QUICK TAKES - July 4, 2009
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Prince will return to the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland for two shows, closing out the famed festival held on the shores of Lake Geneva on July 18, with high-priced tickets expected to be snapped up quickly, organizers said Friday.
The Minneapolis-born star last played at the event two years ago and then showed up at 3 a.m. to jam with his band at a late-night jazz cafe. That year, tickets sold out in a record 10 minutes for his performance at Stravinski Auditorium.
“The Montreux Jazz Festival will be even funkier this year because a musician of genius will perform not once but twice,” organizers said in a statement, confirming long-standing rumors on Friday, the opening day of the festival.
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