A dog ate my homework.

The check is in the mail.

Traffic was backed up.

Lionel Richie backstage

Lionel RichieLester Cohen/Getty Images

Add severe weather to the list of classic excuses.

Richie borrowed a page from Milli Vanilli and blamed it on the rain.

He claimed he was unable to fly into New York because of poor weather conditions.

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We are rescheduling the show to Monday Aug 14.

Cant wait to perform for you all.

Tickets for tonights show are valid for the show on Monday.

We are rescheduling the show to Monday Aug 14.

Cant wait to perform for you all.

Tickets for tonights show are valid for the show on Monday.