Rihanna to play Middle East gig? (From Hampshire Chronicle)

Rihanna to play Middle East gig?

12:07pm Thursday 26th November 2009

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Rihanna's bank balance could get a half a million dollar boost thanks to just one performance on New Year's Eve.

The Russian Roulette singer, 21, has been asked to sing in Abu Dhabi.

The event at the swish Emirates Palace Hotel would be the star's first performance in the Middle East, the New York Post reports.

A source said: "She was supposed to perform back in May, but she cancelled in the aftermath of the assault [by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown]. This is a make-up date."

Meanwhile, hip hop star Jay-Z and singer Alicia Keys are said to have been offered 250,000 US dollars to play a New Year's Eve concert in New York, while Nicole Richie and husband Joel Madden will host a party in Las Vegas.

"They're leaving the kids at home and coming to town for just one night," a source said.

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