Rihanna is reportedly considering going on a massive tour after her highly anticipated Super Bowl performance. The singer will be headlining the halftime show for Super Bowl LVII on Sunday. The performance will be Rihanna's first concert since 2016 when she went on tour after the release of ANTI.
“There has been a lot of talk among people in the know, especially in the last week or two, that Rihanna is gearing up to announce a tour,” one insider told The NY Post. “It seems to be more than just hearsay at this point.” Another added: “Even some members of Rihanna’s team have been kept in the dark. It’s all a big secret, from the details of her halftime show to what’s next — if anything.”
Despite her upcoming performance, Rihanna previously stated that she had no interest in performing for the NFL. Speaking with Vogue in 2019, she cited the treatment of Colin Kaepernick and others who the league blacklisted for protesting police brutality. “I couldn’t dare do that. For what? Who gains from that?" she said at the time. "Not my people. I just couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler. There’s things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way.”
If Rihanna does go on tour in 2023, she'd likely rival Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour in popularity. Tickets for the "Break My Soul" singer's run of concerts have proven difficult for fans to get their hands on. When they went on sale to the general public in the U.K. on Tuesday, millions of fans flocked to Ticketmaster's queue. In a press statement, Live Nation shared that fan demand for the U.S. shows exceeded available seats by over 800%. “It is still expected that the majority of interested fans will not be able to get tickets,” they said. “Demand drastically exceeds supply.” Be on the lookout for tour information from Rihanna following her Super Bowl performance on Sunday.
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