The mood at First Avenue,the club made famous by Purple Rain, was electric as the artist’s hometown mourned his death the only way they knew howFrom Paisley Park to First Avenue, or Minneapolis was a city deep in mourning on Thursday for its hometown hero Prince,as the surprise news of the music icon’s death inside his Paisley Park domestic slowly set in.
external First Avenue, a historic downtown Minneapolis club where much of the film Purple Rain was famously filmed, and thousands of fans congregated around the venue to try to gain entry into an all-night dance party,the ultimate farewell to their beloved Prince.
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Source: theguardian.com