Beyonce
In today's Daily Rap we watch Beyonce unveil her new World Tour, Usher celcomes his baby son into the world, Leona Lewis bags herself a top award and 50 Cent is ready to go into a Video Game Battle.
Beyonce unveils World Tour
Looks like Mrs. Cater is going to be keeping very busy next year. She yesterday announce the plans for her 2009 World Tour to promote her current album I am ....Sasha Fierce which has sold a staggering 890,000 copies in only three weeks.
The tour which kicks off in April in Croatia will finish in Belfast on May 31st. It is not yet known if there will be further dates added after the performance in Northern Ireland, but concert goers are in for a spectacular performance from Beyonce.
BEYONCE’S “I AM…†WORLD TOUR 2008 - EUROPEAN DATES
26-Apr Sun Zagreb, Croatia Arena
Tue 28-Apr Vienna, Austria Stadthalle
Wed 29-Apr Budapest, Hungary Arena
Thu 30-Apr Prague, Czech Republic O2
Sat 2-May Rotterdam, Holland Ahoy
Tue 5-May Paris, France Bercy
Wed 6-May Strasbourg, France Zenith
Thu 7-May Antwerp, Belgium Sportpalais
Fri 8-May Berlin, Germany 02
Sun 10-May Herning, Denmark MCH Arena
Mon 11-May Gothenburg, Sweden Scandinavium
Wed 13-May Stockholm, Sweden Globen
Fri 15-May Koln, Germany Arena
Sat 16-May Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadion
Mon 18-May Lisbon, Portugal Atlantico
Tue 19-May Madrid, Spain Palacio Desportes
Wed 20-May Barcelona, Spain Palau St Jordi
Sat 23-May Birmingham, UK NIA
Mon 25-May London, UK 02
Wed 27-May Manchester, UK MEN
Fri 29-May Dublin, Ireland The O2
Sun 31-May Belfast, UK Odyssey Arena
Second Son for Usher
Usher’s wife Tameka Foster-Raymond gave birth to the couples second son on Wednesday.
The couple who were married last year welcomed into the world Naviyd Ely Raymond at 2.33 am Wednesday morning weighing 5 pounds and 13 ounces.
This sets their family at five with Tameka having three children from a previous relationship.
Leona Lewis earns top Award
British export Leona Lewis has had tremendous success in America with her debut album Spirit selling over five million copies worldwide, the X Factor starlet received another award this week which follows on from her three Grammy nods last week.
Billboard Magazine have crowned Leona the Top New Artist of 2008 after she has continued to make history with her music.
Only this week Leona Lewis made history in the UK with her recent single became the fastest downloaded single of all time. The song is a cover of the Snow Patrol classic Run.
50 Cent ready to go into Video Game Battle
Rapper 50 Cent is already boasting about his gaming skills when it comes to his new video game which will be released in January, a month before he releases his fourth and final album on Interscope on February 4th.
"I actually had the opportunity to play it, and I'm pretty good at it," the rap superstar told MTV UK this week. "If anybody out there wants to create a challenge or wants to bet some money online, we could play the game right now."
The game which is called Blood on the Sand also comes with its own soundtrack of exclusive tracks which will not appear anywhere else.
The game which is being released through THQ was designed by staff at the Swordfish Studios here in the UK. 50 Cent who has been visiting the UK was recently locked out of his Rolls Royce in London’s West End when his security detail locked the keys to the Rolls in the car. It was later opened by one of the guards with a coat hanger.
Melanie Cornish