I've been to shows- I didn't realise some lacklustre performances were 100% confirmation that he's struggling with booze. Next you'll be telling me the angle he wears his hat at lets people know exactly how many ice cubes he has in each glass.
And while I clearly stated that it was just an example, you seem very sure it didn't happen. Do you have access to Richie's medical files or know his doctor??? Do you have some inside information??? Like I say, an example- but no one here could 100% discredit that.

Listen, I'm not daft, I know why people are assuming it to be the booze. All I'm saying is not one person on this board knows the actual story, and there may very well have been something happen that had hit him for six and he's gone off the rails. Let's keep an open-mind about it, and not condemn him yet.