RIHANNA CANCELS JULY 2 TOUR KICKOFF IN WASHINGTON!

Rihanna has canceled her July 2 concert at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington, which was scheduled to be the opening night of her tour, according to the Auburn Reporter. A press release from Live Nation states that the date had to be canceled due to "production changes."

That means Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth Tour will now kick off on July 4 in Vancouver. The paper didn't have information on what the production changes entail. Refunds will be given for the show in Auburn at point of purchase. The July 22 show in Phoenix and the July 24 show in Dallas have also been nixed.

Nicki Minaj was originally scheduled to be one of the opening acts for the tour alongside pop party girl Ke$ha. But Minaj had to back out of the tour in order to work on her album. Travie McCoy is slated to take her spot.

Ke$ha told MTV News that Minaj's exit was a "bummer," but the "Tik Tok" singer had big plans for what she wanted to wear on the tour. "I want to wear a lot of laser beams," she said.

She added that her show will be one big party. "It definitely is going to have, like, a dance-party vibe," she explained. "I just want it to be really, really fun. Let's just say I can't disclose, but I have, like, a really, really awesome thing that's going to happen ... and you can only understand it if you see it in person."

By press time, a rep for Rihanna had not responded to MTV News' request for comment about the cancellation.

To say that Rihanna has grown over the past year and a half is probably an understatement. From leaving Chris Brown after he assaulted her in early 2009 to releasing her album Rated R to finding love again with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, the singer has been through a lot. And in a new interview with Seventeen magazine, the singer says that the best time of her life is now.

"There's a balance in my life that wasn't there before," Rihanna, who is set to kick off her Last Girl on Earth Tour this Sunday, says in the August issue of the magazine. "It's a really different peace, a different energy."

So, how does all that emotional growth make Rihanna feel these days? "It's really liberating. It makes you feel so proud when you look back and see how much it took you to actually get here," she explained. "And it's the best feeling. I'm really enjoying life right now."

Always known for her outgoing, colorful, and independent spirit, style, and personality, Rihanna says people shouldn't be afraid to be themselves, even if other people don't understand it.

"Don't be afraid to be yourself just because you're not like everybody else in class. If you want to dye your hair green and that's what makes you happy, then dye your hair green — no matter what other people might say about it. Not everybody is going to like you," the singer, who sports a big smile and lots of beaded necklaces on the cover of the magazine, said. "That's the world we live in. That's reality."