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The ‘Best Thing I Never Had’ singer – who is expecting her first baby with husband Jay-Z – is thought to be at the nine month mark of her pregnancy and staff at St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in the city, the same where Alicia Keys had her baby, are being prepared for her to give birth.

The hospital is said to be “buzzing” about the preparation and half of one floor has been set aside for her.

In September the 30-year-old beauty admitted she was six months pregnant while she shot the video for her song ‘Countdown’.

Beyonce recently confessed she was hoping to have plenty more children to add to her family before she turns 40.
She said: “I have always said that I want to have all my children by the time I am 40, so there’s still a lot of time left. There is an attraction for sure about having a large family, but we will just have to see what we are blessed with.”

Both her mother Tina and sister Solange were recently spotted shopping for baby clothes in Dallas, Texas.

The pop princess was slated to perform tomorrow at M2 — the West 27th Street nightclub that used to be Crobar and Mansion — as part of the launch of her “I Am . . . Sasha Fierce” North American tour. M2 owner Joey Morrissey agreed to pay the singer $200,000 for the gig, he says.

But on Wednesday, Beyoncé’s people suddenly pulled the plug on the performance, despite having signed a contract that had prompted Morrissey to spend $100,000 preparing for the show, according to the clubowner. “They said they were too busy with the launching of the tour and that they wouldn’t have time to do the kickoff party,” Morrissey tells Page Six.

To make up for the cancellation, Morrissey says Beyoncé offered to stop by the club “to hang out for an hour” on Sunday. He adds, “I mean, we sold tables for thousands of dollars for the show, and spent $100,000 renting a soundboard and other equipment, as per their stipulations. What good does her showing up for an hour do me? They’ve been totally unwilling to agree to another show.”

As a result, Morrissey says he’s now preparing to file suit against Beyoncé, claiming his place has suffered a “loss of reputation” in addition to the sunk cash. “We had an overwhelming response from our clubgoers, who were lining up to buy tickets and tables. This will come as a great disappointment to all of them,” he claims, adding, “If Beyoncé cancels and doesn’t give us a new date, this hurts our credibility in night life.”

The gig, which was initially posted on the singer’s Web site, has since been taken down. A rep for Beyoncé at Sony did not respond to our phone calls and e-mails.

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In order to make her concerts affordable to all of her fans, pop culture superstar Beyoncé set aside 2,000 seats for each of her North American shows for the special-value price of $20. The final 1,000 specially-priced $20 tickets for each of Beyoncé’s North American concerts will be made available to the public on Friday, May 29.

The last 1,000 (per show) specially-priced tickets for Beyoncé’s North American concert tour are being made available through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com/beyonce).

All of the concerts on Beyoncé’s North American itinerary will have 1,000 specially-priced tickets made available with the exception of the artist’s four-night residency at the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.

Currently playing to sold-out arenas throughout Europe, Beyoncé’s “I AM…” World Tour is shaping up as one of 2009′s hottest concert attractions. The artist kicked off the European leg of her world tour in late April with an electrifying sold-out performance in Zagreb, Croatia where more than 17,500 ecstatic fans — the largest single audience for an international artist in Croatian concert history — danced, sang-along and partied with the iconic superstar during a history-making two-hour show. Her first of four sold-out shows at London’s 20,000-seat O2 Arena, Europe’s largest in-door concert venue, inspired the Telegraph.co.uk to headline its review: “Beyoncé Knowles raised the bar for what can be done in an arena show at the O2.”

Beyoncé is bringing her 2009 “I AM…” World Tour to North America this summer with a series of full-length concerts beginning at New York’s Madison Square Garden in June and ending with a four-night residency at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas July 30-August 2. Overwhelming demand for premium packages and general tickets for the shows have made the “I AM…” tour one of the fastest selling concert events of the year. A second Madison Square Garden concert date has been added in New York City on June 22 (please see full itinerary following).

Beyoncé is co-sponsoring food drives along her tour itinerary as part of the Show Your Helping HandTM initiative, a national hunger relief campaign created by General Mills’ Hamburger Helper® in partnership with Beyoncé and her Survivor Foundation. The campaign goal is to help Feeding America deliver more than 3.5 million meals to local food banks.

Consumers can get involved in the effort by submitting codes on specially marked boxes of Hamburger Helper®, by donating non-perishable food items at Beyoncé’s concerts in select cities across the U.S., or by donating money at www.showyourhelpinghand.com. Please visit www.showyourhelpinghand.com for more information.

The most heavily-anticipated concert event of 2009, Beyoncé’s “I AM…” world tour marks the artist’s first full-length concert series since 2007′s sold-out “The Beyoncé Experience” shows. Beyoncé’s current tour premieres live performances of songs from I AM…SASHA FIERCE, her latest international #1 chart-topping album.

Thierry Mugler, world-renowned designer, is serving as creative advisor and costume designer on Beyoncé’s “I AM…” world tour. He has designed 71 new costumes for the event, highlighted by his bold signature look.

The “I AM…” world tour production showcases the music and film superstar like you’ve never seen her. Beyoncé’s extraordinary all-female band joins her again to perform musical hits, classics, and surprises in a newly-created high-tech state-of-the-art concert environment. Winners of Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” Video Dance contest will see themselves on-screen during one of the centerpiece sections of the “I AM…” extravaganza.

The Beyoncé “I AM…” North American Concert Tour is co-sponsored by L’Oreal Paris and General Mills and produced by Live Nation and Music World Entertainment.