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Sheila E. simply needed to steer a glamorous lifetime of marking Prince’s latest birthday, however she says she was turned away from the late star’s dwelling.
Based on the previous Prince protégée, she was not allowed into the studio at Paisley Park in Minneapolis after she traveled there to rejoice what would have been Prince’s 66th birthday on June 7.
“I went in to rejoice him, and I needed to enter the studio and do a dwell video, take an image, and so they stated, ‘No,’” Sheila E. stated in a video shared on Instagram. ”My coronary heart’s broke. I can’t even stroll into Paisley. That’s sort of tousled.”
Paisley Park responded in a statement shared on social media, explaining why they weren’t capable of accommodate her.
“Hiya Sheila – We love and respect you, and we did provide so that you can are available and movie within the soundstage or different areas, however we couldn’t permit filming within the studios with out prior data and planning, particularly with excursions happening on the time,” the assertion learn. “We hope to have you ever again to Paisley Park sooner or later — simply give us a heads-up! Joyful Prince Day.”
In a observe up assertion, Sheila E. stated she would love her drum set – at the moment on load to Paisley Park, which now serves as a Prince museum – returned.
CNN has reached out to representatives for each Sheila E. and Paisley Park officers for remark.
Prince died in April 2016 of an unintentional overdose of the opioid fentanyl.
He and Sheila E. collaborated on a number of songs, together with the hit that made her star, 1984’s “The Glamorous Life.”
According to TwinCities.com, Sheila E. was in Minnesota for a live performance with Morris Day & the Time, who’re additionally identified for being protégés of Prince and who costarred with him within the hit movie “Purple Rain.”