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
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