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Rihanna Invites Yahoo! And Other Media On Global 777 Tour

By | Hip-Hop Media Training – Tue, Nov 13, 2012 6:00 AM EST

Rihanna on "Saturday Night Live" (photo: NBC)

Rihanna is determined to prove that she is the pop music's best party hostess. To celebrate the release of her album, "Unapologetic," her seventh CD in seven years, the Barbados singer kicks off her 777 Tour on Wednesday.

Over the course of seven days, Rihanna will perform in seven countries, including Mexico, Germany, Sweden and France.

Yahoo! Music's Billy Johnson Jr. gets new winter gear to prepare to join Rihanna's 777 Tour posse.Rihanna has charted a Boeing 777 twinjet and invited to join her 150 journalists and fans representing 82 countries and Yahoo! Music is honored to be on the guest list.

Be sure to follow Yahoo! Music closely here, in the Hip Hop Media Training blog, as well as on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for daily reports on jet-setting with Rihanna - concerts, travel preferences and other behind-the-scenes info.

Rihanna expects the 777 Tour to be a career high. "I am so excited about the 777 Tour," she said in a statement. "We are turning this jumbo jet into our tour bus. We're practically living on this thing for a week: sleeping, partying, all together. Me, my fans, the press…it's going to be a wild ride. I wanted it to be a rock n' roll adventure, and I think when it's over it will be the coolest thing I've ever done. I'm that excited about it."

"Unapologetic" will be released on November 19.

777 Tour Dates:

November 14 - Mexico City
November 15 — Toronto
November 16 — Stockholm
November 17 — Paris
November 18 — Berlin
November 19 — London
November 20 — New York

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