Rihanna in major career boost after axing London gigs following third pregnancy with partner ASAP Rocky
But after we revealed in March that she cancelled a string of live dates for this year, my insiders have told me her tour is now back on for next year.
And the shows will see her performing in the UK for the first time in a decade.
A source said: 'Rihanna pulled the plug just days before her 2025 tour was due to be announced.
'There ended up being issues with production and scheduling conflicts, plus she didn't feel like her music was ready.
'But Rihanna and her team are now confident they can make it work for next year.
'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 A$ap Rocky.
'It's going to be incredible for her fans and she can't wait to be back out on stage.'
Before Rihanna dramatically pulled the plug on her shows this summer at the 11th hour, she had reserved six dates at the London Stadium for July.
The decision to cull the shows means she now has time to make sure she is totally happy with her next album — and it gives her time to focus on her new baby.
Dream come true
Rihanna is one of the best-selling artists ever, with more than 250million records sold worldwide.
Pregnant Rihanna's third baby's gender revealed as partner A$AP Rocky slips and leaks news on Smurfs red carpet
As well as nine UK No1 singles, including We Found Love and Only Girl (In The World), she has built a huge beauty and cosmetics brand, Fenty Beauty.
Being honest, it makes me feel tired just looking at what Ri-Ri juggles.
To see her back on stage in the UK would be a dream come true for next year, especially after the incredible summer of music we're having right now.
Drake Jet jest
DRAKE swaps private planes for budget airlines in a Jet2 meme that went viral.
The holiday firm has featured in an unlikely TikTok trend along with the audio to their ad, which uses Jess Glynne's song Hold My Hand.
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Drake posed in front of Jet2 branding at a UK airport and joked: 'From Jet2 to 2Jets ya musta mad.'
I'm sure he'll get discounted tickets if his private plane is ever grounded. It comes after Mariah Carey used the audio from the advert on a post this week.
SI'S PEGG-ER OUT IN VID
SIMON PEGG has revealed he got his todger out for a joke in a home video with wife Maureen – and accidentally played it to his parents-in-law at Christmas.
The Hot Fuzz star told the Wrong Turns podcast: 'Everyone was gathered around the TV. I found a video cassette . . . it's of my wife and myself on holiday in Catalonia. Maureen comes up and she's wearing this nice summer dress.
'Then I step in front of the camera saying, 'I'm wearing this . . . ' and as I'm watching myself, a little tremor of a memory comes back to me.
'But not before I pulled down my trousers and shorts, grabbed my penis, and I go, 'This is my shirt, this is my shorts, this is my penis.'
'Not only that, I swing it around, you know, the helicopter trick.'
Bet they all left the pigs in blankets.
Shak has new lock
SHAKIRA took a short break from her mammoth Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour to launch her new haircare range.
The Hips Don't Lie singer, who looked pretty in pink, celebrated her new brand Isima with fans at a pop-up in Los Angeles.
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The singer, who has natural curls, said she chose to create the brand after years of damaging her own hair.
She said: 'I've been one of those women who come out of the beauty salon crying.
'I've been blonde, I've had red hair, and I've worn my hair straight.
'I had keratin treatments done. My hair has been through a lot of trauma.'
I'm with you, Shak. My barnet is like straw.
ORITSE SET ON SOLO LIFE
JLS singer Oritse Williams is relaunching his solo career – ten years after his first solo EP Waterline.
A source close to the singer said: 'Oritse has been busy in the studio and has come up with a selection of songs that he thinks are perfect for him and represent him away from the JLS boys.
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'He will always consider himself a JLS member but this is something that he has wanted to do for some time.
'It's an important creative outlet for him away from the JLS shows.'
Oritse will hit the road with his bandmates Aston Merrygold, JB Gill and Marvin Humes later this year.
The group will kick off their The Club Is Alive: 2025 Hits Tour at Glasgow's OVO Hydro on November 6.
A less freaky Friday, Lindsay
LINDSAY LOHAN kept things in the family for the Freakier Friday London premiere.
The actress flew in with husband Bader Shammas and their two-year-old son Luai.
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And instead of hitting up a wild after-party, she celebrated with a posh meal at Cantonese restaurant China Tang, part of the The Dorchester Hotel, in Mayfair.
At the premiere, Lindsay was asked what she misses about the early Noughties, when the original Freaky Friday film was released.
She replied: 'I am happy today. I think we always reminisce, we don't have to miss.'
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