Rumours are circulating that Rihanna may be a headliner for Glastonbury 2025, after news has emerged of a possible run of London stadium shows in the days following the festival.
On Friday, the Telegraph reported that RiRi might have scheduled a six-night residency at The London Stadium, starting on July 4 – five days after Glastonbury finishes. The residency is yet to be confirmed, but the Telegraph claims that a “senior concert industry source” says the shows are at an advanced planning stage.
The ‘Work’ hitmaker was thought to be headlining the Worthy Farm festival in 2023, only to have to pull out due to her pregnancy, being replaced by Guns N’ Roses. Speculation of her joining the Glastonbury 2025 lineup has been around since last year.
So far, Glastonbury has only confirmed one headliner for 2025, that being Neil Young. Rod Stewart has been confirmed for the Sunday afternoon ‘Legends Slot, and Nile Rodgers & Chic accidentally confirmed their booking at an awards show in November. Other rumoured performers include Noah Kahan, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, Stevie Wonder and Alanis Morissette.
It’s been nearly a decade since Rihanna last hit the road on her ‘ANTI’ tour in 2016, for her album of the same name. Her most recent public performance came in 2023 at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Her last release was on ‘Lift Me Up’, a graceful ballad on the soundtrack for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in 2022. Fans have been eagerly waiting for her rumoured ‘R9′ album for years – in a recent interview with Harper’s BAZAAR, she promised: “I’ve been in the studio the whole eight years. I know it’s not going to be anything that anybody expects. And it’s not going to be commercial or radio digestible… I feel like I’ve finally cracked it, girl!”
Nowadays, she’s been more active within the beauty industry, with her Fenty Beauty cosmetics company becoming a remarkable success. It’s said that her pivot into beauty products is largely responsible for her becoming a billionaire.
Rihanna launched Fenty Beauty in 2017, partnering with luxury goods company LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton). She’s said that the aim of Fenty was to appeal to “every type of women” with “all skin tones”. Fenty foundation is available in 50 different shades, and its success led to the so-called “Fenty effect”, where other cosmetic companies widened the range of shades in their make-up products.
Re-sale tickets for Glastonbury 2025 will go on sale in the spring. The first round of tickets sold out after only half an hour of going on sale in November. It’s been found that the festival’s profits have more than doubled since 2023. More details can be found on the official Glasto website here.
