Rihanna Hits Red Carpet, Nixes Concert

Singer debuts at Met, cancels show on same day
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted May 5, 2009 11:40 AM CDT
Rihanna Hits Red Carpet, Nixes Concert
Rihanna arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala in New York last night.   (AP Photo)

Rihanna hit the red carpet last night for the first time since her alleged beating by Chris Brown, the AP reports. The singer, clad in a tuxedo, attended the Metropolitan Museum’s annual costume gala. Also yesterday, a comeback concert in Dubai—scheduled for May 28, the day of Brown’s next hearing—was canceled, E! adds. “It is not appropriate timing for her,” the organizer said. (More Rihanna stories.)

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