Prince Performs Secret Show in Hollywood

BERTRAND ****/AFP/Getty ImagesTinseltown turned purple Thursday night when Prince took the stage for a top-secret show.

A Billboard correspondent who was lucky enough to attend says that the star "[tore] the roof off" the Sayers Club, a small and very exclusive speakeasy-type venue with a capacity of roughly 150 people. Prince performed with a band he jokingly called "TMP -- for Too Many People." There were more than 20 musicians, including a horn section, who played for about an hour and a half, often extending the songs into 10-minute jams. On the set list were a couple of tried-and-true Prince tunes, including "Pop Life" and "U Got The Look," as well as covers from Sly and the Family Stone and Parliament Funkadelic.

The show was nearly impossible to get into; the crowd was almost exclusively music-industry folks and VIPs, including on-again, off-again power couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.

Prince hasn't announced any upcoming projects for the near future, so it seems he may have played this mini-concert just for fun.