Music Celebrity Gossip – Rihanna — who performed to a packed crowd, which included me, at London’s Brixton Academy on Monday — planned to make her new album full of rock songs but her record label got involved.

The Russian Roulette singer apparently wanted her new album, Rated R, to be a heavy metal record — but her bosses persuaded her down a different musical route.

“I’ve been asked to play with pop artists in the past but turned them down because they didn’t really get the vibe,” said Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, who performed with Rihanna at her Lodnon show.

“But when I spoke to Rihanna she was totally into transforming herself into a heavy rock chick.

“She was listening to Led Zeppelin and new acts like Paramore and said that was the direction she wanted to go, so I said yes.

“I think the label had a seizure, so they went down another route.”