TV on the Radio Cover “Nothing Compares 2 U” at Yale Prince Event: Watch

TV on the Radio were performers at Yale University’s special conference, “Blackstar Rising & The Purple Reign: Celebrating the Legacies of David Bowie and Prince.” During their concert, they performed a cover of Sinéad O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” which was written and composed by Prince. Watch it below.

Among the other events were conversations with Solange, Donny McCaslin, Sheila E., Questlove and Kimbra. “Blackstar Rising & The Purple Reign” also featured other talks about experimentalism, performance, sexuality, mortality, and borders. The series was put together by Yale professor and Pitchfork contributor Daphne A. Brooks. Read her review of Prince’s Controversy. 

Read Pitchfork’s feature, “How Prince’s Androgynous Genius Changed the Way We Think About Music and Gender.”

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