Last Girl on Earth Tour

The Rated R Tour is an upcoming concert tour by Barbadian singer Rihanna to supporting her fourth studio album Rated R starting April 16, 2010. The first tour dates were released by her official website on December 9, 2009.

About the tour

Rihanna confirmed her 2010 tour to MTV News on December 3, 2009. "We gonna be going on tour in the spring and the tickets are going to be up for presale in a couple weeks, actually," she told MTV News on the set of her "Hard" video. "It's going to be a worldwide tour, so it's going to be a very long tour. We'll definitely be in your city, so look out for that." On December 9, 2009, Rihanna announced new dates for the tour. Jamie King will serve as the tour director who has previously worked with Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Madonna, The Spice Girls, Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera and Avril Lavigne . Rihanna enlisted Simon Henwood as the creative director for Rated R. He designed the logo and conceived the brand and styling of the album, videos and TV spots. He will contribute to the forthcoming tour, including the show's stage design, costumes and background visuals.

The stage design for Rihanna's promotional concert in London was described as "A futuristic scrapyard", as there were many television sets and dummies on stage. It was aimed to look very futuristic in the theme of her new album. The stage design for the main tour is yet to be confirmed, but it is expected to be very similar to the promotional concert, but on a bigger scale. Rihanna's new image has been described as more 'sexy' than before. At the promotional concert, Rihanna wore a tight black leotard. The fashion for the main tour is expected to be very similar to this. Rihanna is expected to release new tour dates soon as the tickets for the tour are selling out fast.

London Promotional Concert

In November 2009, Rihanna performed a concert in London to promote her new album Rated R. The concert was at Brixton Academy, and was sponsored by Nokia. It was streamed live through their website.

Jay Z and Young Jeezy were the supporting acts, but is has been confirmed that they will not support for the main tour.

Below is the setlist for this concert.

1. "Mad House" (Video Introduction)
2. "Wait Your Turn"
3. "Russian Roulette"
4. "Don't Stop the Music"
5. "Take a Bow" (Acoustic Version)
6. "Disturbia" (Acoustic Version)
7. "Hard" featuring Young Jeezy
8. "Live Your Life"
9. "Run This Town" featuring Jay-Z
10. "Umbrella" featuring Jay-Z

New Years Eve Abu Dhabi Concert

Rihanna performed a concert at Abu Dhabi on New Years Eve December 2009. The following setlist was performed by Rihanna during this concert. Although no setlist has yet been confirmed for the main tour, it is expected to be similar to this one.

1. Intro/"Mad House" (Video Introduction)
2. "Wait Your Turn"
3. "Russian Roulette"
4. "Disturbia"
5. "Breakin' Dishes"
6. "Rehab"
7. "Shut Up and Drive"
8. "Hate That I Love You"
9. "Take a Bow" (Acoustic Version)
10. "Unfaithful"
11. "Don't Stop the Music"
12. "Hard"
13. "SOS" (Rock Version)
14. "Let Me"
15. "Live Your Life"
16. "Run This Town"
17. "Umbrella"

Supporting Acts

Rihanna has recently said that she would like to help Cheryl Cole 'crack' America by offering her a place as a supporting act on tour. Cheryl Cole has not yet confirmed that she will go on tour with Rihanna.

Other rumoured supporting acts are Amerie, Ke$ha and Shontelle while Sean Dempsey will open the Dublin show only.

Tour Dates

Below are all of the tour dates to date. Only European dates have so far been announced. More dates are expected to be announced in North America, Asia, and Oceania.

Date	City	State or Country	Venue
Europe
April 16, 2010	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
April 17, 2010	Arnhem	Netherlands	Gelredome XS
April 19, 2010	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
April 20,2010	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
April 21,2010	Marseille		Le Dôme de Marseille
April 23, 2010	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle
April 25, 2010	Oberhausen		König Pilsener Arena
April 27, 2010	Geneva	Switzerland	Geneva Arena
April 28, 2010	Paris	France	Bercy
April 30, 2010	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
May 7, 2010	Birmingham	United Kingdom	LG Arena
May 8, 2010	Liverpool		Echo Arena
May 10, 2010	London		The O2 Arena
May 11, 2010
May 13, 2010	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
May 14, 2010	Nottingham		Trent FM Arena
May 16, 2010	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
May 17, 2010	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
May 19, 2010	Glasgow		SECC
May 20, 2010
May 22, 2010	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
May 24, 2010	Belfast		Odyssey Arena