This time, he wasn't there. The VIP Experience We took the VIP experience so we waited in the small downstairs march shop and waited until we were called up. We were led through the main entrance to a small side room where we could leave our coats and were ...

Ingrid Chavez Touch of Love (Limited Edition CD review) Ingrid Chavez was signed to Prince's Paisley Park Records in the early 1990s and starred in his 1990 movie Graffiti Bridge . She was also the co-writer of Madonna's 1990 hit 'Justify My Love.' After releasing her debut album May 19 1992  and the singles 'Elephant Box' and 'Hippy Blood' on Paisley Park, Ingrid married David Sylvian, of the group Japan, and left the industry to focus on home life.   In 2010 Ingrid returned to music with A Flutter And Some Words and went on to record an album under the name Black Eskimo with Marco Valentin. Ingrid recently took part in the PRN Alumni event at Cafe de Paris in London where a limited edition CD Touch Of Love (only 100 hand-made copies were made) was sold, that served as a 'Best Of' before the release of her upcoming album, Memories of Flying . Featuring songs from both of her solo albums and also her collaborations w...