Love this Woman <3 
As much as Prince blew us away the opening night of his 21 Nite Stand at Inglewood’s Forum, Sheila E. left us scraping our jaws off the floor. People were visibly excited when stagehands set up her drum set, but when she strutted onstage, they went wild. She’s, as we said, the Helen Mirren of pop.
They’ll be performing tonight, Friday, April 29 and tomorrow Saturday, April 30 (yes, there are still tickets and you should get some; trust us, you’ll regret not seeing one of these shows—read our account of the truly magical opening night).
And it is Prince’s gig, but Sheila E. deserves the spotlight, too.
So we gave her a call:
LA WEEKLY: We were there opening night. It was so amazing. Did you all feel that way? Did you think you were just warming up, or did you feel like it was a special show?
SHEILA E.: For me, it’s always special. It’s always wonderful. To play Los Angeles—I don’t think we’ve played since Musicology. That was the last time I played with him here that I can think of. It was special, but every show is so different. Last week Saturday—Thursday and Saturday—were just incredible. Beyond words. Like it was opening night. Again, every show is different, but like I said, last Saturday was a-MAZ-ing.
So he’s been doing afterparties?
Yeah, at the Forum Club.
What happens in those? How does he have all that energy?
Well after the show, he has DJ Rashida spin upstairs, and now what we’ve been doing is he’s set up gear up there, and we’ll just jam. And other artists come up there, someone we know, and we’ll bring them up on the stage cause it’s really small. It’s more of a hang. It’s not like we’re performing; we’re just having a great time in other room.
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