You can tell 3RDEYEGIRL are official Prince proteges from a mile away. They line up on a leather sofa in a purple-walled room, dressed in studded leather, knee-high boots and feathers. Beyond the striking image, however, this all-female rock band are part of Prince’s latest mission to deliver “real music played by real musicians” – guitarist Donna Grantis (Canadian, thoughtful), drummer Hannah Welton (all-American, talkative), and bassist and former New Power Generation member Ida Nielsen (Danish, witty), can shred, thwack, and slap bass with the best of them.

Twelve-hour jams at Prince’s Paisley Park complex in Minneapolis have honed them, turning them into a must-see live act. Their recent tour with Prince at the start of this year – for which they announced cheap-entry shows at the last minute up and down the UK – saw this paper hail them, and not just their boss, as “one of the greatest funk-rock bands ever”. – Kate Hutchinson, The Guardian