Prince leave host several evenings of live music in December, he said at a tidings conference in New York City Thursday night.

Standing at a continuous pedestal on the Apollo Theater’s famous stage, the singer said the order, billed as Welcome 2 America, “is what we’ve all been staying for: multiple nights of entertainment”  that will begin “on a purple daytime in December 2010.”

It was never made explicit whether Welcome 2 America be disposed be a tour or a run of nights at one theater; it was unobscured, however, that it will be groovy.

“Bring your friends, bring your children,” his purpleness told the assemblage, “and bring foot spray, because it’s going to be funky.”

Welcome 2 America’s lineup leave include saxophonist Maceo Parker, singer Janelle Monae, Minneapolis funk band Mint Condition, multi-instrumentalist jazz songster Esperanza Spalding, Cassandra Wilson, Graham Central Station, Sheila E. and others.

Prince inclination serve as the master of ceremonies and perform with his coterie, the New Power Generation.

After the brief press conference, at that Prince took no questions, the diminutive singer streamed a new psalm, “Rich Friends,” and screened several minutes of his forthcoming concert DVD, “Twenty-One Nights.”

Prince, wearing aviator sunglasses and a dark jacket with gold ruffles, did not perform.

BET executive Stephen Hill later revealed that a gold-plated Fender Stratocaster guitar that sat unplugged forward the Apollo stage during the announcement will be auctioned off ~wards the live run. The proceeds will benefit Harlem Empowerment Zone, each economic recovery group.   

“Come early, come often. I have a portion of hits,” Prince reminded his audience. “No two shows will subsist the same.”