Saturday, June 22, 2002

Alicia Keys cancels Antigua concert
ST. JOHNS, Antigua, - R&B singer Alicia Keys has canceled a concert in Antigua because its promoters didn’t pay her appearance fees, her agent said. The concert, scheduled for Friday night, was advertised as the first of a Caribbean tour. The amount of the contract was reported to be dlrs 60,000. “The promoters … did not live up to their contractual obligations,” said Key’s agent, Rob Light of the Beverly Hill-based Creative Artists Agency, in a letter sent to Antigua’s Junior Finance Minister Asot Michael. “Their total disregard for the agreement left us great concern as to the viability of the production, ticketing, and security,” Light said. Concert promoters in Antigua, Tower Promotions, blamed co-promoters Itchi Baba of Trinidad and Baby Brother of Miami for the failure to pay. The co-promoters did not say why they failed to pay. But Itchi Baba manager Al Taylor and Clarence Smith of Baby Brother said on Thursday in a news release that they approached the government of Antigua and Barbuda for assistance in salvaging the show. But by that time Keys’ management had refused to continue with the concert and requested the show be postponed, the release said. Light said the Antiguan government “has been incredible in trying to resolve this unfortunate situation” and the government would like “to try and reschedule (the) show for September.” The government did not comment on the matter. Taylor and Smith were barred from the leaving the Caribbean country until they met with authorities to sort out compensation for ticket holders. It was unclear how many tickets had been sold.

credit:AP

i got eve featuring alicia keys’ “gangsta lovin” white label cd today… it includes the radio and lp version. i will only host this song for 3 days, so grab it while u can. i am still mad though, i hope they send me the promo soon… it should have the instrumental and call out hook. anyways, big props to irv gotti for the dope production on this joint.

click here to download the mp3

Ticket prices are $34.00 and $26.50 for reserved seats. All tickets will have an additional convenience fee. The day of the show there will be a limited number of free hand stamps given away for general admission lawn seating. Don’t forget a new feature this year - the price of your Amphitheater ticket includes the price of admission to Summerfest!

GO TO www.ticketmaster.com
TO BUY TICKETS SHE PERFORMS JULY 2ND AT 7:30 PM

Alicia makes a new entry to her diary, she talks about her great new tour, which is gonna be damn amazing. She also says they are going to put that chat back up becasue she loves it when we write back to her, cool huh?
AND she has set up her own Fan Club, this sounds great becasue she is compleatly involved and it’s not run by a big corporation where she doesn’t have true involvement with.

Fri June 21, 2002 6:17:45 PM
Hey,

I’m sitting here, just thinking. Working on the tour and writing alot, have you been writing lately? even just in a book that helps you get things off your chest?? I know the world can sometimes be a heavy weight on ones shoulders. It’s nice to have something or someone 2 help you release it.
Ive decided to put the chat back up. I really like it when you write back to me, and I can hear your thoughts or even have a way to communicte while your writing, probably will be hooked up by next week……
Read More…Must see!

Sexy singer Alicia Keys is still bombarded with requests to do flesh-baring photo shoots, despite publicly declaring that she will never strip.
The Fallin’ star, 21,constantly faces the persuasion of over-zealous photographers desperate to be the first to snap her unrobed. But their persistence has only succeeded in strengthening her stance.
She says, “For me, it really comes along with being conscious of the image I portray. “Because in situations with different male photographers, they see a young woman and really just want to see skin. “That’s been a battle for me. When a person is constantly pushing that on you, it gets very, very wearing. You have to constantly be on the top-top-top of your game.”
Source: www.stars2ya.com , cheers

Hey, everyone!

Here’s a clip of the “Butterflyz (Roger’s Release Mix)” that will
appear on “THIS Is Ultimate Dance” –

http://www.jrecords.com/media/ultimate_dance/audio/butterflyz_30.ram

THE ALBUM DROPS JUNE 25, 2002 GO SUPPORT IT

LISTEN ALICIA IS NOMINATED FOR 3 BET AWARDS INCLUDING VIEWERS CHOICE VOTE VOTE VOTE ON WWW.BET.COM/VEIWERSCHOICE

Alicia Keys stays in shape by … “Jogging. And I give thought to how I eat. I don’t eat red meat or drink milk. I try to find new ways to do salads because they don’t make me feel weighed down. I try to keep my body healthy so that even when I haven’t gotten a whole lot of sleep, my energy level is high.”
She describes her style as … “Versatile. I wear everything from a $10 pair of thrift-store jeans to a Sean Jean sweatsuit. I like low-slung Miss Sixty jeans very much, but they give my butt problems when I sit down to play the piano.”
credit: Stars2ya.com