Plans confirmed for Rihanna’s Middle East debut
November 15, 2009 | Posted by Rodrigo on 3:05 pm

Plans for pop diva Rihanna’s first concert in the Middle East were confirmed on Sunday by organisers Flash Entertainment. The company said the global pop sensation would play in Abu Dhabi as a headline act for a New Year’s Eve celebration concert.

Rihanna, who rose to fame with hits including Disturbia, Umbrella, and Don’t Stop the Music, will play on the West Lawn of Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace as organisers transform it into a dancefloor of more than 15,000 party-goers. At just 17 years old, Rihanna stormed onto the market in 2005 and now claims the most number one singles for any female solo artist this decade.

“With a superstar like Rihanna leading the countdown to 2010, this concert promises to be the hottest ticket in town on the biggest night of the year,” said John Lickrish, managing director of Flash. “We’re thrilled to host her regional debut and promise concert-goers a hugely entertaining, all-night New Year’s Eve party on a scale they’ve never seen before.”

Tickets for the New Years Eve event will go on sale soon, Flash added.
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41 Comments

1. pryncedru commented on November 15, 2009 @ 3:09 pm

1st Hoes And thats Great!
2. maison martin margiela commented on November 15, 2009 @ 3:15 pm

Just the beginning. That rihanna reign just won’t let up!!!
3. nomore commented on November 15, 2009 @ 3:15 pm

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Go Rihanna!

Stop with the first bs! It’s so immature.
4. TK-75523 commented on November 15, 2009 @ 3:34 pm

well as long as she doesn’t get hurt it’s great!
5. Avenging angel commented on November 15, 2009 @ 3:43 pm

even if i cld afford da ticket id hav 2 walk der. lol
6. Mezo commented on November 15, 2009 @ 3:45 pm

TK-75523 what do u mean ??
im from Saudi arabia and im huge fan of Rihanna as thousands here
i have all her cds we looooove her !!
so why she get hurt ???
7. Rehab commented on November 15, 2009 @ 3:52 pm

hey guys !
will you check out my sims 2 version of good girl gone bad Grin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rihannalover/4103597867/
i made it last night Smile
im hoping to make a Rated R cover tonight Smile
8. shermoon commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:15 pm

hey guys.. rusisian roulette video is at no. 4!!!!!! yes in its in the top 5 in 48 hours and also russian roulette is climbing… its at no. 9 the video is boosting its sales…and mondays concert will really make this song blow!!!!!!
9. coMa R commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:21 pm

Rihanna said she wants to play Lesbian Assasin and make out with Megan Fox in some movie
LOLOLOLOLOL
10. Woahx3 commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:33 pm

Guys did you notice that Perez Hilton stopped posting about Rihanna? It’s because he wants to promote Lady Gaga’s new album!!
Yes, I know that all of you hate Perez Hilton, but since millions of people visit his site daily, posting about Rihanna’s new album (for the good and the bad) is promoting her. Arr.
11. Snow Black commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:36 pm

@ woahx3

yeah i was just about to post that did anyone notice perez did not post rihanna’s new video. i think that’s real fucked up. he will keep dragging on stories about her and chris but wont post anything postive like her music. she can use the exposed but since his head is so far up lady gaga’s ass he cant notice rihanna has grown as an artist and is coming into her own.
12. TK-75523 commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:37 pm

I am really startin to die inside now! Now she’s turining in to a lesbian & with a bonus; she swears her… her… sexy ass off Frown
13. coMa R commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:40 pm

TK-75523

grow up.
Rihanna’s fan base aint 13 year olds and she’s not singing about rainbows and ponnies
14. coMa R commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:40 pm

even if she becomes lesbian wich she wont btw,

will we stop love her? ofc not
15. chick commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:42 pm

@TK-75523 Shut up
16. TakeABow2 commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:48 pm

@woah and snow black

Figures. His agenda is clear as day now. Eff him.

@TK

Rihanna is not a child. She is an almost 22 year old woman. Deal with it!
17. maison martin margiela commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:49 pm

@TK. Listen asshole, stop with the shade. Act like you have some sense!!!
18. TK-75523 commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:52 pm

she mention a ponny in “Hard”
19. maison martin margiela commented on November 15, 2009 @ 4:55 pm

Perez is such a child. That’s why nobody will listen to his reviews. He’s to much of a fanatic
20. coMa R commented on November 15, 2009 @ 5:00 pm

@ MMM
What do you think about this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUWIiM8Sh4s

I would love if rihanna would do something similar!!
21. TK-75523 commented on November 15, 2009 @ 5:03 pm

@maison martin margiela
yeah I never really liked Perez or what tha fuck hes called!
22. bodacious. commented on November 15, 2009 @ 5:24 pm

@ tk ,,, calm down i know riri is driving you up a wall, but take your ‘meds’ and lie down for a while we understand that you and your clown club are having it real hard right now since you know that rihannamania has hit and sweeping the globe right now. please take your ‘med’..
23. Kat commented on November 15, 2009 @ 5:25 pm

Yeah I think we all noticed that Perez stopped posting about Rihanna and has now started posting EVERYTHING Lady Gaga does. “Check this video of Lady Gaga Eating a Hotdog O M G it’s Epic!!!” Blah blah blah.

Whatever. Rihanna isn’t worried about him, so no reason for us to be either. No one looks at Perez as someone reputable anyway. NEXT!
24. TK-75523 commented on November 15, 2009 @ 5:26 pm

@bodacious.
lol, and you people call me a dumbass. Well F you too then
25. maison martin margiela commented on November 15, 2009 @ 5:35 pm

@coma. Good song, but riri has too many great songs on Rated R so she’s okay.
@Kat Perez is to fanatic with his gaga love. The snippets from her new album sound the same as the fame. That’s why riri switched up. People saying gaga shit is boring. Its a rihanna world now.
26. coMa R commented on November 15, 2009 @ 5:46 pm

I bet Perez wants to get !@#$ed by Lady Gaga

p.s sorry Rihanna if you’re reading this but I CANNOT STAND HIM!
27. HaHa commented on November 15, 2009 @ 5:55 pm

22 hrs 05 mins .. and “Chuck the Ripper” is set up !! .. Grin ..
28. ralphey commented on November 15, 2009 @ 5:58 pm

is she only going to abu dhabi or she is coming to lebanon and other middle eastern counrties?
29. Woahx3 commented on November 15, 2009 @ 6:02 pm

I love Gaga’s music, and I’m actually going to buy her new album. But that’s after 2 or 3 weeks from buying Rihanna’s Rated R Grin
30. coMa R commented on November 15, 2009 @ 6:39 pm

She said she wants to act a lesbian assassin with megan fox in some movie
31. Bibi commented on November 15, 2009 @ 6:50 pm

Jay-Z, Kanye West and Young Jeezy are all in London
at Beyonce concert. They all went on stage.

Do you think they will be at Rihanna’s tomorrow ?
32. coMa R commented on November 15, 2009 @ 6:57 pm

@ bibi
yeah, definately
the concert is less than 24h away
33. Snow Black commented on November 15, 2009 @ 7:16 pm

i never got a text or email when i signed up for the online concert tomorrow. did anyone else get a text or email confirmation???
34. Laura commented on November 15, 2009 @ 8:01 pm

@Snow Black

Not nothing

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