Live Nation are thrilled to announce that music superstar and Grammy Award winner Rihanna will be embarking upon a full UK arena tour in May 2010.
Having released her fourth studio album – one of the most hotly anticipated new albums in recent history- Rated R, Rihanna will be returning to the UK to wow fans nationwide with a full UK arena tour. The long-awaited follow-up to her 2007 smash Good Girl Gone Bad which contained the non-stop string of hit singles that began with the MTV VMA and Grammy Award-winning global #1 hit “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z), then “Shut Up and Drive,” “Hate That I Love You” (featuring Ne-Yo), and “Don’t Stop the Music.” Good Girl Gone Bad went 5x Platinum in the UK, earned cumulative sales of more than 36-times platinum in at least 20 territories around the world, and spun off the CD+DVD package Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (January 2009) – which continued the string of hits with the #1 “Take A Bow,” and the #1 “Disturbia.”
Rated R’s first single pick, “Russian Roulette” was launched on October 20th worldwide on www.rihannanow.com and is currently at number 2 in the UK charts. “Russian Roulette” was written and produced by fellow Def Jam artist Ne-Yo, whose long track record with Rihanna includes the #1 hit “Unfaithful” (2006, from A Girl Like Me), their Top 10 duet “Hate That I Love You” (2007, from Good Girl Gone Bad), and #1 pop/ #1 R&B “Take A Bow” (2008, from Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded). In addition to Ne-Yo, other producers and writers on Rihanna’s new album include the team of Chase & Status, Stargate, Justin Timberlake, Will:iam The-Dream and Tricky Stewart and more.
Friday 7th May – Birmingham LG Arena
Saturday 8th May – Liverpool Echo Arena
Monday 10th May – London O2 Arena
Thursday 13th May – Sheffiled Arena
Friday 14th May - Nottingham Arena
Sunday 16th May – MEN Arena
Monday 17th May – Newcastle Arena
Wednesday 19th May – Glasgow SECC
Tickets go on sale 9am Friday 11th December priced Regionally: £45 / £39.50 adv and London : £45.00 / £39.50 / £38.50 adv (subject to booking fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk
