Prince onstage at the Superdome during the 10th anniversary Essence Festival in 2004. He returns to headline the opening night of the 20th anniversary Essence Festival on July 4, 2014.

As Prince, whose death at age 57 was reported Thursday, is being remembered by fans and fellow musicians, we look back at an interview with The Oakland Press from 2004. —— RELATED: See … ...

2004: After a long courtship, The Purple One finally graced the Essence Festival with his presence on the event's 10th anniversary. But Ronald McDonald working the crowd almost scuttled the show.

And on Feb. 8, 2004 the world was reminded of that fact once again as he opened the 46th Grammy Awards with a four-song medley alongside Beyonce — who would go on to win five Grammys that night ...

The show was as much about the history that preceded Prince as it was about promoting a new album, which is part of the reason the 45-year-old recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is on his ...

Following Prince’s death, EW critic Jeff Jensen revisits his 2004 cover story profiling the enigmatic, iconoclastic, musical innovator.

Prince and Beyoncé performed 'Purple Rain,' 'Baby I'm A Star,' 'Let's Go Crazy,' and 'Crazy In Love' at the 2004 Grammys.

It was expected that he’d do a great job when he was asked to play lead guitar at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction of George Harrison, in 2004, but no one could’ve expected what happened.

From Larry Aydlette: This is the review former Palm Beach Post writer Charles Passy did of Prince ‘s April 25, 2004 concert at the now B B & T Center in Sunrise. It was a joyous evening that ...