Category Archives: United Kingdom

After leaving Brazil on Saturday night, Rihanna was photographed today on the set of her new music video in County Down, Northern Ireland. She tweeted:

I’m shooting a video in 2 #beatDAT RT @Faiz_Fenty: @rihanna ROBYN! I cant sleep. Its 3:36am, I gotta be up in like. 4 hours :( sing me a song!

Direcor Melina Matsoukas can be seen in a few pictures. She has previously worked with Rihanna in “S&M”, “Rockstar 101″, “Rude Boy” and “Hard”.

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Rihanna has performed at V Festival at Hylands Park tonight. Unfortunately, Rihanna’s show wasn’t broadcast on the festival’s website.

First photos are available after the jump, check back later for more.

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Rihanna has just performed at V Festival at West Park in South Staffordshire, England.

Tomorrow she will perform again at Hylands Park and you can watch it live at vfestival.com.

UPDATE: Rihanna has joined Eminem on stage to perform “Love The Way You Lie”, click here to watch it.

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Last night Rihanna was seen outside japanese Nozomi restaurant in London.

UPDATE: Pictures of Rihanna leaving the restaurant are now available.

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Rihanna is in London to promote her Reb’l Fleur fragrance at the ‘House of Fraser’ store. 400 lucky fans are having the chance to meet and take a picture with her.

FYI: She was also sporting a Susan Caplan vintage jewellery to her perfume launch, a 1980s Chanel Gilt Metal Coin Bracelet worth £795 and 1980s Faux Pearl and Gold Tone Hoop Earringat worth £45.

Photos are available after the jump. Make sure to check back later for more.

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The long awaited fragrance Reb’l Fleur by Rihanna has hit the UK.

To launch the new perfume, Rihanna is is going to be hanging out at London’s Oxford Sreet House of Fraser store to greet her fans.

The first 400 customers to buy a Reb’l Fleur package worth £86.50 (including a 50ml EDP £30, a 100ml EDP £37.50 and a Body Lotion £19) will be given a wristband to get the chance to meet – and have a snap taken – with Rihanna this Friday (August 19, 2011).

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Fancy watching Rihanna, Eminem and Arctic Monkeys from the comfort of your living room? There’s less than two weeks to go until V Festival 2011 kicks off, and those who don’t have tickets can still enjoy all the acts thanks to a brand new V Festival app which will stream live performances from the event.

Users can also get a sneak peek at special backstage performances, as well as exclusive artist interviews from the festival. The app also features videos of past V Festival performances from the likes of Amy Winehouse, Snow Patrol and more.

And if you really want to go, the app will tell you how you can get involved in Virgin Media’s Last Chance Live campaign to win the last pair of tickets to the festival. The cutting edge new TV service is powered by TiVo, and can be downloaded from the Virgin Media TiVo Apps & Games section.

V Festival runs over the weekend of the 20th and 21st of August. For further information about Virgin Media TiVo service visit www.virginmedia.com/tivo.

There aren’t many stars who can manage to pull in enough fans to warrant eight nights at London’s O2 Arena, but Rihanna has just proved she is one of them but adding another night to her UK leg of her tour.

Many of the UK shows have already sold out, with most of the others having only limited availability remaining due to the high demand for the sexy singer at the minute, and the eighth night at the O2, which is penned in for the 21st December at the end of the leg, will be available from the 11th March from the usual ticket sites.

Rihanna is said to be the 4th artist with the more shows from a tour at O2 (behind Prince, Spice Girls, Peter Kay and Bon Jovi).

RiRi is already in the UK getting ready for her performance at the 2011 BRIT Awards, which will take place at the O2 Arena this Tuesday (Feb 13) and will be broadcast live on ITV1 from 8pm (GMT).

Rihanna has been nominated in the category International Female Solo Artist against Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue and Robyn.

Good luck, Ri!

On Sunday, when BBC Radio 1 unveiled the latest edition of the U.K. Top 40 Singles chart, Rihanna fans — and, eventually, Rihanna herself — noticed something, well, odd.

Debuting at #20 on the chart was RiRi’s brand-new, somewhat salacious new single, “S&M,” which had been re-named “Come On.” Apparently, no one had alerted Rihanna about the change, and she took to Twitter to express her displeasure, vowing that she would figure out who was responsible for the re-titling.

As it turned out, nobody seemed to know. On Monday, when MTV News contacted the British-based Official Charts Company — responsible for compiling the weekly U.K. Top 40 — a spokesperson for the organization told us that she wasn’t even aware of the change but added that, on the OCC’s version of the chart, the song’s title remained unchanged.

Almost immediately, the attention shifted to the BBC (who did not respond to MTV News’ request for comment), and late Monday, a representative for the broadcaster finally spoke up, telling England’s Metro newspaper that it was actually Rihanna’s label, Island Def Jam, that was behind not only the “S&M” name change, but an edited version of the song, which eliminates all mentions of “sex,” “chains” and “whips.”

“During daytime hours, as younger audiences are listening, we are playing the radio edit, which is called ‘Come On,’ ” the BBC spokesperson said. “However, we will continue to play the original track in specialist shows with an appropriate introduction. … It is common practice to play radio edits of certain tracks in daytime.”

MTV News’ e-mails to reps for Island Def Jam had not been answered by press time. Though, it appears that — for the time being, at least — the controversy may have subsided. Late Monday, the BBC once again changed the name of the song. It now appears on their version of the Top 40 as “S&M (Come On),” proof that, when Rihanna vows vengeance, people listen.

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Nominations for the BRIT Awards 2011 (Brits), the UK’s biggest night in music, were revealed this Thursday in London.

Rihanna has been nominated in the category International Female Solo Artist against Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue and Robyn. Make sure to visit brits.co.uk, register and vote for Rihanna as soon as voting is open.

RiRi has also been confirmed to perform at the awards show!

Tickets will only be available to Master Card holders from 10am tomorrow.

The BRIT Awards 2011will be held at The O2 in London on Tuesday 15th February and will be broadcast live on ITV1.

Click here to watch Rihanna performing “Umbrella” at the show in 2008.

Rihanna has set a new record as the first female solo artist in United Kingdom chart history to achieve five number one singles in consecutive years, according to the Official Charts Company.

“What’s My Name?” climbed from number two to the top spot this week. The last artist to achieve the same feat was Elvis Presley in the 1950s.

Rihanna’s album “Loud” also holds on to its number one slot, giving her the second UK chart double of her career — the album has now sold nearly 900,000 copies only in the UK since its release in November last year.

RiRi tweeted:

“Another week! LOUD and What’s My Name are the #1 ALBUM and SINGLE respectively!!! UK you are on FYAH!!!Rah Rah! THANK U! Where my #UKNavy”

In other news, “What’s My Name?” is now Rihanna’s most popular song on the United States radios ever!