
Rihanna 'set to tour again after cancelling London dates' as she prepares to welcome third child
The singer, 37, who is currently preparing to welcome her third child with her partner ASAP Rocky, has now rearranged the shows.
According to reports, she had been rumoured to be planning a six-concert residency in London in July to mark her return to music.
It was later reported that Rihanna pulled out of the proposed gigs at West Ham's stadium in a secret meeting last week in March, just before they were set to be publicly confirmed.
The tour is now set to be back on for 2026, The Sun reports, which will mark her first UK shows since 2016.
A source told the newspaper: 'But Rihanna and her team are now confident they can make it work for next year.'
They added: 'The dates will also coincide with the tenth anniversary of [her last album] Anti, and fans can expect to hear her new music too.
'Rihanna might be pregnant with her third baby but she is the ultimate working mum and has the support of her partner ASAP Rocky.'
Daily Mail has contacted Rihanna's representatives for comment.
Music insiders previously claimed to The Telegraph that Rihanna was lining up shows at London Stadium for July 4 and 5, with other possible concerts set for July 8, 9, 11 and 12.
A second source told the publication that her promoters were 'holding' the arena - formerly the Olympic Stadium - for her, with preparations in the advance planning stages.
The run of concerts would've been Rihanna's first in almost a decade, after the release of her last album Anti in 2016.
The Umbrella hitmaker finally confirmed her ninth album was on its way in an interview with Harper's Bazaar in February.
She sent fans wild as she teased she's 'cracked the code' on her 'next body of work' and that it 'feels right.'
Rihanna told the outlet: 'This time away from from music needs to count for the next thing everyone hears. It has to matter. I have to show them it was worth the wait.'
The nine-time Grammy winner revealed her pregnancy news when she showed off her baby bump at the Met Gala back in May.
Just last week, she dished on motherhood as she is expecting her third baby.
She told Access Hollywood that her 'two princes' RZA and Riot have a ton of energy that wear her out when she attended the Smurfs premiere in Los Angeles.
She is the voice actor for Smurfette in the new animated musical-comedy film and brought along her kids for the red carpet event ahead of the movie's release.
It comes just days after the singer attended her father's funeral in her native country of Barbados - after he passed away at the age of 70 on May 30 following a battle with pancreatic cancer and accompanying complications.
During an interview with Extra at the Smurfs premiere, she opened up about her little ones joining her at the screening.
'I'm excited for tonight. Tonight is going to be fun. We get to watch the movie together for the first time. I get to watch it in its full completion. So, that should be interesting,' she expressed.

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