Rihanna’s All-Girls Club

As she gears up to storm Europe and the U.K., Rihanna has unveiled plans for a summer North American tour with Ke$ha that sounds like it might just give a certain theatrical diva a run for her money.

Rihanna’s European trek launches April 16 in Antwerp, Belgium, with additional stops scheduled in The Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany, Ireland and Spain.

U.K. destinations include Birmingham, Liverpool, London, Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Glasgow and Belfast.

The singer’s “Last Girl on Earth” tour kicks off July 2 at White River Amphitheatre near Seattle and will make 25 stops in some of the U.S. and Canada’s top venues, including Shoreline Amphitheatre near San Francisco (July 10), Staples Center in Los Angeles (July 21), AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami (July 31), Madison Square Garden in New York City (August 12) and Chicago’s United Center (August 25).

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Echo 2010 Music Awards, Berlin, Germany

In addition to solid support from red-hot pop diva Ke$ha, Rihanna’s North American shows promise to provide audiences with a “cutting-edge visual spectacle.”

“We’ve never done a tour to this capacity,” the singer explained to AOL. “The production is unbelievable and the costumes, we just took it to a whole new level.
“Visually and sonically it’s going to be a big step up from the last time. We just keep growing and this time it is a massive production that I cannot wait for.”

Fan club members get first crack at tickets, with pre sale beginning tomorrow at 10 a.m. local time and Citi cardholders getting in on the action beginning at noon local time through Citi’s Private Pass program.

General ticket sales begin April 9.

Rihanna is currently enjoying her status as a record breaker with her latest No. 1 single, “Rude Boy,” the third release from her album Rated R.

Here’s the much-buzzed-about “revenge of the ’80s” clip for “Rude Boy.”