Alicia Keys and radio programmer Elroy Smith, photographed hugging together at the Chicago Theater in Chicago by Ken Bedford on April 2, 2005.

Following her performance at the Chicago Theater for her "Diary Tour" with new-comer John Legend, Alicia greeted Elroy, who thanked the singer for recognizing him for helping to launch her career during her televised Grammy acceptance speech. Elroy’s stations were the first to play the hit single "Fallin’."

"The Diary Tour" covered 34 cities across the United States between February and April, new-comer John Legend opened for all dates. Alicia and John had previously worked together when he sang background vocals on the single "You Don’t Know My Name."

Alicia said to Billboard that the tour would be “conceptual” and “thematic” in nature. She last toured the United States as part of the Verizon Ladies First tour with Missy Elliott and Beyoncé in 2004. “That tour only played 18 cities, so I didn’t get to go to a lot of places,” she says. “I wanted to come back and tour America.”