Beyonce

JAY-Z ANNOUNCES 3 UK SHOWS

Live Nation and Roc Nation are delighted to announce the return of JAY-Z to the UK this summer for 3 special headline shows.   JAY-Z will play Manchester’s MEN Arena on Monday 7th June and the LG Arena in Birmingham on Wednesday 9th June, topping it off with a headline performance at Wireless sponsored by Barclaycard in London’s Hyde Park on Sunday 4th July. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday 19th February at 9am.  Tickets for Wireless available at http://www.wirelessfestival.co.uk []

2010 GRAMMY AWARDS: BEYONCE BREAKS RECORD

Superstar Beyonce won big at last night’s Grammy Awards ceremony by taking home six awards, and set a new record for the most awards won in a single year by a solo female.  The singer won, ‘Song Of The Year’, ‘Best R&B Song’ and ‘Best Female R&B Vocal Performance’, all for ‘Single Ladies’. She also won ‘Best Contemporary R&B Album’ for I Am… Sasha Fierce, ‘Best Female Pop Vocal Performance’ for ‘Halo’ and ‘Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance’ for ‘At Last’, which she performed at President Obama’s []

QUOTE OF THE DAY: JAY-Z (I AM NOT A DEVIL WORSHIPPER)

“I don’t know where it started. I don’t know where it came from. I really think it’s really silly. For the record, I of course believe in God, but I believe in one God. If people must know my religious beliefs, I believe in one God. I don’t believe in religion. I don’t believe in Christians or Muslims. I think all that separates people. I think it’s one God. I think it’s all the same God, and I don’t believe in Hell. []

MICHELLE WILLIAMS FINALLY LEAVES MATTHEW KNOWLES’ MUSIC WORLD MANAGEMENT

AOL’s Black Voices blog reports former Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams has decided to end her professional relationship with Matthew Knowles and is to seek new management.  Michelle said in a statement, “From my time in Destiny’s Child to my solo career, I am grateful for everything Mathew and his team has done for me,”  a statement released by Williams reads. “We’ve shared great success together. However, as I move in a new direction in my career, I felt it was time.” “I []

NEW MUSIC: BEYONCE – ‘BLACK CULTURE’

Check out Beyonce’s track Black Culture which samples Michael Jackson’s Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough. I’m guessing that this track (which sounds pretty good) was recorded and then locked away in the vault before Michael died, but Sony has now decided to leak it. Click HERE to listen. I bet if they decide to release the track here in the UK, the title will be changed to ‘Urban’ Culture and the chorus will also receive a ‘face lift’.  Black Culture – The song title is ‘far too threatening’ for these []

PICS: EUROPEAN MUSIC AWARDS 09

The 2009 European Music Awards took place last night (November 2009) in Berlin (Germany). And of course Beyonce was a big winner. The singer won three of the night’s biggest awards — Best Female, Best Song, (“Halo”) and Best Video, (Single Ladies: Put A Ring On It). Rapper Lil Kim has managed to bag a few gigs around Europe and also presented an award at this event.  Photographs: Getty Images

NEW L’OREAL AD CAMPAIGN: BEYONCE

Source Beyonce enjoys a lucrative endorsement deal with cosmetics GIANT L’Oreal. Former group mate Kelly Rowland managed to bag an endorsement deal with……. Dark & Lovely several years ago… Does anyone know if Michelle Williams endorses any products? That Beyonce always comes out on top doesn’t she? Anyway Bey looks good in this ad campaign.