Washington, January 13: Singers Bono and Beyonce Knowles are set to join Bruce Springsteen on stage at US President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration balls.

The U2's lead singer and the R&B lady will share the microphone with the heartland rocker Springsteen at a free gig at Washington D. C.''s Lincoln Memorial on January 18.

The star-studded concert, We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, would also see Mary J. Blige, Garth Brooks, Usher, Shakira, and Sheryl Crow, reports Contactmusic.

London, Jan 4: Beyonce Knowles has donated her entire 4 million dollar salary from her new movie `Cadillac Records' to a string of drug rehabilitation centres across U. S.

The move came after the singer spent two weeks with hardcore junkies to research for her latest role of singer Etta James, whose early career was blighted by heroin addiction, reports the Daily Star.

Knowles visited New York''s Phoenix House for the research and was moved to tears as she watched down-at-heel drug abusers go through detox misery after hitting rock bottom at the Phoenix House centre in Brooklyn, New York.

London, January 3: Singer Beyonce Knowles has reportedly left fellow artist Janet Jackson fuming after referring that the latter's family did not come from an upper class background.

The leading R&B lady seemed to have taken a dig on Jackson family by contrasting her wealthy upbringing against that of Janet, who comes from the working class area of Gary, Indiana.

"I grew up upper class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar," the Daily Express quoted Beyonce as telling Elle magazine in a recent interview.

"We''re African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we''re like the Jacksons - but I didn''t have parents using me to get out of a bad situation," she added.

Washington, Jan 1: Beyonce Knowles, who is married to Jay-Z, has said that she hates partying in public.

The 27-year-old singer admits that she loathes attending social gatherings because she always feels like the other guests are spying on her.

However, the beauty has fond memories of certain showbiz bashes - especially when she received an invite from her idol Whitney Houston when her former group Destiny''s Child was first starting out, reports Contactmusic.

Knowles says: "I don''t really go out much. If I wasn''t a celebrity then I don''t know how I would feel, but it''s not that much fun for me - it feels like I''m in a cage and everyone is watching.

Washington, Dec 25 : Popstar Beyonce Knowles is making sure her first holidays as a married woman are as stress-free as possible, for the stunner has planned relaxed Christmas cruising around the Mediterranean.

"I''m taking the whole month off - the end of December and the first week of January. I wanna travel, I wanna go to the South of France," Contactmusic quoted Beyonce, s saying.

"I wanna relax and maybe go on a boat and stay away from the cameras. You feel like you''re in your own world, you feel like you''re protected from everything and you''re right in the middle of the ocean," she added.

Washington, Dec 19 : Pop singer Beyonce Knowles reportedly has two engagement rings - one real and the other "fake".

The stunner puts on the `fake' one when she's onstage and out in public.

When Jay-Z popped the question last year, along with an 18-carat diamond ring, he also gave her a less expensive imitation for concerts and parties.

"Even though Beyonce''s real engagement ring is insured, she doesn''t always feel comfortable wearing such a valuable stone," Contactmusic quoted a source as telling Star magazine.

The `Bootilicious' singer has also revealed the secret behind her happy married life.