Rihanna recently revealed that there is a dark side behind the bright lights of fame.
Rihanna said: “Fame is lonely. At first, I was on an adrenaline high - this is my dream. I’m actually doing it, it didn’t phase me that I was alone, that I wasn’t with the people I love. But after a while it gets repetitive and that is when you think, ‘Oh wow, I am sitting in a hotel room once again, just me and the television.’
“When you are in the spotlight, people are like, ‘What do you have to worry about?’ They forget that the success is one great aspect of your life, but behind that there are problems, there are dark sides, there is loneliness and unhappiness.”
The 19-year-old star also admits she has struggled to make true friends in the music
business because she can’t trust any one.
She added: “In this business people are shallow, they are dishonest. You can’t trust them.
“I have always had a thing for reading people. When I come into contact with a situation or a person, the first thing I do is just sit quiet for a little while. I sit and watch you.
“It really helps me to understand how to play the game, and sometimes you have to play it. It is a game that really sucks.”
Well not one to sit around and be alone she has just announced a new tour for 2008, following recent cancellations in 2007 (due to illness). Rihanna will now play three UK dates in March 2008, one of which will replace a December cancelled Bournemouth International Centre show. The new tour will involve three dates in Liverpool, Bournemouth and London.
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