Rihanna will take to the stage at the Brit Awards. The news was confirmed on Twitter overnight.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">*SURPRISE* 💥👑 <a href="https://twitter.com/rihanna">@rihanna</a> is performing at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BRITs?src=hash">#BRITs</a> 2016!!! 👑💥 WE. CANNOT. DEAL. RN. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RihannaBRITs?src=hash">#RihannaBRITs</a> 😵😵😵😠<a href="https://t.co/G49igkA3rp">pic.twitter.com/G49igkA3rp</a></p>— BRIT Awards (@brits) <a href="https://twitter.com/brits/status/694702751159287808">February 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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It'll be the fourth time she'll have performed at the event but her first appearance since 2012 - when she belted out We Found Love and won International Female Solo Artist.
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Rihanna's just released her eighth studio album ANTI - which has already gone platinum in the UK. She's expected to perform her new track Work, which is a collaboration with Drake.
Adele, Justin Bieber, Coldplay and James Bay will also perform at the ceremony in London later this month. Meanwhile, Adele, James Bay and Years & Years lead the nominations.
The Brit Awards 2016 take place on February 24th.
