Rihanna toasted the arrival of the 2010 by performing in Abu Dhabi. While many of her celebrity friends were celebrating the New Year in the Caribbean and Las Vegas, the 21-year-old singer was in concert in the United Arab Emirates.

Rihanna performed a two-hour concert outside Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace in what they described as “a risqu? black ensemble”…

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Over 10,000 fans paid ?66 each to crowd onto the lawns outside Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace to watch the singer’s two hour gig.

During the concert, Rihanna sang all her big hits, including SOS, Don’t Stop The Music and Hate That I Love You, before closing the show with her mega-hit Umbrella. ~ (Source)