March 31, 2005
To my fans in Ontario...
I needed to write you all a quick note to explain why I didn't perform at Casino Rama last night. I was there at the casino, ready to perform. However the casino didn't really even want me on the bill. They wanted just an Alicia Keys show. They didn't want it to be a long concert because they wanted to get all their customers back onto the floor to gamble before they went to bed. The casino had discussed this with Alicia's agent, but no one informed my people about it.
So, though the casino billed the show as starting at 8pm, they asked me to go on stage from 7:15-7:45pm, before any of the crowd showed up. I refused to play in front of a bunch of empty seats (the seats were 80-90% empty when they wanted me to play). Alicia and her people were willing to let me play at 8pm, but the casino refused, so I simply left the casino without performing and headed back to Toronto. I'm sorry to anyone who showed up at the show expecting me to perform. Even if I did perform when the casino wanted me to, most of you wouldn't have seen me anyway because most of you weren't in your seats until closer to 8pm.
I'm sorry if anyone was disappointed. I tried to explain to the casino that many of you would want to see me and that they should let me go on at 8pm, but they refused. If you have any complaints, please address them to the casino management. I tried my best to perform for you.
P.S. Thanks to everyone who came to my headlining show at Docks in Toronto on Tuesday. That was a beautiful night. I'm looking forward to coming back as soon as I can.
Thanks,
John
Thursday, March 31, 2005
Friday, March 11, 2005
Update from the Diary Tour
March 11, 2005
Hey People,
Greetings from the road. Actually, I'm in the air, flying over the Atlantic Ocean right now. Modern technology is great. They've even got wireless internet access on the planes now. Anyway, I'm returning to the US from a brief trip to Europe. It's time to get back to the Diary Tour.
Thanks to everyone who's been coming to see us on the tour. We're having a great time out there. So far, we've been through most of the South and I'm looking forward to our western swing which began in Denver on Wednesday and continues tonight in Phoenix. So far, we've gotten great feedback from the fans and the critics on the show. I'm glad we've had so many true JL fans out there in the crowd even though it's Alicia's show. I appreciate all the love you've been showing. It's always a challenge being an opening act; you don't get a lot of time and space to do your thing, and some fans just come to see the headliner. But this experience has been great so far, and I'm glad to be a part of this tour.
I'll close this note with a brief comment about scheduling and Alicia's tour. As my fans in Austin and Houston know by now, I did not perform with Alicia in those cities. In Houston, it was because the Houston Rodeo didn't book an opening act for Alicia's performance, so I booked my own show at a small club in the area. In Austin, due to a previously scheduled TV performance I had already confirmed in London, I wasn't able to perform at Alicia's show on Sunday. That's why we didn't list the Austin show on my online schedule. However, many of you bought your tickets to the show assuming (understandably) that I would be performing at all the Alicia Keys dates (plus I think some radio stations were saying that I'd be in town too). While I am performing at the vast majority of Alicia's shows around the country, there are a few dates which I'm not scheduled to do with her (plus I've booked some additional shows that I'm headlining in certain cities). So please check my online schedule for updated information on when and where I will be performing and when Alicia's schedule and mine differ. JohnLegend.com is the only schedule listing that me and my team control. Any other source could be mistaken.
Anyway, my sincere apologies to anyone who thought I would be performing at the Alicia Keys shows in Houston or Austin. I know some of you were quite upset and disappointed that I didn't perform with Alicia. Trust me, I would never intentionally disrespect or disappoint my fans. I only missed those shows because I had to. Anyway, I'll try to make it up to all my Austin fans when I come back for South by Southwest on March 18th.
And to the rest of you, I look forward to seeing you at future shows.
Peace & love,
John
Hey People,
Greetings from the road. Actually, I'm in the air, flying over the Atlantic Ocean right now. Modern technology is great. They've even got wireless internet access on the planes now. Anyway, I'm returning to the US from a brief trip to Europe. It's time to get back to the Diary Tour.
Thanks to everyone who's been coming to see us on the tour. We're having a great time out there. So far, we've been through most of the South and I'm looking forward to our western swing which began in Denver on Wednesday and continues tonight in Phoenix. So far, we've gotten great feedback from the fans and the critics on the show. I'm glad we've had so many true JL fans out there in the crowd even though it's Alicia's show. I appreciate all the love you've been showing. It's always a challenge being an opening act; you don't get a lot of time and space to do your thing, and some fans just come to see the headliner. But this experience has been great so far, and I'm glad to be a part of this tour.
I'll close this note with a brief comment about scheduling and Alicia's tour. As my fans in Austin and Houston know by now, I did not perform with Alicia in those cities. In Houston, it was because the Houston Rodeo didn't book an opening act for Alicia's performance, so I booked my own show at a small club in the area. In Austin, due to a previously scheduled TV performance I had already confirmed in London, I wasn't able to perform at Alicia's show on Sunday. That's why we didn't list the Austin show on my online schedule. However, many of you bought your tickets to the show assuming (understandably) that I would be performing at all the Alicia Keys dates (plus I think some radio stations were saying that I'd be in town too). While I am performing at the vast majority of Alicia's shows around the country, there are a few dates which I'm not scheduled to do with her (plus I've booked some additional shows that I'm headlining in certain cities). So please check my online schedule for updated information on when and where I will be performing and when Alicia's schedule and mine differ. JohnLegend.com is the only schedule listing that me and my team control. Any other source could be mistaken.
Anyway, my sincere apologies to anyone who thought I would be performing at the Alicia Keys shows in Houston or Austin. I know some of you were quite upset and disappointed that I didn't perform with Alicia. Trust me, I would never intentionally disrespect or disappoint my fans. I only missed those shows because I had to. Anyway, I'll try to make it up to all my Austin fans when I come back for South by Southwest on March 18th.
And to the rest of you, I look forward to seeing you at future shows.
Peace & love,
John
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