Rihanna to Join Jay-Z, Stephen Fry in Olympics Festival

Rihanna and Jay-Z will be the two headline acts in the popular music lineup for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The pair will star in the BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend 2012 (June 23-24) a month before the Games, said organizers of the Olympics cultural festival, releasing the program at a news conference today. Comedians Stephen Fry and Tim Minchin will be among other entertainers cropping up in venues across Britain.

“There will be absolutely something for everyone: from Beethoven to Jay-Z, from Shakespeare to Mike Leigh,” Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said at the news conference in the Tower of London. Leigh is a film director.

The festival organizers conveyed the size and scope of the event.

“The London 2012 Festival will be the biggest cultural celebration in our lifetime,” said Royal Opera House Chief Executive Tony Hall, who chairs the Cultural Olympiad board.

Hall said more than 18 million people had already taken part in 9,000 performances and almost as many workshops.

The U.K. is rolling out dozens of arts events around the Games, which run from July 27 to Aug. 12. Some have been long planned and some commissioned as part of a four-year, 97 million pound ($157 million) cultural program.

Other headliners of Hackney Weekend — set to draw an estimated 100,000 fans — are Florence + the Machine, Jack White, David Guetta and Tinie Tempah.

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Bodacious

This is going to be very big, and my goodness the people that will attend<3
- SydneyFan
  
  Everyone, watch the released preview of the Princess Of China video. Rihanna looks amazing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25HPy4qvgAU
  - kay
    
    wowwwwwwwwwwwww that was fucking amazing i cant wait for the rest of the video thanks SydneyFan :)
Bodacious

Jay knows how to get the big one's<3
Bodacious

Ri you or so blessed, young lady<3
RiRi4Tx

Massive news! The Olympics are always big so this will be very special. Cant wait to see it!
doubline47

she just keep them coming,one after one,there is something about this girl that is so special,love her
Raikeshi5

Awesome. It must mean she’ll be promoting Talk That Talk single.
ali

We always forget how young Rihanna is , shes so SO young and shes doing all of that with 5 Grammys and 11 number ones , best selling female artist , perfume line , clothing line and magazine cover .

WOW !!!
- kay
  
  just a lil correction…magazine coverrrrrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss lol ..da rihanna reign wont let up
tbh

She got her the gig b/c of JZ. Jay is a businessman its all about making money of her. TTT is still a flop and this will not make it come to life. The album is dead and so is this era. She need to thank Jay he is the reason she has all this opportunity. No wonder she always talk about Jay and the most beautiful woman in the world his wife King Bey.
- Nenns
  
  LOL!!! You are delusional tbh!!!#bye
- Bodacious
  
  @Navy would some one show tbh their way, they seem
  to have :* losed their way and ended up o at "RD":*
- Barbadian
  
  Yuh want noticing piece of excuse of a human……….
Halley

am sorry but rihanna and Jay Z next to Jessie J…. may only be her second year in the music industry but hell…. the girl deserves more credit and also… this is old news rihanna got announced like 6 weeks ago?
- Bodacious
  
  @Halley:p:p
Gantunu

Wow…!! this real, congs , I really like this. they all deserve such.
jahmal4ever

http://www.youtube.com/user/SamanthaMumbaMusic – link to PRINCESS OF HINA
http://twitter.com/TakeCareOfMeRIH @TakeCareOfMeRIH

Riri <3
http://twitter.com/UDaOneRiRi @UDaOneRiRi

Jay and RiRi together always do great things!
lilly

this is going to be a huge! I can't wait!

btw rihanna will be on MTV First with the cast on Monday at 7:56
elcio

http://popline.mtv.uol.com.br/rihanna-assista-a-p…

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN PEEVIEW !!!!!!
- alison
  
  Elcio thanks for posting the link . Riri looks amasing in that clip. This video is going to be hot.
Raikeshi5

So which music vid is coming now, which is it going to be? P of C or WHYB? I think it will be P of C.
Raikeshi5

Aaaarrrgghhh noooooooooo! I am not in LA! ET on CBS GIVING AWAY TICS TO BATTLESHIP! I HAVE TO WAIT FOR A CODE. BE BACK
Raikeshi5

Guys go to etonline.com for more info or go directly to : http://www.anightwithrihannasweepstake.comto enter a sweepstake to win tickets for Battleship. Contest ends on Sunday! U need a code to enter. THE CODE IS : Red carpet
>:(

where the f*ck is whyb video? Tired of being f*cked with. Same shish with Drake TC vid last time. WTF!?!?
Raikeshi5

There is no official word on when WHYB will premier. Rih and her team never did say and it won’t until after adds May 8, she/her team released that info. What is so hard to understand about that. Otherwise keep stressing and getting worked up about it, some of u.
- >:(
  
  F%ck you dumbass. And change you dam name since you're afraid to see the dam movie
lilly

The WHYB video won't come out until May not April
it would be the right time. right now we need to focus on Requesting and Downloading.
- kay
  
  i think so too… maybe in her contract for battleship she aint suppose to promote anything else but battleship until d release date in d USA, we all have to remember "IT's A BUSINESS' and she is bound by many contracts and as u rightfully said it will give us more time to focus request and download.
Raikeshi5

@lilly, exactly! cosign. WHYB is nowhere where it needs to be on BB chartwise for any video release now. Chart position will determine its release.
- >:(
  
  STFU Bish. Ur the damn marketing expert now? Always cosigning some shit
Raikeshi5

Lol, woohoo. U mad some? Xoxoxo I love u too. : ) : ) : )
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can't wait <3 <3 R NAVY can you please like this page 4 me? :) https://www.facebook.com/LoyaFansOfRihanna?ref=tn…