‘Purple Rain’ house not for sale

    THE administrator of Prince’s estate says it is not planning to sell Paisley Park, one day after asking a judge for permission to offer several Prince properties for sale.

    A court filing on Friday had included Paisley Park, Prince’s home and recording complex, among a list of nearly 20 properties that could be sold. But Bremer Trust issued a brief statement Saturday saying: “Bremer Trust, the special administrator for the Prince Rogers Nelson estate, has no plans to sell either Paisley Park or the property referred to as the “Purple Rain” house.” That Minneapolis house was filmed in Prince’s 1984 movie.

    Music festival

    AROUND 30 classic operas, symphonies and performances will be staged during the 19th Beijing International Music Festival between Oct. 9 and 29.

    Among the shows will be the opera “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by British composer, conductor and pianist Benjamin Britten. Mozart’s opera “Giovanni” will be one of the other major highlights of this year’s festival. Organizers say 3-D technology will be widely used to make the experience more exciting for audiences.

    Concert accident

    A RAILING collapsed during a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert Friday evening in Camden, New Jersey, injuring 42 people.

    Engineers were trying to figure out what happened at Camden’s BB&T Pavilion, an outdoor venue with an indoor seating section and open lawn seating.

    A partition separating the lawn from a secondary stage set up at the rear of the seating section collapsed around 10:30 p.m. Friday, causing people to fall roughly 3 meters onto the concrete below.

    (SD-Agencies)