The 23-year-old singer, from Barbados, threw the tantrum just hours before she was due on stage in Dublin last Friday, The Sun reported.

She only decided to perform after making a tearful phone call to her mentor Beyonce, who was able to talk her around.

Rihanna went ahead with the concert as planned and wrote online afterward, "I'm so light-headed!"

The star is suffering from exhaustion amid the stress of her gruelling 10-month, 101-date tour.

"She's just a young woman who just wants to have fun, but she was feeling pretty low," a source said.

"It's a mix of exhaustion and stress. She's been partying hard to take her mind off things, but there are days when she wakes up and doesn't even know where she is because of the travelling.

“It's no wonder she is feeling down."

Beyonce, 30, advised Rihanna to complete her tour commitments and then take a year off to relax.

The Crazy In Love diva took a break in 2009 to spend time with hubby Jay-Z. The source added, "She knows Rihanna needs downtime, or she'll burn out."

Rihanna has 16 more dates to fulfil as part of her Loud tour. Seven are in the UK.

Before calling Beyonce, the singer spent the afternoon in a Dublin bar, where she threw a private Thanksgiving feast for her band. Onlookers said that Rihanna downed Guinness.

That child is STILL on tour and had time to record a new album while still promoting her old album and making another one with the Dream on the way? Jesus she needs to slow the heck down!

I don't like all that weave on her.

kenkamken said:

You got to make all the money you can while you're hot, because next year it could all be ova. It is exhausting I'm sure, but hopefully you're guarding that money you're working so hard for. T-Boz was once just as hot and working just as hard, and is now filing bankruptcy. Same thing with Toni Braxton, and many others. That's the cruel nature of showbiz, use them up and spit 'em out.

T-Boz just needs to live a bit more humbly... $8,000 a month? Sad though..I hope she can recover soon.

Pot meet kettle

She better suck it up because she has a brand new record to promote now. I wonder who scheduled the release so soon. That was genius.

Yep, she's on the same path that Mariah was on.

HOL' UP....

BEYONCE TOLD SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE A BREAK????

Musicslave said:

Pot meet kettle

She better suck it up because she has a brand new record to promote now. I wonder who scheduled the release so soon. That was genius.

Yep, she's on the same path that Mariah was on.

I was thinking the same thing...I 'memba when Mariah was on Oprah talking about her exhaustion while promoting Glitter falling out on her mothers kitchen floor and was not able to get up. Drama chile.

"What I'd like to do is just take a little break or at least get one night of sleep without someone popping up about a video," Carey wrote in the online post. "All I really want is to just be me and that's what I should have done in the first place … I don't say this much, but guess what, I don't take care of myself."

[Edited 11/29/11 12:05pm]

So she's still on tour promototing the last album and she has a new one out?

what the hell

Pressure said:

So she's still on tour promototing the last album and she has a new one out?

what the hell

Look at her label and management....Island Def Jam and Jay-Z. Plus you have to consider her personal ambition too. I mean its easy to agree to plans before having to carry them out. Labels will work you like a machine, (if you let them). Sounds like fatigue its starting to kick in now, too bad because you just released "Talk That Talk."

It will be interesting to see how they handle her fatigue. I guess the easy thing to do is to just shoot videos and hit up the television circuit while taking a touring break.

Musicslave said:

Pressure said:

So she's still on tour promototing the last album and she has a new one out?

what the hell

Look at her label and management....Island Def Jam and Jay-Z. Plus you have to consider her personal ambition too. I mean its easy to agree to plans before having to carry them out. Labels will work you like a machine, (if you let them). Sounds like fatigue its starting to kick in now, too bad because you just released "Talk That Talk."

It will be interesting to see how they handle her fatigue. I guess the easy thing to do is to just shoot videos and hit up the television circuit while taking a touring break.

Now the Dream tweeting that they are working on some tunes already the same week the album was released...she is doing way too much right now. She needs to put her foot down or something....call these next few dates a Loud / Talk That Talk tour and stop for a couple months and live off that touring money. Save those tracks for later.

These heifers haven't even earned the right to act like divas.

I sometimes forget that these performers are just kids. She has been around for what seems like forever and she is still only 23? I may not be a big fan of her music but I do respect young people that are in such high pressure big money occupations that are fully dependent on them and them alone. for someone in their early 20's I think it is a HUGE deal.

She was so exhausted she got up on stage and bleated like a goat all night!

By the way, On the way home last night I was so ready to order 2 Big Macs and fries but after a call to my mentor Beyonce I decided to just have a salad.

kenkamken said:

You got to make all the money you can while you're hot, because next year it could all be ova. It is exhausting I'm sure, but hopefully you're guarding that money you're working so hard for. T-Boz was once just as hot and working just as hard, and is now filing bankruptcy. Same thing with Toni Braxton, and many others. That's the cruel nature of showbiz, use them up and spit 'em out.

And also, Rihanna is NOT a songwriter/composer. So there is no way for her to make any money in the industry except touring.

ScarletScandal said:

HOL' UP....

BEYONCE TOLD SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE A BREAK????

Oh my god.

TonyVanDam said:

kenkamken said:

You got to make all the money you can while you're hot, because next year it could all be ova. It is exhausting I'm sure, but hopefully you're guarding that money you're working so hard for. T-Boz was once just as hot and working just as hard, and is now filing bankruptcy. Same thing with Toni Braxton, and many others. That's the cruel nature of showbiz, use them up and spit 'em out.

And also, Rihanna is NOT a songwriter/composer. So there is no way for her to make any money in the industry except touring.

I'm surprised Beyonce hasn't "mentored" Rihanna in the art of getting your name on songwriting/composing credits so that you can make money even if you had little part in it

ScarletScandal said:

HOL' UP....

BEYONCE TOLD SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE A BREAK????

Take a break biatch, so I can drop some more work of my own That's what she really said

Shard said:

TonyVanDam said:

And also, Rihanna is NOT a songwriter/composer. So there is no way for her to make any money in the industry except touring.

I'm surprised Beyonce hasn't "mentored" Rihanna in the art of getting your name on songwriting/composing credits so that you can make money even if you had little part in it

As if Jay-Z wanted his wife to tell Rihanna exactly everything. It's bad enough Jay-Z is still Rihanna's handler!

Oops, I went there.

alphastreet said:

Take a break biatch, so I can drop some more work of my own That's what she really said

exactly. someone wants Rihanna out of the picture.

CHIC0 said:

alphastreet said:

Take a break biatch, so I can drop some more work of my own That's what she really said

exactly. someone wants Rihanna out of the picture.

Shhh... you'll ruin B's master plan!

alphastreet said:

Take a break biatch, so I can drop some more work of my own That's what she really said

Yeah I bet Beyonce wants her out of the picture for a year or so

HonestMan13 said:

CHIC0 said:

exactly. someone wants Rihanna out of the picture.

Shhh... you'll ruin B's master plan!

OOPS!