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Rihanna is feeling the pressure to throw the best bachelorette party ever for her pop pal Katy Perry, because she wants the pre-wedding celebrations to be as elaborate as the nuptials themselves.

The "Umbrella" beauty has taken on the responsibility of planning Perry's last big party as a single girl before she marries Russell Brand, but Rihanna admits it's proving to be hard work.

She tells "Access Hollywood," "It's taking up way more time than my tour. It's so much pressure. Her wedding is going to be the best wedding I've ever been to.

And now I have to match the bachelorette party to that!" Perry is due to exchange vows with Brand later this year, although details about their wedding plans have yet to emerge.

Sexy Bajan singer Rihanna will be playing less U.S. venues this summer than originally anticipated. The Last Girl on Earth Tour calendar has now cut four more shows.

The July 15th show at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre in Englewood, CO has been cut along with the July 24 show at Superpages.com Center in Dallas, TX; the July 28th show at Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA; and the August 3rd at Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, IN.

It seems the tour has been hit by the downturn in ticket sales that`s troubling all live acts in cash-strapped America at the moment. Last month.

Rihanna`s July 22 concert - originally scheduled for the Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix, AZ - was moved to the significantly smaller AVA Amphitheater at Casino de Sol in Tucson, AZ.

The Tour, however, continues with a July 14th show at The Pavilion in Albuquerque, NM.  The schedule cuts come as the Grammy-winning singer was snapped with her butt hanging out of her clothes at a public pool in Compton, California Sunday.

Rihanna has been forced to cancel the opening concert of her ‘Last Girl On Earth’ tour. The run of shows was due to start in Washington, US.

On Friday (02.07.10) but the first gig has been scrapped due to “production changes”. It is believed the next date, in Vancouver, Canada, will go ahead on Sunday (04.07.10), with the other dates scheduled to run as planned.

Despite the new start date the support acts remain the same with pop starlet Kesha and Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy joining Rihanna, 22, on the road.

Rihanna recently spoke about her excitement about going on the road, promising fans a bigger and better show than ever before.

She said: "We've never done a tour to this capacity. The production is unbelievable and the costumes, we just took it to a whole new level.

“Visually and sonically it's going to be a big step up from the last time. We just keep growing, and this time it is a massive production that I cannot wait for."

Rihanna has no hard feeling toward Drake although the Canadian rapper has accused her of hurting his feeling with their brief fling. Praising the "Best I Ever Had" hitmaker as a talented musician, the Barbadian singer said she likes the idea of collaborating with him.

"Right now I'm listening to Drake, Jay-Z, Kings of Leon, Ke$ha," she told Ben Lyons from E! News during a recent trip to Israel. When asked about a possible duet with Drake.

She answered, "I hope so 'cause he's really, really talented, and I think he's one of the illest lyricists out there right now, so I would love to work with him."

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Pop star Rihanna is sending out an SOS – with a string of staggering backstage demands for her world tour. According to a US report, the singer has drawn up a list of diva-like dressing room requests – including white chiffon drapes, white tulips and animal print rugs and cushions. She also wants a six-foot white couch which must be 'wide enough for her to stretch out on and sometimes take a nap'.

And the dressing room must be scented with six 'Archipelago Black Forest Candles'. 'If you can’t get these, please let me know ASAP as we have a second choice of candle for Ri,' her Last Girl On Earth tour rider apparently states.

A US website claims to have obtained a copy of Rihanna’s tour rider – a document which instructs venues about artists' needs ahead of a concert. If the document is genuine it includes a string of requests which would make Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez proud.

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Rihanna is still working on her next album, but her record label boss has begun to tease what to be expected from the effort. On Tuesday, June 15, Def Jam's vice president Bu Thiam discussed the progress of the 22-year-old singer's next album in a blog for Vibe Magazine, and noted that he is working on to make it equally as good as Michael Jackson's "Thriller".

"Rihanna is coming along incredibly," Thiam first shared. He went on to detail, "I'm trying to push her to where every song will be a hit from 1 to 12. I'm talking about NO album filler. Our bar for this album is Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'." To make that a reality, he revealed that they has got Stargate, Ester Dean, Mel & Mus and Rock City in the team.

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Rihanna had yet another video premiere this week, joining her "Rockstar 101" clip, as the European version of "Te Amo" debuted.

The steamy visual features the Barbadian beauty and French model Laetitia Casta getting close to the Spanglish tune.

The video was ripped and loaded onto a German Rihanna fan site on Friday (May 28) and spread among blogs Stateside, giving viewers a peek at the edgier fare.

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Not many females can pull off the legendary long-haired guitar player look, but leave it to Rihanna to get the job done. The “Russian Roulette” singer recently premiered a new clip from her video called “Rockstar 101” where she dresses up and appears to be Slash from Guns N'Roses.

Meanwhile, Rihanna turned up in Belfast, Ireland last night (May 24) to fulfill her concert duties as she continues to plug away at her world tour. The creative songstress wowed the crowd with a high-energy performance and several wardrobe changes while belting out her infamous songs.

Kicking off Day 2 of the annual Radio One’s Big Weekend, Rihanna took the stage in Bangor, Wales. Clad in a sexy, leather one-piece get-up and fish-net hose, the songstress pranced around stage, belting out hit songs like “Disturbia” and “Rude Boy” while showing off her incredible dancing ability.

Ri-Ri, who is currently on tour in the UK promoting her new album, "Rated R," was initially slotted to headline at the festival, but switched to an earlier slot so she could make it to another concert in Ireland the same day. Radio One rocked all weekend with some of our other favorite performers like Justin Beiber, Tokyo Hotel, Ke$ha and Alicia Keys, to name a few.

Rihanna is one of the most beautiful women in the music industry. This, everyone knows. Yet much of what makes her so alluring is her brave willingness to forego conventional beauty for the sake of a style statement. While she shares this quality with several of her contemporaries (ahem, Gaga) and countless style icons before her, her daring has led to more imitators than are worth counting.

Rihanna switches up her signature style every few weeks, so it's unsurprising that she's chosen to experiment with yet another look in her upcoming music video for "Te Amo." Photographs from the France set a few weeks ago reveal that Rihanna has opted for a slightly softer look, as she dons a floral Mara Hoffman gown in one scene. But, sticking true her hard-edged roots, she's matched the gown with darker-than-dark lipstick, a partially jet black 'do and aggressive black boots.One thing's for sure: black lipstick is going to see a mini-revival this summer.