Rihanna Canceled Her Comeback Concert in Dubai

Tue, 05 May 2009 21:34:19 ET

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Rihanna canceled her comeback concert which was planned to be held this month in Dubai. The concert was supposed to take place on May 28 as her first return after the blown-out battery case with her boyfriend, Chris Brown.
The cancellation was officially stated by Vibe Event Management, the company promoting the event. Managing director, Yassin Matbouly, gave an explanation that the cancellation was due to "bad-timing". "We want to share with you that Rihanna and her management will not be accepting to hold a public concert at this time as it is not appropriate timing for her," he stated. Yassin said in another source that Rihanna "is keen to still perform in the region." And, the concert may be re-scheduled after this summer.

"Vibe has been ready and was looking forward to putting this concert together for the crowd of the Middle East," Yassin further added. "We have sourced venues in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi and started looking into complying with her request to put the show on. This is very sad for us at this time knowing the concert will not happen."

The comeback concert was initially announced in April. Since then, the concert had been promoted for weeks and now it receives responses from Rihanna's fans who expect the concert to be rescheduled. Previously, Rihanna had scrapped concerts in Malaysia and Indonesia shortly after the incident with Chris.