Prince Civic Coliseum 1983 Benny Smith Collection LR

An ultra-rare, and rather brilliant retro-looking, but genuine show poster for Prince's fondly remembered show at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in 1983. Released the previous October, Prince's breakthrough album was riding high in the charts by the time his entourage arrived in Knoxville. Yes, those are a pair of black panties hanging on the poster frame, thrown out into the crowd by Prince during the show and caught by Benny Smith on the front row. Prince's only other show here was in 2004 on his Musicology Tour at Thompson Boling Arena. (Benny Smith Knoxville Music Collection/KHP.)