My Name Is Prince, O2 London

In 2007, Prince performed 21 consecutive sold-out concerts at the O2 – a record that has yet to be broken. My Name is Prince, will honour that record-making run in an exhibition. Initially planned to run for 21 days to match, it has been extended for another 21 days due to unprecedented demand.

Starting on 27 October, My Name Is Prince, named after the 1992 single from his Love Symbol album, will display a huge number of iconic outfits, objects, and guitars from Prince’s career. This will be the first time the artefacts have left Paisley Park, Prince’s Minneapolis-based home and complex, since his death in April 2016.

Prince’s skilful songwriting and showmanship have gone down in history. To list just some of his achievements: he has sold over 100 million records worldwide; Purple Rain has been certified 13-times platinum, and, following his death, he became the only artist ever to have five albums in the Billboard top 10 at the same time.

The music legend always envisioned his home and collections becoming public – his ashes are housed in Paisley Park, which has become a museum and mausoleum since his death – and the selection of London as the location for the first display of this collection was an important one. Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson believes that London was his favourite city outside of America and consequently saw it as the only destination that felt right.

Alongside many never-before-seen artefacts from Prince’s career, those who attend the exhibition will get a chance to see items ranging from clothing from the 1984/85 Purple Rain tour to Prince’s orange Cloud guitar made for his Super Bowl performance in 2007, to his diamond studded cane from 2015.

The standard ticket price is £27.50, with concessions available for less, and Prince’s most enthusiastic fans have the option to buy VIP tickets costing £66, which allow access to some exclusive experiences throughout the exhibition.