Wednesday, July 31, 2024

 


Alicia Keys, photographed for the first time in Amsterdam by Paul Bergen in November 2001.


Debuting at number one on Billboard’s 200, Songs in A Minor garnered Alicia to tour Europe for the first time. Visiting places like London and Germany. She would perform at Club Panama in Amsterdam’s Eastern Docklands, with coverage by The Music Factory (TMF).

 


Alicia Keys, photographed for the first time in Amsterdam by Paul Bergen in November 2001.


Debuting at number one on Billboard’s 200, Songs in A Minor garnered Alicia to tour Europe for the first time. Visiting places like London and Germany. She would perform at Club Panama in Amsterdam’s Eastern Docklands, with coverage by The Music Factory (TMF).

 

Alicia Keys, photographed in Köln (Cologne), Germany by Frank Lothar Lange in November 2001. Lange captured this image with a Mamiya RZ67 camera.


Debuting at number one on Billboard’s 200, Songs in A Minor garnered Alicia to tour Europe for the first time. Visiting places like London, Amsterdam and Germany. 

 


Alicia Keys, photographed for the first time in Amsterdam by Martijn van de Griendt in November 2001.


Debuting at number one on Billboard’s 200, Songs in A Minor garnered Alicia to tour Europe for the first time. Visiting places like London and Germany. She would perform at Club Panama in Amsterdam’s Eastern Docklands, with coverage by The Music Factory (TMF).

 

Alicia Keys, photographed performing for the first time at Club Panama in Amsterdam's Oostelijk Havengebied (Eastern Docklands) by Peter de Jong in November 2001.


Debuting at number one on Billboard’s 200, Songs in A Minor garnered Alicia to tour Europe for the first time. Visiting places like London and Germany. The Music Factory (TMF) filmed and broadcast Alicia’s performance at Panama with their additional interview with the star spliced in-between sets.


Alicia performed cuts like Marvin Gaye’s “Trouble Man,” Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” “Troubles,” Prince’s “How Come You Don’t Call Me,” “A Woman’s Worth,” and “Fallin’.”


Alicia wears Jerome Bettis’ “36” Pittsburgh Steelers Puma jersey (cropped).

Monday, July 29, 2024

 

"Alicia Keys: A Soul Star Is Born"


Alicia Keys, photographed performing at her first J Records showcase at Greenwich Village’s Bottom Line in New York on March 15, 2001.

Rolling Stone magazine’s 867th issue featured a brief article of the showcase.


Alicia was introduced by Clive Davis, who compared her rise to fame as that of a young Bruce Springsteen. Rolling Stone described her style as a blend of Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Janis Joplin. 

“All the work I’ve put into this, it’s nice to see it manifesting,” Alicia said. “There was so much genuine love out there.”

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

 

Alicia Keys, photographed as she performs at the North Sea Jazz Festival at the Statenhall in The Hague, The Netherlands on July 11, 2004.


SETLIST:

Harlem's Nocturne

Karma

Heartburn

Rock Wit U

A Woman's Worth

How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore

Never Felt This Way / Butterflyz / Goodbye / Never Can Say Goodbye

I Got a Little Something for You

If I Ain't Got You

Apache

The Life / New York State of Mind

Slow Down

Diary

Fallin'


Encore:

You Don't Know My Name

 

Alicia Keys and poster child for The Southern Regional Sickle Cell Association DeAnna Holt, photographed during the “Verizon Ladies First Tour” backstage of the Hartford Civic Center (currently the XL Center) in downtown Hartford, Connecticut on April 9, 2004.


The “Verizon Ladies First Tour” came to Connecticut, with Alicia, Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, special opening guest Tamia and a surprise appearance from Jay-Z who accompanied Bey for “Crazy In Love.”

Tickets were priced from $67.50 to $77.50, with an added $1.50 state surcharge and another 50 cents to be donated to the artists’ charity of choice.

In the audience of the show was Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez, speaking over the Verizon Wireless commercials that played on the jumbo screens between performances. Perez had accompanied ten outstanding students from area high schools as a reward for their academic achievements. 


The Day newspaper positively reported that Alicia “gave a performance that highlighted the breadth of her vocal and instrumental talent,” and that “the audience was enthralled throughout Keys’s tenure on stage, and would cheer uproariously at the climaxes of each song.”

 

Alicia Keys and Kelly Clarkson, photographed during season 5 of NBC’s The Kelly Clarkson Show at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City on May 31, 2024.


Appearing to promote her 13 Tony nominated Broadway musical “Hell’s Kitchen,” Alicia wore a cropped blue and orange FUBU x Hell’s Kitchen jersey, Cargo Over pants from Off-White, and a pair of Out Of Office sneakers also from Off-White. 

 

Alicia Keys, photographed during her guest appearance on season 5 of NBC’s The Kelly Clarkson Show with Kelly Clarkson at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City on May 31, 2024.


Appearing to promote her 13 Tony nominated Broadway musical “Hell’s Kitchen,” Alicia wore a cropped blue and orange FUBU x Hell’s Kitchen jersey, Cargo Over pants from Off-White, and a pair of Out Of Office sneakers also from Off-White. 

Monday, July 22, 2024

 

Alicia Keys, as interviewed by Jamie Finley at Samsung’s Sixth Annual Four Seasons of Hope Gala To Benefit The Keep a Child Alive Foundation at Cipriani on 55 Wall Street in New York on June 18, 2007.


In this interview, Alicia speaks on being ambassador for Keep a Child Alive and the organization’s mission to provide life-saving anti-retroviral medication to children in need with HIV/AIDS particularly in Africa.


The Samsung charity gala raised a milestone of more than $1 million for children in need through the support of community-based foundations and charities. The year’s event was hosted by Regis Philbin and included more than 650 donors. Baseball’s Joe Torre and former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani kicked off the evening by focusing on the children and family charities supported by Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope. 


Throughout the evening, guests enjoyed a heart felt welcome from Susan Lucci and Wayne Gretzky to the King of Golf, Arnold Palmer. Hall of Fame football stars Carl Banks, Marty Lyons, Harry Carson gave quarterback greats Dan Marino and Boomer Esiason and full team welcome. Highlighting the Dan Marino Foundation as part of the Friends of Life program.

Finally concluding with a special performance by Alicia, as her foundation—Keep a Child Alive— was befitted.

 

Alicia Keys, photographed as she performs to conclude Samsung’s Sixth Annual Four Seasons of Hope Gala To Benefit The Keep a Child Alive Foundation at Cipriani on 55 Wall Street in New York on June 18, 2007.


The Samsung charity gala raised a milestone of more than $1 million for children in need through the support of community-based foundations and charities. The year’s event was hosted by Regis Philbin and included more than 650 donors. Baseball’s Joe Torre and former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani kicked off the evening by focusing on the children and family charities supported by Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope. 


Throughout the evening, guests enjoyed a heart felt welcome from Susan Lucci and Wayne Gretzky to the King of Golf, Arnold Palmer. Hall of Fame football stars Carl Banks, Marty Lyons, Harry Carson gave quarterback greats Dan Marino and Boomer Esiason and full team welcome. Highlighting the Dan Marino Foundation as part of the Friends of Life program.

 

Alicia Keys, photographed as she arrives at Samsung’s Sixth Annual Four Seasons of Hope Gala To Benefit The Keep a Child Alive Foundation at Cipriani on 55 Wall Street in New York on June 18, 2007.


The Samsung charity gala raised a milestone of more than $1 million for children in need through the support of community-based foundations and charities. The year’s event was hosted by Regis Philbin and included more than 650 donors. Baseball’s Joe Torre and former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani kicked off the evening by focusing on the children and family charities supported by Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope. 


Throughout the evening, guests enjoyed a heart felt welcome from Susan Lucci and Wayne Gretzky to the King of Golf, Arnold Palmer. Hall of Fame football stars Carl Banks, Marty Lyons, Harry Carson gave quarterback greats Dan Marino and Boomer Esiason and full team welcome. Highlighting the Dan Marino Foundation as part of the Friends of Life program.

Finally concluding with a special performance by Alicia, as her foundation—Keep a Child Alive— was befitted.

 


Alicia Keys, photographed performing during her first Australia & New Zealand tour at the Enmore Theatre in the inner west of Sydney’s suburbs of Newtown on October 25, 2004.

Prior to her performance, Alicia appeared on television talk show The Panel, where she gave an interview and a performance of “If I Ain’t Got You.” Her episode would air the following Wednesday night. 


Off the back of her “Songs in A Minor Tour” in December 2002, the singer took the stage for the first time Down Under. She would return for an official tour in October 2004. It was announced in late August that the tour would commence, with promotion from The Frontier Touring Company. She would perform first on the 22nd in Melbourne, then hitting Sydney and Brisbane to fly next to New Zealand. Returning in 2008 and 2013.

Sunday, July 21, 2024

 

Alicia Keys, interviewed by hosts Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch, Glenn Robins, Kate Langbroek and Fifi Box, on Australian television talk show The Panel filmed in Melbourne, VIC, Australia on October 25, 2004.


The sixteenth episode of the seventh season was filmed on the Monday and aired Wednesday night at 9:30 P.M. on the 27th, as usual for the Network Ten program.

As well as being interviewed, Alicia gave a live performance of “If I Ain’t Got You” on the piano. The program would feature live acoustic performances from guest artists.


As Alicia’s being introduced, host Tom Gleisner mentions that this is her first time performing in the country, which was false. Dates from December 2002 have been documented of the singer performing.

That night of her appearance she would perform at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. Lastly in Brisbane on Friday, flying next to New Zealand.