“I’m sorry, most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig”: Nuno Bettencourt explains why the Rihanna gig is way tougher than rock

Nuno Bettencourt and Rihanna

Nuno Bettencourt says that anyone who thinks taking on a pop gig with Rihanna is an easy night’s work has no idea what they are letting themselves in for, and says that even rock’s greatest players would struggle to get through a set with the Barbadian superstar.

Bettencourt first toured with Rihanna on the 2009 Last Girl On Earth run, and has been on call ever since, and on 12 February he joined her for the half-time show at the Super Bowl LVII at the State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona.