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Stars Rake it In for New Year’s

Sam — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:19:11 +0000

It seems that there are a couple of celebrities who will be worth a pretty penny come New Year’s Eve because they will be starting off 2010 with some major cash going into their pockets. Rihanna will be collecting a royal fee of half a million dollars to perform at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. It would mark the singer’s first concert in the Middle East. A source said “She was supposed to perform back in May [in Abu Dhabi], but she cancelled in the aftermath of the assault. This is a make-up date.” The Barbadian babe isn’t the only one rolling in dough though as Alicia Keys is getting paid $250,000 to throw a holiday concert in New York City. Happy New Year indeed!

Jay-Z’s Album Got Bumped

Sam — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:54:15 +0000

The release date of Jay-Z’s ‘The Blueprint 3’ got bumped up and I didn’t even know until after the album dropped! The rapper’s album, featuring collaborations with Rihanna, Kanye West and Alicia Keys just to name a few, dropped yesterday. The album was originally scheduled to hit stores on September 11th, marking the eight year anniversary of the release of 2001’s ‘The Blueprint’. I have a feeling that the release date switch had to do with the entire album leaking out onto the internet recently. They could at least try to fool everyone else who hasn’t heard about the leak.
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11 Killed in Music Fest Stampede

Sam — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:57:45 +0000

At least 11 people were killed this past weekend in a stampede during the final night of the Mawazine music festival in the Moroccan capital of Rabat. Kylie Minogue and Alicia Keys had performed at the festival in the weeks prior to the incident, which draws over a million people to the city of Rabat annually. 70,000 people had gathered at the closing night of the festival to hear hometown sensation Abdelaziz Stati when a wire fence gave out while the crowd was leaving the festival grounds. The crowd’s surge caused a stampede where 5 women, 4 men and 2 children suffocated to death while being trampled by the mass exodus of concert goers. My condolences go out to the family and friends of the victims.

ALICIA KEYS performing NO ONE LIVE at the MTV VMA’s ‘07

Sam — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:10:23 +0000

R&B songstress Alicia Keys performed her new single “No One”
Alicia’s new album titled “As I Am” gets released on November 13th.