Singer Alicia Keys has fallen in love - but she's refusing to name her mystery man.

Keys, who is currently touring the UK, has been secretly dating her boyfriend for several months, but is adamant her private life will remain behind closed doors.

Alicia says, "I do have a very, very special man and he's been in my life for a while."

The New Yorker admits she was always afraid of commitment, until she met her Mr Right.

She says, "There was something about wondering that was very attractive. I always thought I was much better to keep it that way than spoil it and just find out."

"It just really messes things up so in the past I would rather just kind of admire from a distance - if at all - than get myself involved with somebody. Now that's all changed."