Why Rihanna fans think the latest gig tips are her going to Glastonbury

Is Rihanna in the era of her wedding singer, or does she have something bigger planned?

On Friday, March 1, videos emerged online of Rihanna performing a small concert in Junagadh, India, as part of a three-day pre-wedding celebration for Anant Ambanithe son of a billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani. Anant will tie the knot Radhika trader in July.

Rihanna wore a sparkling green long-sleeved dress and thigh-high pink boots as she performed her set for an audience of 1,200 guests, including the likes of Bill Gates, Ivanka Trump And Mark Zuckerberg. She performed a medley of hit songs including “Work,” “Bh Better Have My Money” and “All of the Lights.”

Aside from her Super Bowl halftime show in 2023, the nuptials mark her first performance since 2016, and some fans have speculated that this outing could mean even more performances from the “Love on the Brain” singer, most notably at the Glastonbury Music Festival.

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“Although she was reportedly paid between $6 and $9 million for the 19-song set, I was still confused about her motivations,” Blakely Neiman Thornton a self-described pop culture anthropologist, said via Instagram Reels on Friday. Thornton noted that because Rihanna herself is a billionaire, “there are a plethora of things she could do to make $9 million without going to India: a new Fenty lip liner, two Insta posts for a car company, etc .”

However, Thornton pointed out that according to NMERihanna is one of several acts reportedly set to perform at Glastonbury this year, which will take place from June 26 to June 30.

“Like Kelly Rowland would say, we have our motivations,” Thornton said. “Crossing continents for $9 million is below her salary level. But getting paid $9 million to practice? Seven figures for something you were already going to do anyway? That makes sense now.”

Rihanna has released her latest album, Anti, in 2016 and since then a sequel is reportedly in the works. Multiple sources were exclusively revealed in 2019 We weekly that the Grammy winner had finished recording her ninth album. According to one source, the vocals were complete, but “mastering and more behind-the-scenes stuff” was still being worked on. Rihanna herself claimed via Instagram that she would drop the record in 2019.

However, the album never materialized. Her partner got pregnant in February this year A$AP Rocky confirmed that Rihanna was “working on it” when asked for an update on the project. Rihanna has previously stated that when she finally releases new music, it will likely include a tour.

“Well, we always go back on tour when I feel like I want to do a tour when there’s new music,” she said Entertainment tonight in December 2023. “We already know what that will be with the songs I perform during my last tour. That was a long time ago. I think it’s only fair that my fans get what they’ve been waiting for: new music. And then let’s blow everything up.”