Rihanna's concert in France cancelled in wake of horrific terrorist attack as rep confirms star is "safe"

Rihanna's concert in Nice has been cancelled following the horrific terrorist attack that has left 84 people dead in France on Thursday night.

Christian Estrosi, the current Mayor of Nice, has confirmed that Rihanna's show will no longer go ahead on Friday night at the Allianz Stadium.

Rihanna, who was in the area for her Anti World Tour, “is safe”, her representative told Billboard magazine on Thursday.

84 people are believed to have been killed after a lorry ploughed into a Bastille Day crowd in Nice.

Footage showed crowds fleeing in terror from the scene in the French city on the Mediterranean coast on Thursday night.

Eyewitnesses reported hearing gunshots and pictures on social media showed armed police with weapons trained on a badly damaged white truck.

Rihanna's concert in France cancelled in wake of horrific terrorist attack as rep confirms star is "safe"