Rihanna to perform in Tampa March 13

FILE - This Feb. 13, 2011 file photo shows Rihanna at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. CBS has issued a memo to Grammy Awards attendees against baring too much skin at the ceremony Sunday. The network requests that ìbuttocks and female breasts are adequately coveredî for the televised award show. The memo sent out Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, also warned against ìsee-through clothing,î exposure of ìthe genital regionî and said that ìthong type costumes are problematic.î (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file) Chris Pizzello AP

Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum selling singer Rihanna has scheduled a concert for Tampa's Amalie Arena.

On Tuesday, Rihanna announced plans for a 40-city Anti World Tour that starts in California Feb. 26. The tour stops in Tampa on March 13.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 3. They'll start at a reasonable $27.25 plus service charge.

Opening the shows on the tour is Travis Scott, a young rapper whose work has drawn favorable comparisons to Kanye West and Kid Cudi. (Scott himself has said that he's also influenced by artists as diverse as Bon Iver and Bjork.)

As for Rihanna, the Barbadian singer has sold 54 million albums and 210 million digital tracks worldwide, making her the top-selling digital artist of all time. She's released seven albums in seven years, charted 13 No. 1 singles and won eight Grammy Awards.

If you want to make sure you get the best possible seats, you can open an account on the music site tidal.com if you don't already have one. People with tidal.com accounts can buy tickets starting at 10 a.m. Nov. 30.

Details: 7:30 p.m. March 13, Amalie Arena, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa. Tickets: $27.25-$122.75 plus service charge. Information: 813-301-2500, amaliearena.com.

-- Marty Clear

This story was originally published November 24, 2015 at 6:03 PM with the headline "Rihanna to perform in Tampa March 13 ."

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