Worldwidesuperstar Rihanna – the “#1 Person On Facebook” with over 63 millionfans – is bringing her DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR to South Africa this spring. World tour promoters Live Nation togetherwith Big Concerts confirmed today that the tour which kicks off in NorthAmerica this week is set to dazzle fans with concerts confirmed at FNB Stadium Johannesburg on Sunday 13thOctober 2013 and Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday 16th October 2013.
Rihanna has dominated global charts with “Diamonds,” thefastest-rising single of her career to date and first single to be release fromUNAPOLOGETIC her 7th studio album for Island Def Jam in just seven years. The recipient of six Grammy Awards® and seven BillboardMusic Awards, Rihanna has sold over 41 million albums and 150 milliondigital tracks worldwide, and currently holds the record as the top-sellingdigital artist of all time. Forbes named Rihanna the world’s #1social media star with over 2.9 billion views on YouTube/VEVO, the most everfor any female artist, over 63 million Facebook fans, and over 27 millionTwitter followers. In addition to her 12 Hot 100 #1 singles and overall24 Top 10 singles, she also has 18 #1 singles on the Billboard Dance Club SongCharts.
Tickets for theDiamonds World Tour in South Africa will go on sale for Johannesburg onThursday 11th April at 9am priced R330 – R930 and in Cape Town onFriday 12th April at 9am priced R275 – R820. Tickets will beavailable from www.bigconcerts.co.za, www.computicket.com, the Computicket call centre on 0861 915 8000 orany Computicket outlet at Checkers and Shoprite. Rihanna Diamonds World Tour is promoted world-wide by Live Nation GlobalTouring.
SOUTH AFRICA
13-Oct Johannesburg, SouthAfrica FNB Stadium
16-Oct Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town Stadium
Itinerary subject to change.
For complete tour and ticketinformation, visit:
www.rihanna.com and www.livenation.com
