LITTLE ROCK — Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are feeling lucky about their first child together. “It’s true,” the 32-year-old reality TV star said in a statement on her site Monday. “Kanye and I are expecting a baby. We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, his mom and my dad could be here to celebrate this special time with us.” Kardashian’s father, Robert Kardashian, died in 2003. West’s mother, Donda West, died in 2007. Kardashian added in the blog post that she was “looking forward to great new beginnings in 2013 and to starting a family.” The 35-year-old rapper revealed to a crowd of more than 5,000 in song form at a concert Sunday that his girlfriend is pregnant. Kardashian was in the crowd at Revel Resort’s Ovation Hall with her mother, Kris Jenner, and West’s mentor and best friend, Jay-Z. The news instantly went viral online, with thousands commenting on the expecting couple. Representatives for West and Kardashian didn’t immediately respond to e-mails about the pregnancy. The rapper and reality TV star went public with their relationship in March. Kardashian married NBA player Kris Humphries in August 2011 and their divorce is not finalized.
Green Day is going back on the road. The Grammy-winning punk band announced new tour dates Monday. The band canceled the rest of its 2012 club schedule and postponed the start of a 2013 arena tour after singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong’s substance-abuse problems emerged publicly in September when he had a profane meltdown on the stage of the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. The band’s representative announced later that Armstrong was headed to treatment for substance abuse. “I just want to thank you all for the love and support you’ve shown for the past few months,” Armstrong told fans in a statement Monday. “Believe me, it hasn’t gone unnoticed and I’m eternally grateful to have such an amazing set of friends and family. I’m getting better every day. So now, without further ado, the show must go on.” The tour is scheduled to begin March 28 at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago area. Tickets for postponed shows will be honored on the new dates, and refunds will be available for canceled shows.
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