RIHANNA REIGNITES WITH NEW SINGLE “DIAMONDS”WORLDWIDE PREMIERE SEPTEMBER 26th: GLOBAL RADIO LAUNCH AT 8AM EST & GLOBAL ITUNES LAUNCH AT 9AM EST
LIVE NATION ANNOUNCES FIRST LEG OF NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES FORRIHANNA DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR 2013 – MARCH 8th TO MAY 4th !
“Diamonds” is the first single from Rihanna’s upcoming seventh studio album on Island Def Jam, details to be announced in the weeks and months ahead. “Diamonds” was produced by Norwegian hitmakers Stargate, whose track record of worldwide Top 10 hits with Rihanna stretches back to 2006’s “Unfaithful,” and includes “Don't Stop the Music,” “Take A Bow,” “Rude Boy,” “Only Girl (In the World),” and “What’s My Name” (featuring Drake), and “Talk That Talk.” Live Nation’s Rihanna Diamonds World Tour 2013 is slated to open at the Niagara Center in Buffalo on March 8, 2013, with North American dates scheduled through May 4th at the new Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. (Please see tour dates below.) Tickets for most venues go on sale Friday, September 14th through September 21st (check local venue). Rihanna’s Video Of The Year at the MTV VMA’s capped a near year-long campaign in support of her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk (released November 21, 2011). The album’s string of global hits spanned over a year, starting with the worldwide #1 smash, “We Found Love” (featuring Calvin Harris). The song spent 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, beating Rihanna’s personal best of 7 weeks at #1 in 2007, for “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z). Rihanna made history as “We Found Love” became her 11th #1 hit on the Hot 100, and her 20th Top 10 hit. She collected her 20 Hot 100 Top 10 singles faster than any other solo artist, as reported by Billboard.com, and placed Rihanna second only to the Beatles. In the ‘20-and-over’ Top 10 hits race, Rihanna enters a very rarefied field as just the fifth woman to earn the honor. The recipient of six Grammy Awards® and seven Billboard Music Awards, Rihanna has sold over 37 million albums and 146 million digital tracks worldwide, and currently holds the record for top-selling digital artist of all time. A member of the TIME 100 most influential people in the world, Forbes named Rihanna the world’s #1 social media star with over 2.7 billion views on YouTube/VEVO, the most ever for any female artist, over 60 million Facebook fans, and over 26 million Twitter followers. In addition to her 11 Hot 100 #1 singles and overall 22 Top 10 singles, she also has 18 #1 singles on the Billboard Dance Club Song Charts.
RIHANNA DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR North American Itinerary 2013
Date City Venue Mar 8 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center 10 Boston, MA TD Garden 12 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena 14 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center 15 Hartford, CT XL Center 17 Montreal, Que. Bell Centre 18 Toronto, Ont. Air Canada Centre 21 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena 22 Chicago, IL United Center 24 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center 25 Winnipeg, Man. MTS Centre 27 Edmonton, Alb. Rexall Place 30 Calgary, Alb. Scotiabank Saddledome
April 1 Vancouver, B.C. Rogers Arena 3 Seattle, WA Key Arena 6 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion 8 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center 11 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center 12 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay 15 Houston, TX Toyota Center 16 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center 19 Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Times Forum 20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center 22 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena 29 Washington, DC Verizon Center
May 2 Ottawa, Ont. Scotiabank Place 4 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
September 24, 2012 12:56pm ET by Universal Music Group
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