Rumors are swirling that Rihanna plans to come out of retirement to headline the iconic Glastonbury music festival and a UK residency...
From The Telegraph
Is Rihanna heading to Worthy Farm? After years of speculation, the jigsaw pieces are falling into place for the Barbadian pop superstar to finally headline Glastonbury Festival, the world-famous music jamboree that takes place in Somerset over the last weekend of June. I hope she packs her, ahem, umbrella.
Word has reached The Telegraph that the 37-year-old singer is planning a residency of up to six concerts at London’s former Olympic Stadium in early July. Rihanna’s opening shows at the now-renamed London Stadium, home to West Ham football club, are tentatively set to take place on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 July with further possible shows earmarked for 8, 9, 11 and 12 July, according to a well-placed live music source.
A second senior concert industry source said that Rihanna’s promoters are “holding” London Stadium, meaning that the shows are at the advanced planning stage. An announcement could come as soon as next week.
The run of concerts – her first in almost a decade – would commence just five days after Glastonbury ends on June 29. It is, as Glasto-watchers’ parlance goes, a whopping Glastonbury Shaped Hole – or GSH – in the singer’s schedule. Forget Taylor Swift, another phenomenally successful and wealthy artist who’s often been linked to a Glasto headline slot (Swift was due to perform in 2020 before the pandemic cancelled the festival). It looks like 2025 could be the year for a different pop behemoth to take the honours – Rihanna.
8 comments:
I wonder how this will go over for those that were waiting for Taylor Swift to possibly get that spot? Everyone keeps comparing Rih and Bey, but I keep saying if Rihanna steps back into the music game she will be competing with Taylor.
Both are billionaires, born a year apart, dating undesirable men…toe to toe.
The fact is neither Rihanna or Taylor can hold a candle to Beyonce when it comes to performing. I don't even like Beyonce, her music, her products or her husband. But in this era where talent is sparse, she's still rates at the top.
And none of them are billionaires. Money doesn't flow that way to living entertainers and brand ambassadors.
Why do ppl pit women against one another but not men?
I quit the Rihanna Navy and joined the BeyHive a long time ago but if RihRih coming back I am reenlisting!
I'll wait for HER announcement
I posted this twice on different threads yesterday.
I hope that Rihanna will FINALLY perform at both Glastonbury Fest & do a Residency but I was hoping it would be in Vegas-though it has been reported to be in London, U.K..
See, I prefer less than more in performances.
Rihanna's concert performances always looked as though she was having fun on stage with the musicians, dancers, and with the fans mainly upfront.
Beyonce will give you a full performance because she lacks personality and feeling down to earth, which doesn't resonate with persons like me who come to concerts to sing along and have fun!
Though I never attended or even watched a Taylor Swift concert, I get the vibe from her fans that they have a mixture of both Beyonce's showmanship and stage presence, while the fun-loving anything goes freedom that Rihanna's shows brings.
That being said, I Prefer Rihanna's Shows over both Beyonce's and Taylor's shows because I simply resonate better with Rih than I do with Bey or Tay while they're performing.
Beyonce's performance seems like this is all she has, Tay's performance seems like I'm entertaining while having fun. Rih's performance seems like fun with friends!
11:01 We compare male artists all the time. Have you already forgotten about the Drake vs Kendrick debates? I'll go old school Biggie vs Tupac. Even further back, in the 80's we compared Prince and MJ. These people are entertainers, no one is pitting them against each other, we're just comparing them and calling out the ones we feel are better.
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