Rihanna will surprise tourists and New Yorkers today with a Times Square concert at 5:25 p.m. Workers are setting up a stage for her show on Broadway between 42nd and 43rd streets.
Rihanna, who sing three songs today, tomorrow releases her fifth CD, “Loud.” MTV is sponsoring the concert.

The CD is an 11-track set that is top-notch from its opener, the jamming fetish-revealer “S&M” to the closing number, the sequel to the riveting abuse tale “Love the Way You Lie,” where Eminem this time takes a back seat to Rihanna’s emotional roller coaster ride, according to The Associated Press. And what’s in between is equally as fulfilling — or better.