Rihanna's secret London gig

Last night Rihanna performed at a secret gig in London to promote her new album, 'Rated R'.

Monday night's gig at the O2 Brixton Academy was streamed live on the internet and was Rhianna's first London performance since last year's Jingle Bell Ball.

The audience, made up of competition winners, including our lucky winners, were treated to several tracks from Rihanna's new album, including the current single 'Russian Roulette'.

Young Jeezy joined Rihanna for the song 'Hard', which is set to be the next single to be taken from the album.  She also performed some of her previous hits, 'Don't Stop The Music', 'Distrurbia', 'Take A Bow' and her collaboration with T.I., 'Live Your Life'.

On the guest list at the exclusive event was the likes of Tinchy Stryder, Gabriella Cilmi, Jamelia, former Sugababe Keisha, Chipmunk, Emma Bunton ...oh and Jamie "Afro" Archer.

Before the 50 minute gig drew to a close, Rihanna was joined on stage by Jay-Z for the former Big Top 40 No. 1, 'Run This Town' before closing the show with the huge 2007 hit 'Umbrella'.

The album, 'Rated R' is released on November 23rd, as is the album's first single 'Russian Roulette' which is sure to fly in to the Big Top 40 top ten next week.