Rihanna News

The singer Rihanna had a rude awakening this morning when she was one of 300 guests evacuated from a London hotel after a lift shaft caught fire.

The Barbadian star told fans on Twitter: "Roamin da streets since 6am! Fyah in da telly #evacuation".

She also tweeted pictures of a fire engine outside the hotel in Whitehall Place and her sitting in a black taxi to her 23.5 million followers.

Around 10 firefighters dealt with the incident after being called at 6.22am.

A London Fire Brigade spokesman said the fire caused a small amount of damage to a lift on the 7th floor of the hotel.

No one was injured in the blaze.

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A new A-Lister-led craze lead by Rihanna and Simon Cowell is sweeping the US with more and more people heading to private clinics and getting hooked up to vitamin feeds for an energy-boost.

Clinics have seen an increase in demand after pop star Rihanna tweeted a picture of herself last month with her arm hooked up to an intravenous drip.

Daybreaks Louisa James reports.

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Jessie J says she would love to collaborate with Rihanna at Wireless Festival and plans to ask the international star to sing Do It Like A Dude with her on stage.

The British singer also says "it's exciting" collaborating with her fellow Voice coaches and that it would be "brilliant" if they could get Tom Jones to rap.

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Rihanna will join rapper Jay-Z, Tinie Tempah and Florence + the Machine on the bill for Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012, it was announced today.

The Barbadian singer will headline the free event on Sunday June 24 at East London's Hackney Marshes.

Jay-Z, who is married to singer Beyonce, will headline on Saturday June 23.

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