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.

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According to a recent press release, next month Justin Bieber and Rihanna will be performing in Miami’s South Beach in one of the two free concerts being held in celebration of Super Bowl XLIV. On February 4, the two will be performing at Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam, South Beach’s only NFL Super Bowl official concert series.

This week Daily Mirror, the British tabloid, reported that it had been requested that Rihanna dress more conservatively when she performs her show on New Year’s Eve in Abu Dhabi at Emirates Palace Hotel. However organizers are insisting that isn’t true. According to Daily Mirror, the singer from Barbados along with her production team have worked around the clock in order to make her stage costumes more appropriate for Abu Dhabi’s local tradition, which appears to be more conversative than their Dubai neighbors.

Rihanna’s new album cover features a black and white severe head shot of her, with her hand covering her right eye while her left eye has a ring of mascara around it as it glares at the viewer. It’s no secret what the context is here.

Rihanna, Kayne West and Jay-Z, three of R&B’s biggest names, will be performing together next month for “The Jay Leno Show’s” debut episode. The three will be appearing in the September 14 launch episode for the new primetime show of Leno’s on NBC and perform the single “Run This Town” from “The Blueprint 3,” the forthcoming album from Jay-Z due out in stores on September 11.

On June 22, Chris Brown pled guilty on assault charges. The Los Angeles Times has reported that in exchange for his plea he will receive no jail time from the beating in February of former girlfriend Rihanna. The plea agreement terms were agreed to just a few hours before Brown’s hearing was scheduled to start. Brown won’t see any jail time but will be performing community labor for six months, be serving five years of probation, and enroll in a domestic violence prevention course that lasts for a year.

Chris Brown on February 8 was arrested for the alleged assault of Rihanna, his girlfriend, while the pair was headed home from the annual pre-Grammy bash of Clive Davis. Reportedly the couple had been scheduled for a performance together during the Grammy Award sshow. It had to be canceled and last minute replacements had to be found.

Rihanna, Alison Krauss, Robert Plant, Kid Rock and U2 are the most recent artists that have signed on to perform for the Grammy Awards 51st annual ceremony to be held next month. The latest group of superstars augment an already star studded cast that includes Carrie Underwood, Justin Timberlake, T.I., Radiohead, Katy Perry, Paul McCartney, drummer Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, Jonas Brothers, Jennifer Hudson, Coldplay and Kenny Chesney.

Rihanna was named Best Soul/R&B Female Artist and Best Pop/Rock Female Artist. Neither Rihanna or Brown made reference to each other during their acceptance speeches. Other winners of multiple awards included Kayne West and Alicia Keys. West won an American Music Award for the first time. His set “Graduation” won for Best Rap/Hip Hop Album.