RIHANNA has dramatically cancelled her live music return – just days before it was due to be announced.
The superstar had booked dates at West Ham’s London Stadium ground this July for six shows to relaunch herself as a singer — nine years after her last album, Anti.
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However, we can reveal that in a secret meeting last week she pulled plans for the shows because her new music isn’t ready.
Now bosses are desperately trying to talk her into changing her mind and going ahead with the concerts, which would bring millions to the economy.
A music insider said: “Rihanna hasn’t toured in over eight years and the plan to get her back on stage has been ongoing for at least three. She had been eager to get back to it because the demand is certainly there, but she got cold feet.
“It doesn’t feel like the right time and she dropped the bombshell last week that she doesn’t want to go ahead with the concerts in July as had been planned.
“The announcement of the shows had already been delayed, but as Rihanna fans are used to doing, they will just have to keep on waiting.”
Last month, it was revealed the singer had earmarked July 4 to 12 for concerts at London Stadium. It was also suggested she could headline Glastonbury this summer, although that is not believed to have ever been on the cards.
She had previously been set to headline the festival in 2023 following her Super Bowl half-time performance, but she pulled out after falling pregnant with her second son.
Rihanna is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with 250million records shifted.
She has scored nine UK No1 singles, including We Found Love and Only Girl (In The World), and a further 22 Top Ten tracks.
She is now ranked as the third- wealthiest musician in the world, with an estimated $1.4billion, behind only Jay-Z and Taylor Swift, thanks to her lucrative career moves into fashion and cosmetics.
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Last month she told Harper’s Bazaar magazine that she has finally “cracked” what her next album will be after almost a decade in the making.
She said: “I’ve been in the studio the whole eight years.
“I know it’s not going to be anything that anybody expects. And it’s not going to be commercial or radio-digestible.
“I feel like I’ve finally cracked it, girl!”
Perhaps we’ll just have to keep on waiting.
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