The pop star is reportedly planning her comeback after having her third child
10:58, 15 Jan 2026Updated 10:58, 15 Jan 2026
Rihanna is reportedly set to make her highly anticipated return to music with a series of major stadium performances scheduled for this coming summer.
The 37-year-old 'Umbrella' hitmaker had initially planned to tour in 2025, but postponed those unannounced dates after falling pregnant. Now, fresh reports indicate that Rihanna - who gave birth to her third child in September - is finally prepared to take to the stage once more, with several enormous UK concerts in the pipeline.
An insider told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "She had to cancel her shows planned at the London Stadium last summer because she was expecting her daughter. Rihanna has loved being a mum to her kids and has been so busy working on her Fenty fashion brand but music is her soul passion. She's ready to get back out on stage and wants her fans to hear the music she has been working on. This is going to be a monumental year for Rihanna and fans can expect massive shows. It's going to be a sell-out, that's for sure."
According to the publication, the UK dates are slated for August - marking a decade since her last tour, the Anti World Tour, which wrapped up in 2016.
Rihanna's most recent major performance was at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show in Glendale, Arizona in 2023, when she was pregnant with her second child with rapper A$AP Rocky.
The pair now share three children: sons RZA, three, and Riot, two, plus daughter Rocki, four months. The singer has even joked recently about the prospect of welcoming a fourth baby.
Rihanna joked about expanding her family in a comment on an Instagram video posted by Love Island star Montana Brown, 30. In the video, Montana, who has two children with her fiancé Mark O'Connor, was contemplating whether to "get hot and sexy or get pregnant in 2026". Responding to the post on Monday (January 12), Rihanna quipped: "Wait! So I'm not crazy then? Bet!"
Rihanna and Rocky, who first met during rehearsals for a performance at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards but only started dating in 2020, welcomed their child Rocki into the world in September 2025. Now a mother of three, Rihanna is thoroughly enjoying parenthood.
The nine-time Grammy award winner recently told Extra: "The babies are amazing. They're all getting bigger, and I cannot take it. My sons - oh, my God! - their faces are changing. Their necks are getting longer. I love it."
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