It’s set the rumour-mill into overdrive the past couple of days, but according to official sources, it’s true; Beyonce is pregnant with her and Jay-Z’s second child.
Whilst no official due date has been announced, sources close to the celebrity couple have confirmed the pregnancy to new site According to E! Online.
We’ll report more news as and when we get it, but in the meantime, Stagedoor.FM wish the Carters a huge congratulations!
The Weeknd has taken to YouTube to reveal his new track Kiss Land, what is expected to be the lead track off his forthcoming full-length LP of the same name.
The track, experimental in parts away from what we’ve usually come to expect from the Canadian producer/R&B singer still shines and relates strongly to the mysteriousness of his past work. Check out Kiss Land below; it really is beautiful:
Jessie J has taken to twitter to announce her brand new single, Wild, which is set to be the lead release off her forthcoming second album.
The singer, who famously shaved her hair off for Comic Relief has confirmed that the new song will feature both Dizzee Rascal and Big Sean.
MY FIRST WORLDWIDE SINGLE IS CALLED ‘WILD’ Feat @bigsean and @dizzeerascal GO to jessiejofficial.com to let the fun begin! #jessiejwild
— JESSIE J(@JessieJ) May 16, 2013
To coincide with the announcement, Jessie (real name Jessica Cornish), has shared a clip of her recording in the studio. Check it out below:
Neither the release date for Wild, nor when fans can get their first listen, have been announced as yet.
British boyband One Direction have announced their Where We Are world tour in a press conference this morning. The group sent their tween-fanbase into overdrive early last week when they tweeted their #1DBigAnnouncement via the social networking site, and it seems the full-scale tour is exactly that. The tour is set to run throughout 2014 and into 2015, with their forthcoming new album also set to be titled under the tour moniker (and set to be launched pre-Christmas 2013).
Tickets for the Where We Are tour are to go on sale Saturday 25th May, priced from £42.50. Official dates of the tour are to be confirmed.
Kelly Rowland has gone back to her glory days with stunning new track Dirty Laundry.
The track, a collaboration with singer-producer The Dream, is taken from Rowland’s forthcoming new LP Talk A Good Game and focuses on a hostile previous abusive relationship.
In a day when R&B has gone all ‘house-y’, it’s great to hear Rowland back on form creating just some great moments.
Take a listen to Dirty Laundry below:
Chris Brown has announced that the third single from his forthcoming album X is set to feature unheard of vocals by late R&B singer Aaliyah.
The track, entitled They Don’t Know, was announced by Brown during the BET Awards 2013 press conference earlier this morning (US-time).
To coincide with the announcement, Breezy took to video-sharing Twitter site Vine to unleash a 6-second snippet of the track and wow does it sound good to hear some fresh Aaliyah vocals.
Check out the preview below:
A recent study has confirmed which we all pretty much knew, that is that most Americans hate Justin Bieber and Chris Brown
The study by the Public Policy Polling Group showed that both Brown and Bieber received 57% and 54% respectfully in what the poll called ‘unfavourable ratings’ from voters.
Meanwhile, British export Adele received a 54% ‘favourable’ rating, putting her just above Justin Timberlake (52% ‘favourable’).
Take a read of the whole poll here.
As heavily rumoured earlier today, Daft Punk have released their new album Random Access Memories to stream, one week before its official release date.
Influenced by 1970s funk and disco, the album is set to bring dance music back to a strong path after getting too convoluted in recent years.
To stream Random Access Memories, click here.
Following on from last week’s brilliant SBTV Mash-Up, ex-The Voice contestant Max Milner returns with a fantastic acoustic of Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ classic track Californication. Alongside that talent comes another British rising star in the way of Sam Smith. Smith’s chart-topping duet with Disclosure on Latch late last year launched him on the map, and today the star has released an acoustic version.
Check out both Milner and Smith’s performances below – not to be missed!
Max Milner – The Mash Up (Californication)
Sam Smith – Latch
Daft Punk’s record label Columbia Records have confirmed by a tweet that the world premiere of Random Access Memories will take place tonight at London monument The Shard.
Today the Daft Punk album Random Access Memories will be played in full @shardview for its first major event since opening. #DaftPunkLDN
— Columbia Records UK (@ColumbiaUK) May 13, 2013
No announcement has been made yet regarding how eager fans can go to the launch, but once we hear more we’ll of course update in due course.