A few days ago, I reported that, according to witnesses, about 300 people left during Linda Ronstadt's Alladin Hotel concert encore, whereas Alladin officials said it was over a thousand. Witnesses also said there was no drink-throwing or other riotous behavior, also contrary to the official report. Now, Ronstadt has come forward to say she was not even escorted from the property. She said some people booed her, which she expected, and that when an employee told her that the hotel owner wanted to talk with her, she rode off on her tour bus.

One of the curious things about this situation--if Ronstadt is reporting it accurately, or if the employee with whom she spoke was speaking accurately--is that the hotel owner was willing to drive to the hotel to confront the singer.

According to Ronstadt, she has now been invited back to the hotel. In the meantime, well-known music manager Irving Azoff has pulled his acts out of the hotel. A few nights after the Alladin event, Ronstadt performed for a  packed house at Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, where she received a very warm reception, encore and all.