a list of tuples containing instance Id's and event information

def events(self, all_instances=None, instance_ids=None, filters=None):
        """a list of tuples containing instance Id's and event information"""
        params = {}
        if filters:
            params["filters"] = make_filters(filters)
        if instance_ids:
            params['InstanceIds'] = instance_ids
        statuses = self.status(all_instances, **params)
        event_list = []
        for status in statuses:
            if status.get("Events"):
                for event in status.get("Events"):
                    event[u"InstanceId"] = status.get('InstanceId')
                    event_list.append(event)
        return event_list