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Beyonce and Jay-Z rocked the house with their on stage duet of “Crazy in Love” and fans have been clamoring for a repeat.

Well hold on just a little bit longer. If rumors are true you may get your wish sooner than you think.

Jay-Z is planning a big show: reportedly he’s planning to fly in a huge string section and orchestra for the Hyde Park concert. To make the show a sensation, he has been talking to Beyonce about joining him on stage at the summer O2 Wireless Festival in London.

Jay-Z will also headline at Glastonbury. which has brought criticism from some rockers including Noel Gallagher, from Oasis who disagrees with a rap act receiving top billing at the show.

Bringing a message of unity, Stevie Wonder played his first date of a fourteen city summer tour in Long Island, New York on June 18th.

“Performing in the summer is always fun, there’s something magical about the summer, he said. The tour has play dates scheduled for Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles, wrapping up on July 12th in Canada.

Winner of 25 Grammy Awards, the 58 year old Stevie Wonder has inspired hundreds of musicians and vocalists.

He told reporters during a conference call that it’s all about unity, he stated: “No matter what religion or color or ethnicity that we are, we have to be about the perpetuation of life.”

Coldplay has sold 30 million albums, but that doesn’t seem to be of much comfort to the band’s frontman Chris Martin. For him at 31, the clock is ticking down to the day when he will join the ranks of over-the-hill music stars.

According to “The Sun” newspaper, Chris said: “I feel like you’ve got to write as many songs as you can between the ages of 28 and 33 because those are your last few years before you get a belly. I couldn’t possibly write a hit record when I’ve got a beer belly, so we’re just going to try to write as many songs as possible before that D-Day, or B-Day it should be - for Belly Day.”

Singer George Michael has become disenchanted with concert touring and the frenzied life of being a celebrity pop star. He stated: “It’s becoming more and more strange to be in the public eye. The world’s going mental and I don’t want to be in the thick of it.”

On June 8th, it was announced that he will stage two concerts entitled “The Final Two” at London’s Earls Court in August of this year. These performances are being promoted as his “last ever UK arena shows” and signal the end of his “25 Live” tour that kicked off in 2006 from Barcelona, Spain.

The 22nd James Bond spy thriller “Quantum of Solace” based on the Ian Fleming novel is in the works and in keeping with this powerful character, Leona Lewis is under consideration to record the new theme song.

The singer’s powerful voice attracted attention when she won the British TV talent show “The X Factor” in 2006.

Leona’s second single entitled “Bleeding Love” made it to number one on the charts in the UK and US.

Amy Winehouse had been slated for the recording, but unfortunately, the troubled singer and music producer Mark Ronson have not been able to see eye-to-eye.

Have you ever wondered what type of music celebrities like George Clooney or Michel Caine enjoy? The answers may surprise you: the choices are not as obvious as you might think.

The Master of the Hunt, Michael Caine made his mark playing the vindictive character “Jack Carter” whose relentless pursuit of his brother’s killers was astounding.

Contrary to Carter’s intensity, Michael Caine prefers electronic jazz like Chillout Lounge when he kicks back to relax.

George Clooney on the other hand, has earned a reputation as a suave seducer with just a touch of larceny in his soul. But take one listen to the soundtrack music of his films such as “O Brother Where Art Thou?” and you get a glimpse of his other side.

If you like chillout beats or grassroots rocking you ‘re in good company.

Justin Timberlake is pumping up his career again with a power move to executive producer of MTV’s new reality show “The Phone.”

The weekly mini-movie episodes will begin with two hidden cell phones ringing at opposite ends of a major city.

The contestants who answer the phone will be given a task to complete within a certain amount of time and will have only five seconds to decide whether to play for the cash prize.

The mission action will be under the watchful eye of a helicopter camera crew: to win the cash the contestant must complete their mission in time.

Tony Disanto, the executive vice president of programming and series development for MTV, is very excited about “The Phone” which is based on a Dutch program.

Air guitarists listen up: you’ve got till July 4th to claim independence for every riff in your soul with a REAL GUITAR.

Rockers “Drive By” will autograph an Epiphone Les Paul Special II electric guitar, so here’s your chance to make your secret fantasy come true.

Alas, there is only one guitar to be won, but you could still be a winner. Three lucky heads will receive an autographed copy of Drive By’s latest CD “A Delicate Situation” courtesy of Riot Squad Records. Click here and go straight to the official entry form on the Fuse.tv website.

If you are a music lover who likes the radical edge of the scene, you might have tuned into Fuse, a different type of cable music channel. Looking for a description of what you will experience, you could say that Fuse is everything that MTV is not.

According to an article in the New York Times, Fuse, the problem child of the Madison Square Garden’s Cablevision unit is slated to broadcast the Bonnaroo Music Festival. Tune in and turn on at the four-day rock music. film, comedy and art event from June 12-15 in Manchester, Tenn., which will feature performances by the mainstream artists Kanye West and B. B. King.

After 7 long years in the freeze zone, fans of the Pop/R&B Diva Jackson will finally have a chance to get hot and bothered as she struts her soul vivé.