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Beyonce announces major concert tour

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Beyonce was just warming up at the Super Bowl: The singer has announced a world tour.

“The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour” will kick off April 15 in Belgrade, Serbia. The European leg of the tour will wrap up May 29 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The tour’s North American stint starts June 28 in Los Angeles and ends Aug. 3 in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Barclays Center.

It was also announced Monday that a second wave of the tour is planned for Latin America, Australia and Asia later this year.

Beyonce was the halftime performer at Sunday night’s Super Bowl.

On Monday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said her halftime show was “absolutely not” the cause of the power outage that darkened the Superdome for half an hour during Sunday’s broadcast.

Super Bowl ratings fall short of record

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Between a partial power outage, an overly excited quarterback and a game that suddenly turned from snoozer to sizzler, CBS had its hands full with the Super Bowl. The game fell short of setting a viewership record, but it stands as the third most-watched program in U.S. television history.

The Nielsen Co. said an estimated 108.4 million people watched the Baltimore Ravens’ 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The most-watched events in U.S. TV history were last year’s game, seen by 111.3 million, and the 2010 game, with 111 million viewers.

Sting, Rihanna, Mars, Clarkson at Grammys

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Sting, Rihanna and Bruno Mars will hit the stage for a special performance at next week’s Grammy Awards.

The Recording Academy announced Monday that they will perform together Sunday at the awards show. Triple-nominee Kelly Clarkson also will take the stage.

Beyonce, Prince, Jennifer Lopez and country singer Hunter Hayes will be presenters at the Grammys, which will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Six acts tie for the most nominations with six each, including Ocean, The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, Kanye West, Jay-Z, fun. and Mumford & Sons.

Previously announced performers include Ocean, Alicia Keys, Maroon 5, Ed Sheeran, Elton John and fun.

Taylor Swift will kick off the show, to be hosted by rapper-actor LL Cool J.

Vindicator wire reports