This might come as a surprise to all her fans, but Alicia Keys is pregnant to hip-hop and R&B producer and her fiancée Swiss Beatz, or Kasseem Dean in real life. The news came out after the couple attended the Black Ball Charity event in London on Thursday night where the singer’s baby bump showed through her gown. The said event was a fund raiser for the Keep a Child Alive organization, of which the 29-year old Keys is an active benefactor.

Long shots do come through once in awhile. The Habs may not have made it into the finals of the Stanley Cup, however Van Morrison will be headlining the Folk Fest’s fundraiser at Gallagher Park on August 4. Terry Wickham, festival producer said lat week at the news conference, getting his favorite artist and Northern Irish legend was definitely a long shot. Wickham had tried to no avail for years. Until now, that is.

Kid Rock is preparing to launch “Born Free,” his new album, on September 7. The Rick Rubin produced album is Rock’s first since “Rock N Roll Jesus” was released in 2007. On Saturday while visiting the Movement Festival in Detroit, Rock said “Born Free,” the first single, will be released at the end of June.

The latest singles and albums to receive Recording Industry Association of America certifications proves country music is thriving. “Enjoy the Ride,” Sugarland’s 2006 album, received triple-platinum certification after selling three million copies, while Zac Brown Band for “The Foundation” and Lady Antebellum” for “Need You Now” both scored double-platinum certifications for the first time after selling two million copies.

Paul McCartney, just like last summer, is rolling his U.S. concert dates out one at a time. The rock legend now has three shows for his 2010 summer “Up and Coming Tour” announced. McCartney’s most recent addition is his July 26 show in Nashville, TN at Bridgestone Arena. Previously announced dates are for July 10 in San Francisco, CA at AT&T Park and in Sandy, UT at Rio Tinto on July 13.

It’s official: summer is summer. Kid Rock made the announcement that he’ll be performing at the DTE Energy Music Theatre on August 13 – 15. Promoter Live Nation today announced that tickets for the shows will be going on sale on May 28. Ticket prices haven’t been determined yet. The three shows follow the blockbuster Comerica Park concerts by Rock from summer 2009. Those two shows each drew 40,000 fans, marking the largest-ever performances for Rock in his hometown and first shows ever at the ball park of the Detroit Tigers.

Christina Aguilera’s upcoming 20-city summer tour which should kick off in July 15 in Uncasville, CT was canceled due to the artist’s tightly knit schedule which leaves no time for her to prepare for the said tour. The tour will be rescheduled for 2011 but no word yet as to exactly when. Aguilera just finished wrapping up “Burlesque”, a movie which also stars iconic singer Cher.

Rascal Flatts is take a page from “Life Is a Highway,” their hit song. They are helping to clean Tennessee’s highways up. The band is partnering with Tennessee Department of Transportation and asking state residents to adopt highways and help keep the streets trash free.

The gathering on Wednesday night of American Idol’s royalty was unprecedented. All former winners of “American Idol” were onstage at Nokia Theatre except one. They sang a song for Simon Cowell, mentor and departing judge. Taylor Hicks, Kris Allen, Jordin Sparks, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson were lined up together, giving a very rousing performance of “Together We Are One” by Deltra Goodrem. The icons from “Idol,” who were mainly wearing black, also were joined by almost two dozen past season finalists, including favorites like Elliot Yamin, Bo Bice, Michael Johns, David Archuleta and Jason Castro.

With U2 front man Bono still in recovery after an intensive back surgery, they are left with no choice but to push back the dates for the upcoming North American leg of their U2360° tour which was originally planned to kick off in Salt Lake City, UT on July 3 and will supposedly conclude with a show in New Jersey on July 19. In a statement sent by the band’s manager Paul McGuinness, he says that this is a major “blow” for Bono, and that Bono “feels robbed of the chance to do what he does best and feels like he has badly let down the band and their audience”.