It just so happened that Slipknot / Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor had a gig scheduled in Prince's hometown of Minneapolis that night the night of his death.
Corey Taylor speaks about what Prince meant to him and what it was like covering 'Purple Rain' on the day of Prince's death at Minneapolis' First Avenue.
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