Early next year Rihanna, the R&B singer from Barbados will head over to Australia to tour.

According to promoters, in February as well as March Rihanna, winner of three Grammy awards, will be giving Aussies in Newcastle, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney a taste of the stadium production for her tour “Last Girl On Earth.”

Rihanna, whose birth name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, visited Australia last in 2008. Currently Rihanna is touring in Europe for “R Rated,” her latest album which has sold over 2.5 million worldwide copies.

In a statement Michael Coppel Presents, tour promoter, said the show would be bringing a full theatrical production, including band, dancers and acrobats along with music from Rihanna’s four studio albums.

Tickets will go on sale August 20, with pre-sales starting August 9.

Rihanna since 2006 has released four studio sets and has won three Grammy Awards and received nine Grammy nominations. She was recognized as Favorite Female Artist for two consecutive years from the American Music Awards.

Last week Rihanna announced her upcoming acting debut. She will appear in an action adaption film called Battleship, named after the children’s board game.

Chart topper and sold-out concert performer Rihanna is supposed to be tackling a continuous and smooth sailing North American tour dubbed as the “Last Girl on Earth” this month but the said tour is hitting the rocks with more shows getting cut off the itinerary leaving fans with nothing but refund options from where they purchased their tickets.

The following are the shows axed from the “Last Girl” schedule:

July 15 – Englewood, CO – Comfort Dental Amphitheatre

July 24 – Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center

July 28 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena

August 3 – Noblesville, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center

Only the shows in Englewood and Noblesville were provided with a reason for cancellation, which according to tour promoter and ticketing site Live Nation, is due to the singer’s change in schedule.

And if a cancellation isn’t enough, Rihanna’s July 22 appearance at the 20,000-seater Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix will be moved to the AVA Amphitheatre housed at the Casino de Sol in Tucson which seats only about a quarter of what the Cricket Wireless can accommodate. Ticket prices for the new venue are also significantly pricier at $60 to $125, compared to the ticket prices for the Phoenix show which goes for only $25.75 to $95.75.

Despite a noticeable difference in ticket prices, fans are still dying to see Rihanna perform live wherever and whenever as evidenced by the sold-out reserved seating and the almost sold-out rear seating. Apparently, fans aren’t settling for a mere entrance as there are still about 2,000 general admission tickets available for the event.

The tour is scheduled to run for only two months, yet the tour has been suffering several setbacks starting with its kick off show in Vancouver, which was supposed to unveil on July 2 but had to be moved to July 4. Nevertheless, there are no reported cancellations yet for Rihanna’s appearance in Albuquerque, NM on July 14 at The Pavilion and at the Great New York State Fair in Syracuse on August 28, which after several re-arrangements to the “Last Girl” schedule, is shaping to be the tour’s finale.

North American summer dates have been announced by Rihanna as part of her world “Last Girl on Earth Tour” in support of “Rated R,” her platinum selling album.

The outing will feature Nicki Minaj, rapper, and Ke$ha, pop singer, as openers. The trek will kick off in Auburn, WA on July 25 and will include both US and Canadian dates on the 25 city outing before wrapping up in Chicago on August 25.

Starting on April 7 members of Rihanna’s fan club will have the opportunity to buy pre-sale tickets. Also eligible for pre-sale tickets will be Citi card members. The general public will be able to buy tickets starting on April 9.

Recently Rihanna told AOL, we haven’t ever done a tour with this capacity. It’s an unbelievable production and costumes have been taken to a entirely new level. Sonically and visually it will be a big step forward from our last one. We keep growing. It will be a massive production this time. I can’t wait.

The singer from Barbados continues supporting “Rated R,” her worldwide smash album and fourth studio set, out on the road. Earlier this year, it became the third platinum album in a row for her.

Three singles have been spawned from the set, all scoring high on the charts. “Rude Boy,” the latest, is currently in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 100 chart for the third consecutive week, helping Rihanna to be the only woman artist this decade to garner six US No. 1 singles.

“Good Girl Gone Bad,” the previous studio set from Rihanna released in 2007, earned her and Jay-Z a Grammy for their collaboration on “Umbrella.” The song was on top of the charts in over twelve countries all over the world.