Prince disappointed a Dallas charity and many fans when he simply did not show up for a Friday night fundraiser. To be fair, is sounds like a classic case of massive communication failure between a number of parties.

The Purple One was due in Dallas for a Super Bowl weekend charity event for the Michael-Goss Foundation, a charity started by George Michael and his partner Kenny Goss.

Early Friday, a statement was issued by the foundation saying:

It is our understanding that River Alexander Group, the event organizer, was unable to fund and produce the evening. The organizer came to The Goss-Michael Foundation, invited us to be the beneficiary and receive some of the proceeds which would have gone to our high school scholarship program.
A short time later, the statement was rescinded with the statement "Prince has arrived in Dallas and will perform this evening."

The problem was that Prince never made it to Dallas. A source within the Prince camp told the AP that it was their understanding that the promoters had never made the proper arrangements and that they were afraid that it was a sign that the proper equipment might not be available at the venue.

"Prince is extremely disappointed that the organizers, the Meridian Entertainment Group and the River Alexander Group ... were unable bring him and his band to Dallas. They say that apparently they lost their investors and were unable to adequately fund the event. Prince was looking forward to performing in support of the Goss-Michael Foundation."
The final blow, though, was the fact that Prince's no-show was never told to the host for the evening nor announced to the public, so the people who had paid $1,500 a ticket showed up at the venue only to be told that the event was off.