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Beyoncé will back the release of her upcoming third solo album with a string of international and North American dates next year.
According to Billboard, the as-yet-untitled new album is due out Nov. 18 and will be preceded by two singles, “If I Were a Boy” and “Single Ladies.”
Beyoncé will perform one of the tracks at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool, England on Nov. 6.
“I have worked on this album for close to one year,” Beyoncé wrote on her MySpace page in a message addressed to her fans. “It is the most time I have spent on any project since my first records as a member of Destiny’s Child when I was 15 years old.
“I have recorded over 70 songs and have created a sound that reveals all of me. I am in a different place right now and I wanted people to see the many sides of me.
“The music is upbeat for the dance, fun side and it is reflective, passionate and serious for the personal side.”
Beyoncé will take her new material on tour in 2009, with international dates lined up for next spring and a North American tour scheduled for the early summer.
The album is the singer’s follow-up to 2006’s Grammy-winning “B’Day.”
