Hey yall, just a reminder 2 watch Access Granted 2 night, it starts at 9 pm, it looks like its gonna be a hot video so dont forget 2 check it out!!!

More good news!

The 2004 American Music Awards nominees have been announced, and Alicia is in the running!

She’s nominated for:

R&B/Soul, Favorite Female Artist

AND

R&B/Soul, Favorite Album

To find out if Alicia wins, tune in to the American Music Awards on Sunday November 14th @ 8 p.m. EST on ABC.

Thx 2 Andrea

Alicia Keys’ first Melbourne concert sold so quickly that a second concert has now been added to meet demand. Tickets for her second - and final - Melbourne concert went on sale on Monday 13 September at 9.00am. Don’t miss out on seeing Alicia Keys perform for the first time ever in Australia!

Sydney
TUE 26 OCT
ENMORE THEATRE

http://www.frontiertouring.com.au

The Awakening of Alicia Keys: Her Journey from Jeans and Tims to skirts and heels and into Stella’s pants

by Toure

Alicia Keys is homesick. She’s on a bus with Italy behind her and Norway ahead. She has been getting on and off this bus for the past four months, performing around Europe and in the Middle East. She stopped at the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival and fell in love with Switzerland. “It’s got a really incredible vibe,”she says into a cell phone, her voice deep and smoky like Kathleen Turner from the block. “The way the mountains and the water are right there, it looks so picturesque,” she purrs. “It feels like your’re standing in a painting.” She tries to pick up local music in each country she visits, searching for new artists to learn from.”In Dubai I love the singing style because its kind of like flamenco. But it’s also Native American.It’s ill. Really, really dope.” While many of her contemporaries live for the recording studio, Keys 23. says the center of her musical life is the stage, and is hows in her incediary performances. Though she sits at a piano, it is the way she sits, sthe way she moves, comnbined with the high drama of the snatches of classical music she throws in and the way her graceful fingers dance about the keyboard and the way her tight, audacious cornrows, hug the curves of her head. There is no question:All eyes are on her.

Her world tour has been going on for a while so she has been living out of a suitcase for four months straight. “I’m usually not the homesick type,” she says. “When I was younger and starting out, I remember feeling really badly homesick. But when I got the feel for things and got engrossed in what I was doing. I never felt homesick. But this time I do.” Her mother is one of her closest friends and confidantes and often traveles with Keys, but Mom’s not on the road with her this time. Is that what’s making her homesick? “Next question,” she says.

In person, Keys gives off a predatory sexuality. She’s tomboyish in walk and the way she talks which probably comes from growing up in New York, first in Hell’s Kitchen and thenin Harlem,. where she lives-but she is gradually becoming more girlie. “I’m venturing way more into skirts and dresses now,” she says “At one time I was like, ‘If it’s not pants,I’m not wearing it.” And there were the Tims time in my life. If it wasn’t Tims, please. Now I love heels. I always wear heels. I don’t feel comfortable if I;m not wearing heels. She even has a favorite shoe desginer Guiseppe Zanotti, and her designers are Tufi Duek, Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs, and Gucci. “I never thought I would like Gucci, because it was a girlie poshy kind of designer,” she says. “So I was always rebellious against it.

Source: Glamour Magazine (Fashion Rocks special edition)

Thx 2 denile1214

JAKARTA (AP): American rhythm and blues singer Alicia Keys and British violin act Bond have canceled concerts in the Indonesian capital after this week’s deadly suicide attack on the Australian Embassy, promoters said on Saturday.

A spokesman for promoter Java Musikindo said both acts were due to play Jakarta early next month but have pulled out due to Thursday’s bombing, which killed nine people and wounded more than 170.

Indonesia has been hit by a series of bombings in recent years that have put off international acts from playing in the country.In recent months, however, several popular Western bands performed here.

The embassy blast was blamed on the al-Qaeda linked terror group Jamaah Islamiyah, which was also implicated in the 2002 Bali bombings and a blast last year on the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.

Hey everyone!

Alicia is nominated for a 2004 Source Award.

R&B Artist of the Year - Female:

Ashanti
Beyoncé
Janet Jackson
Alicia Keys
Monica

Good luck Alicia!

Alicia Keys is excited to go on the road in support of her triple-platinum album, “The Diary Of Alicia Keys.” She’ll be playing several shows in Asia. Check out the dates:

DATE CITY
Sept. 25 Beijing, China
Sept. 27 Shanghai, China
Oct. 1 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Oct. 3 Hong Kong, China
Oct. 5 Jakarta, Indonesia
Oct. 7 Singapore
Oct. 9 Manilla, Phillipines
Oct. 11 Bangkok, Thailand
Oct. 13 Seoul, South Korea
Oct. 15 Osaka, Japan
Oct. 17 Tokyo, Japan
Oct. 18 Tokyo, Japan
Oct. 19 Fukuoka, Japan

Alicia Keys is excited to go on the road in support of her triple-platinum
album, “The Diary Of Alicia Keys.” For a limited time, Alicia Keys will
offer her AKFC members and online community early access to order tickets
for her shows in Australia and New Zealand. Although the tickets will be priced the same for
everyone, the service charges will be lower compared to other ticket
outlets. With the pre-sale ticket system, Alicia is taking new measures to
make it more special for her fans. Pre-sale tickets will be offered for the
shows listed below!

Oct 22/23 - Melbourne, Australia (On Sale 9/8 at 9:00 AM Australian time)
Oct 25/26/28 -Sydney, Australia (On Sale 9/8 at 9:00 AM Australian time)
Oct 29 - Brisbane, Australia (On Sale 9/8 at 9:00 AM Australian time)
Oct 31 -Auckland, New Zealand (Coming Soon)

All of the current pre-sale information is on the Alicia Keys Ticket Page
now and can be accessed at http://ticketing.concertmaps.com/aliciakeys

The login credentials are:
Username: thediaryof
Password: tickets

(Username and password should be all lowercase letters and written as one
word)

If you have any further questions regarding pre-sales please e-mail us at
info@concertmaps.com

Alicia is offering pre-sale tickets for the shows listed above and she is
also offering a limited number of meet n greet passes for all of her
Asian, Australian and New Zealand shows for her AKFC members only. In order to qualify, you must be an AKFC member in good standing, and have a ticket for the show, but please note that buying a
ticket does not guarantee a meet n greet pass. You need to contact an AKFC representative at akfcalicia1@aol.com for more information about both joining AKFC if you aren’t a member already, and to get the information about the meet n greet opportunities.

To join AKFC, log onto www.aliciakeys.net and hit the “community tab,” then
go to the join the fan club link where you can join online with a credit
card. Once you get your membership confirmation number, and have bought a
ticket to the show, write to akfcalicia1@aol.com, and we will contact you re
the meet n greet opportunity.
~cherbear~

Alicia Keys has just finished filming the video for her next single, “Karma.” The singer shot part of the clip in the Dominican Republic, and part in New York, including a scene where she plays the piano on a subway platform.

Source: www.mtv.com

Sep 8, 2004 12:35 AM
OK, don’t beat me up;-)
I know it’s been awhile. I’m trying to think of the last time we spoke. Let me check
DAMN! Almost a whole month??
Wow! I don’t blame you if you feel neglected. But of course, it’s never, ever my intention.

Anyway, No, I haven’t been asleep for that long;-) I’ve been we’ll I guess you know what I’ve been doing. In fact you guys know things about me, I don’t even know. I read some things you post and I’m “Wow! Am I doing that?”
LOL!

One thing that you don’t know is I snuck away on a little vacation right after the VMA’s. I know that with everything that is going to be going on; going to China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, things are going to be pretty strenuous, so I knew that I’d better take a little rejuvenation time while I could snatch it. I did and it was gorgeous. I went to the mountains. The sun would be bright and beautiful and then around 4pm, the skies would open and it would pour down rain, It smells soooo good. Liquid sunshine. Isn’t that a crazy visual? I got a chance to just be. Niice!

What else?
The Karma video is bananas! I don’t know if you’re ready .;-)

It’s late, this is kind of a bogus entry being that I’ve been away so long (I can admit it) but I just wanted you to know that I haven’t vanished off the face off the diary. Ha!
I’m here, ain’t going nowhere. We gots lots more to do together Shit! We’re just warming up.

One love forever!

Ak