Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — NEW ORLEANS - Van the Man and The Queen of Soul are headlining next year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. more info

The Independent — Van Morrison and Aretha Franklin will perform at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, along with Pearl Jam, Lionel Richie and actor Steve Martin, who plays banjo in his bluegrass group the Steep Canyon Rangers. The 41st annual event is s... more info

MTV.com News — 'I will show you the tears, fears and sweat,' singer promises.By Gil Kaufman R. Kelly Photo: Evan Agostini/ Getty Images In some ways, there isn't much we don't know about R. Kelly. Yet, the Chicago singer who has spent the past 20 years r... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Legato/FilmMagicCross Lenny Kravitz off the list of potential singers to fill in for Steven Tyler as he takes his two-year hiatus from Aerosmith: The singer — who recently rocked with Aretha Franklin and celebrated the 20th anniversary of Le... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shiny-nosed Rudolph proved the biggest draw on U.S. television Wednesday night as the 1964 animated "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" beat Grammy nominees Black Eyed Peas and Aretha Franklin at New York's Rockefeller Center Chr... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Fashion It's hard to look at this photo of Aretha Franklin without immediately noticing her ... sneakers.The Queen of Soul showed up to the Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony with her Converse Chuck Taylors on last night.Hopeful... more info

Star Online, Malaysia — DETROIT (AP): Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, along with Aretha Franklin, Kid Rock and Motown's original kid, Stevie Wonder, came to Motown's original hometown for the Motown 50 Golden Gala. more info

All About Jazz — Detroit -- It was a real Detroit house party Saturday night at the downtown Marriott, as the Motown family, friends and fans celebrated the 50th anniversary of when the "sound of young America" was born in a dowdy middle-class neighborhood in Detroit... more info

AllHipHop — Philadelphia Hip-Hop band The Roots will be one of many star acts performing at this years Christmas in Rockefeller Center special which will air in NBC this December.   The annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center special will feature performances a... more info

Perez Hilton — We are so in love with Aretha Franklin's unabashedly diva behavior! Embrace it! Miz Franklin allegedly pulled some diva shiz before her performance at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary - the soul legend demanded the air conditioning be ... more info