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R&B star Beyonce Knowles is holding open auditions for an all-girl band to play on her forthcoming world tour. The former Destiny’s Child leader is looking for an all-female group to support her on tour for her second album, B’Day, which is due this fall. The catch? She needs musicians as soon as possible, the Associated Press reports. B’Day is scheduled for international release on Sept. 4 – Knowles’s 25th birthday – but won’t hit U.S. shelves until the following day.

She is looking for drummers, keyboard players, bassists, guitarists, horn players and percussionists and auditions will take place in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Burbank, California and Weehawken, New Jersey, next Monday (12.06.06).
Finalists from the local auditions will have to travel to New York to perform for Knowles later in the week and to begin performing on tour by 20 June, Columbia Records said.
Aspiring band members must be 18 or older and will be asked to play Knowles’ Work It Out, as performed on the Beyonce: Live At Wembley DVD. Read more!

The women of Destiny’s Child were reunited for a brief moment Tuesday when they came to accept a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As they were awarded the 2,035th star of the Walk, Knolwes said, “We started when we were 9 years old, and here we are getting a Hollywood star. Dreams come true. So thank you all so much for supporting us.”

Knowles and Rowland, from Houston, founded the band in 1991 and its debut album, Destiny’s Child, was a grand success. Among its other hits are “Say My Name,” “Survivor” and “Independent Women (Part I).” Read more!