Beyonce '4' Album Preview

Beyonce held a preview listening party for her upcoming album, 4, at the NYC offices of Sony Music on Wednesday afternoon (May 11).

About a dozen of her super fans watched the “Run The World (Girls)” video in a conference room before the 29-year-old global superstar came in and surprised everyone, shaking hands and hugging every single person in the room.

“When editing the DVD [for Beyonce: I Am... World Tour], I noticed that the tone of my voice is different live [than my recording one],” Beyonce told JustJared.com as she addressed the room. “So I used that live performance tone throughout the record.”

B then sat down, grabbed a bottle of Pellegrino sparkling water, and played five new tracks for the room.

“I wanted to do something refreshing and different,” Beyonce told JustJared.com. “So I mixed genres and drew inspiration from touring, traveling, watching rock bands, and attending festivals… I was like a mad scientist, putting lots of different songs together.”

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Nicki Minaj wants to collaborate with Adele.

"There are loads of UK artists I'd like to work with,” the Young Money star told The Sun, before singling out Adele, who has just topped the US singles chart with Rolling In The Deep. “I think Adele is dope, I'm a really big fan of hers. I'm sure we'll meet eventually,” she said.

Nicki added that working with David Guetta on Where Dem Girls At has inspired her to branch out into other genres. “Everyone keeps telling me that I need to rap on some dubstep beats,” she explained, “so that is definitely a possibility too. After working with David I'm getting into a different world.”

The Pink Friday rapper has also been trying to perfect her cockney accent in preparation for spending more time on these shores. "I just love the way you guys talk. It's so funny and beautiful to me so I've been brushing up on my accent."

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Fleetwood Mac to reunite in 2012

Steve Nicks has said that Fleetwood Mac will reunite next year.

The singer has just released a new solo album In Your Dreams, on which she worked with ex-Eurythmic Dave Stewart, her first since 2001's Trouble in Shangri-La. But she has revealed that plans are already in place for the band to regroup in 2012, and possibly even make a new album, after she and Lindsey Buckingham finish promoting their solo work.

She told US blogger Perez Hilton: "When my album and Lindsey's albums come to a stop, then Fleetwood Mac will gather again and we'll either make another record or we won't and we'll just go on tour." It has been eight years since their last album, Say You Will.

Buckingham's LP Seeds We Sow is due this autumn. Nicks said it is her favourite solo album by her bandmate. "He took some serious melody pills on this one," she added.

She also said her favourite song of the moment is ET by Katy Perry. "I will stay up until 4am to see the video," she said. Meanwhile, Fleetwood Mac are the next artists to get the Glee treatment with Rumours, an episode dedicated to them, to be broadcast in the UK soon. Gwyneth Paltrow covered their song Landslide in a recent episode.

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