UPERSTAR Rihanna will bring her spectacular and risque live show to Australia in February.

Critics warn the show – which includes semi-nudity and war imagery – has strong themes of sex and violence.

Promoter Michael Coppel said the tour, which sold out in Europe and the US, pushes the envelope.

“This is a phenomenal, edgy rock show,” Mr Coppel said.

“But it is a PG show. It is not X-rated or R-rated.”

The show includes sexy costumes, dirty dancing, massive props, booming pyro and sci-fi screens.

At one point, Rihanna provocatively straddles the giant barrel of a real-size pink tank.

Rihanna says she wanted to create an event.

But she denies her show is too sexy or violent.

“That’s an ignorant view,” she told the Sunday Herald Sun in an exclusive interview.

“There are messages in my show. But everything isn’t so literal.

“Some people can’t understand poetry. Sometimes you have to look at the underlying message,” Rihanna said.

“It’s metaphorical.”

Rihanna said her new tour, titled Last Girl On Earth, shows an evolving artist.

“It’s no more sexier than I’ve always been,” she said. “The last time I was in Australia, I had the time of my life. It was the best tour and the best audience.

“I can’t wait to come back and show everyone how much I’ve grown.”

Born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, 22, her hits include Umbrella, Rude Boy, Rockstar 101 and Don’t Stop The Music.

In Britain, critics said the show, titled Last Girl On Earth, finds the former pop star exploring her dark side.

“Sex, violence and pyrotechnics were the themes of the evening,” The Telegraph newspaper said.

“Rihanna has a set full of hits and each is delivered with maximum bang.

“Sex and violence might be effective 21st-century blockbuster entertainment but the price has been a loss of innocence.”

Australian family groups complained about Lady Gaga’s raunchy show earlier this year.

But Rihanna said she show is about having fun.

“I always dreamed of doing a show like this and a tour of this capacity,” she said.

“It’s exciting. I don’t want people to be bored for one second at my show.”

Rihanna performs at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on February 25, Newcastle Entertainment Centre, February 28, Acer Arena, Sydney, March 4, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, March 7, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, March 10, and Burswood Dome, Perth, March 12.

Tickets go on sale on August 20.

Source: Heraldsun.com.au

Oh, what does it all mean?

Rihanna, with her fire red hair and vinyl outfits aplenty, ambushed more than 14,000 fans with some pretty heady imagery at her Last Girl on Earth tour Friday in Tampa.

Guttural wails poured through the ubiquitous non-walls of the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre. Rihanna traversed a war-torn stage in a dark, post-apocalyptic extravaganza. She played the role of only living girl left, and thusly our only hope for … something. We’re not sure. Hot beats, maybe?

Riri has morphed from smiley Barbados island girl to stone-faced superstar, and she made her tour reflect that. She entered in dramatic (and fashionably late) fashion in a floor-length black gown covered in red LED lights. She sang Russian Roulette and shot acrylic nail finger guns at the crowd.

Video of a bloody, exploding heart gave way to her hit Hard. Soldiers with leather pants and hot pink rifles danced like the Barbie Dreamhouse Nationals after the nuclear fallout. Rihanna herself straddled a huge neon tank for the song’s grand finale.

Ah, clarity. Rihanna was obviously attempting cultural commentary on the pervasiveness of firearms in mall juniors departments. We had it all figured out. And then …

Break-dancing crash test dummies. Spinning on their heads for Shut up and Drive. Huh?

For all the dark posturing, the show was clearly about fun, booty-shaking, sweaty entertainment, and that much it delivered. Even Rihanna glowed with moisture on the muggy night, letting the dew fling away into the ether.

She changed costumes — a sparkly unitard that climbed dangerously into Wedgeville City, a black plastic mesh number, a tarpy clown sleeve thing, a white cage jumpsuit.

Her throaty vibrato sailed on the ballads — a tormented Unfaithful, a sexy Rehab. She sorta-kinda played guitar on Rock Star 101. She writhed and shimmied for Rude Boy, a song that’s basically about getting lucky. A quartet of guys who looked like Color Me Badd danced around her with cameras, flashing her enviable posterior region on grainy film.

A highlight of the night was a simple, stripped down mashup of Love the Way You Lie, her smash with Eminem (no surprise appearances from Slim Shady, sorry), coupled with a cover of B.O.B’s hit Airplanes and her own Hate That I Love You.

It was all so simple then. No zombies or futuristic cages. Just pretty songs. We had answers.

Source: TampaBay.com

Rihanna’s keyboardist Kevin takes you underneath the LGOE tour stage while they were in Laredo,Texas the other night.

Rihanna has said she wants to work with outlandish popstar Lady GaGa.

The stars are on the same record label but have yet to team up despite both being at the top of the music game.

Ri told the Daily Record: “A collaboration between Gaga and myself would be really cool because we do a similar type of music and we both really love fashion.”

“I’m sure it would be a very hot and sexy video. I would love to collaborate with her. Who wouldn’t?”

Lady G has previously dueted with Beyonce on Telephone while Rihanna has worked with Jay-Z and is currently riding high in the charts with Eminem and the song Love The Way You Lie.

Source: MTV.co.uk

Here’s hoping Rihanna doesn’t sink Battleship.

The 22-year-old pop-R&B star has signed on to make her feature-film debut in the action flick, which, as it sounds, is inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, her rep confirms to E! News.

While the songstress’ soundtrack credits on IMDb are many, she’s yet to appear as anyone but herself on TV, let alone the big screen.

But at least Rihanna’s got a seaworthy cast and crew behind her, including Friday Night Lights hunk Taylor Kitsch and True Blood hottie Alexander Skarsgård as brothers who end up leading the fight for their planet’s survival against an otherworldly force. Hancock helmer Peter Berg is attached to direct with an eye on a May 25, 2012, release date.

Source: EOnline.com

SRP Records posted this amazing family viral featuring never before footage of Rihanna , Shontelle , Hal Linton and Vita Chambers. Rihanna is absolutely adorable and it’s amazing to see her transform from a girl with a dream to a woman living out her dream every day.

Rihanna’s crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last week erupted when Eminem surprised the audience by joining the singer on stage during her Live Nation concert tour.

The two sang their duet, “Love The Way You Lie,” about an abusive relationship.

After the show, Access Hollywood was exclusively backstage with Rihanna as she opened up about why she chose to be a part of the emotional song.

“It’s something that, you know, we’ve both experienced, you know, on different sides, different ends of the table,” Rihanna told Access of her reasons for taking part in the song.

“He pretty much just broke down the cycle of domestic violence and it’s something that people don’t have a lot of insight on,” Rihanna said of Eminem’s track.

Despite her own volatile relationship with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, Rihanna did not shy away from the chance to be a part of the explosive lyrics of Eminem’s “Love The Way You Lie,” which includes the lyrics from the rapper, “I laid hands on her/I’ll never stoop so low again/I guess I don’t know my own strength” and Rihanna singing, “Just gonna stand there and watch me burn, but that’s alright because I like the way it hurts.”

“I knew if he sent me a record there must be something to it,” Rihanna explained of how she was brought on board. “It couldn’t just be, ‘Oh, Duh! She was in that relationship so we have to get her.’

“The lyrics were so deep, so beautiful and intense. It’s something that I understood, something I connected with,” Rihanna added.

In other Rihanna news, the singer revealed she has become party planner for pop star pal Katy Perry’s bachelorette party. Katy is set to marry British funnyman Russell Brand on an undisclosed date.

“It’s taking up way more time than my tour,” Rihanna laughed. “It’s so much pressure. Her wedding is probably going to be the best wedding I’ve ever been to and now I have to match the bachelorette party to that.”

Rihanna said she’s taking inspiration from Katy’s stylized look for the event.

“I could have balloons and Disney characters there and she’ll still make it wild. That’s just Katy Perry. There’s no way around that with her,” Rihanna said.

Source: AccessHollywood.com

e Rihanna-Matt Kemp love train rolls on.

The singer and her baseball boyfriend hit Hollywood hotspot Drai’s last night to celebrate her concert at the Staples Center in dowtown L.A.

Dressed in a clownsuit polka-dot one-shoulder jumper, the Barbadian beauty didn’t arrive to the Asics-sponsored bash until 1 a.m. with Kemp joining her a few minutes later.

Throughout the night, the couple enjoyed each other’s company…

Surrounded by about 25 people stuffed into their banquet, the lovebirds whispered in each other’s ears, hugged and danced. Liplocking was kept to minimum with just a few pecks when Kemp arrived.

Not-so-secret-anymore couple Brody Jenner and Avril Lavigne were there, too. They kept a low profile by hanging out at the back of the club.

At one point, rapper Lil’ Jon took over the DJ booth for about 20 minutes to play a medley of his own songs, including “Get Low.”

Rihanna and Kemp took off at about 2:30 a.m.

Also out in Hollywood last night were Glee costars Corey Monteith and Mark Salling, who were hanging into the wee hours down the block from Drai’s at nightclub Las Palmas.

Source: EOnline.com

Asics and Drai’s Hollywood hosted the official afterparty for Rihanna’s Los Angeles show last night. She rocked a cute colorful polka dot jumpsuit by D&G and was joined by Matt. Photos were added to the gallery.

‘LOVE’ IS …: As previously reported, Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie” rises 2-1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the rapper’s fourth chart leader. The song’s coronation is likewise noteworthy for featured artist Rihanna, who, in just more than five years, has totaled the fifth-most No. 1s among women in the Hot 100′s 52-year history.

Rihanna first appeared on the Hot 100 the week of June 11, 2005, when “Pon De Replay” debuted at No. 97 on its way to a No. 2 peak. She reached No. 1 for the first time May 13, 2006, with “SOS.” Since, she has ruled with “Umbrella,” “Take a Bow,” “Disturbia” and “Rude Boy” and as a featured act on T.I.’s “Live Your Life” and the chart’s new No. 1.

Here is a look at the solo female artists to log the most No. 1s in the Hot 100′s archives:

18, Mariah Carey
12, Madonna
11, Whitney Houston
10, Janet Jackson
7, Rihanna
6, Paula Abdul
6, Diana Ross

(Billboard senior chart manager Keith Caulfield notes that of the acts above, only Rihanna has reached No. 1 as a featured artist. The other performers were billed as lead acts on all of their chart leaders).

With their advance, Eminem and Rihanna bring “Love” back to the Hot 100′s top spot. Prior to “Love the Way You Lie,” no song with “love” in its title had reigned since Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love” spent four week at No. 1 in April and May 2008. Lewis’ leader replaced another “love” song at the summit: Usher’s “Love in This Club,” featuring Young Jeezy. The only other such No. 1s since 2000: Mario’s “Let Me Love You” (2005), Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love,” featuring Jay-Z (2003) and Savage Garden’s “I Knew I Loved You” (2000).

By comparison, 15 songs with “love” in their titles topped the Hot 100 in the ’90s. (That’s including Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From “Titanic”). Honorable mention to Color Me Badd’s 1991 No. 1 “I Adore Mi Amor”).

Source: Billboard.com