Rihanna ‘cancels London comeback gigs just days before concerts due to be announced’

Rihanna has reportedly cancelled a string of gigs in London.

Sources had claimed that the pop superstar was due to headline the iconic Glastonbury Festival, which has since announced its line-up and is yet to include the Work singer. As well as the slot at Glastonbury, it had also been reported that Rihanna would be heading to London for a special residency, with six dates at the iconic London Stadium.

At the time, The Telegraph reported that Rihanna had been planning to do six gigs in July at West Ham’s stadium – but now, it is being reported that she has pulled out of the idea because her music isn’t ready.

The gigs were expected to take place between July 4th and July 12th, with rumours aloo circulating that she could also head to Glastonbury Festival whilst in the UK. Rihanna was due to headline the festival in 2023, before pulling out after falling pregnant.

“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”, a source has claimed to The Sun.

“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”.

If Rihanna did make a huge comeback this summer, it would mark a huge nine years since her last album, with Anti released in 2016. Speaking recently about her decision to release new music, she said: “I think music is my freedom. I just came to that realisation. I just cracked the code on what I really want to do for my next body of work”.

She added to Harper’s Bazaar: “I am actually feeling really good about this. I know I kept saying this over the years. There’s no genre now. That’s why I waited. Every time, I was just like, ‘ No, it’s not me. It’s not right. It’s not matching my growth. It’s not matching my evolution. I can’t do this. I can’t stand by this. I can’t perform this for a year on tour. ‘

” After a while, I looked at it, and I was like, this much time away from music needs to count for the next thing everyone hears. It has to count. It has to matter. I have to show them the worth in the wait. I cannot put up anything mediocre. After waiting eight years, you might as well just wait some more. “

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Source: Mirror