[Starkboy]

I raed Wembley said 40-45k estimated not sure if it's true.


https://twitter.com/fodhlamcfadden/s...30639278424064

not a catfight

[Dr.Cake]

Can ya'll drop the complaints aleady?
Just wait for the damn billboard scores if they're ever coming out.

The show did FINE. Not outstanding for Rihanna and not outstanding for Wembley (a 80k venue), but still...performing for over 40k isn't a reason to complain about.

[MrYorkshireFenty]

Führer realness

[izebize]

Daisy Ridley (Rey from Star Wars) attended tonight's show.

[rihsus]

Wembley is not a 80k venue

[MrYorkshireFenty]

Originally posted by rihsus

Wembley is not a 80k venue

Some shows can reach that high, One Direction, U2, Coldplay, Madonna, Take That, Muse all did between 75-80k

[Teezy]

Originally posted by rihsus

Wembley is not a 80k venue

Yeah, it's a bit more than that.

While Rihanna's fans took to Twitter to point out just how empty the 90,000 capacity London venue was.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...s-draw-8278040

[MrYorkshireFenty]

Originally posted by Teezy

Yeah, it's a bit more than that.



http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...s-draw-8278040

You need to leave, when Beyonce flopped her South American leg of her MCWT, you didn't see Rihanna stans talking about it all night.

[Teezy]

Originally posted by MrYorkshireFenty

You need to leave, when Beyonce flopped her South American leg of her MCWT, you didn't see Rihanna stans talking about it all night.

It's daytime here and none of what you said has anything to do with my post or this thread.

OT: she played to about 50% of the stadium's capacity today, so that's kinda good.

[rihsus]

Originally posted by Teezy

Yeah, it's a bit more than that.



http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...s-draw-8278040

Is Mirror your source?
Look at they posting pic before the show even starts

[Rafaela]

Originally posted by rihsus

Is Mirror your source?
Look at they posting pic before the show even starts

I think she was already on stage.

[Teezy]

Originally posted by rihsus

Is Mirror your source?
Look at they posting pic before the show even starts

She was performing during those pics...

[MikeFenty]

I know there was 49k tickets sold last month. I expect about at most 55k. Which isn't that good considering she's Rihanna. She should have done Twickenham again, or Emirates Stadium.

She's Rihanna, and it's London.
She sold 96k tickets during DWT, and 175k during LOUD. I mean even LGOET was success, she sold 33k.

~50k is not bad, but it's not great either.
I understand Rihanna isn't about the whole go around the world and promote anymore which I don't really mind, but her team failed. The fact they didn't mention her tour, or even had a ad during her biggest performance in the UK since like 2012, was a mistake. They should have plastered the city with ads and commercials on TV/radio/social media. If she doesn't want to promote personally than that's fine, but her team should make up for it with ads
Many people just assumed the show was soldout, or they didn't even know she was there.

[BajanBeauty]

The 460tour strikes again

London review: 4/5 stars
Rihanna review – like watching a different artist

January’s much-delayed Anti album saw Rihanna – modern pop’s most prolific hit machine – turn her back on the bangers. Featuring Prince-inspired slow jams, bluesy confessionals and, on the airy Same Ol’ Mistakes, a cover of Australian psych-rockers Tame Impala, it was an album that flashed Rihanna’s artistic credentials in big neon letters.

It’s testament to her talent and charisma, then, that this potentially worthy side-step into mature album artist territory hasn’t diminished her pop-star power. Watching her stalk around tonight’s minimal stage setup, she still looks like she’s having a ball, playfully flicking the finger at fans and relishing every pose during a brilliantly ragged Bitch Better Have My Money.

As with its parent album, the Anti world tour (which has already wrapped up 42 dates across America) is a statement as much as it is a piece of entertainment.

It’s easy to ignore this disconnect, because she still imbues them with her unshakeable Rihanna-ness; that perfect pop voice, the undeniable presence, that couldn’t-give-a-**** attitude.

The difference now is that she has a handful of emotional new songs in which the connection between song and subject is undeniable. So the closing trio of campfire singalong FourFiveSeconds, the bluesy Love on the Brain and the dramatic sweep of Kiss It Better are delivered with such conviction it feels like you’re watching a different artist. It’s not perfect, but then that’s never been Rihanna’s MO. It’s the imperfections that make her.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...sic_b-gdnmusic

[MrYorkshireFenty]

Guardian STANNING! YAS

[Hall Of Flames]

Originally posted by BajanBeauty

The 460tour strikes again

London review: 4/5 stars
Rihanna review – like watching a different artist



https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...sic_b-gdnmusic

[MikeFenty]

Originally posted by WeFoundWill

Everything sold out beside the LOWER (upper is packed) back ? Random ?

That cause the whole lower tier was free flow, no one had reserved seats so everyone squeeze for a closer view.

[BajanBeauty]

Originally posted by MrYorkshireFenty

Guardian STANNING! YAS

They did and unlike others they clearly get why the Anti tour is the way it is:

Eschewing the lasers, pyrotechnics and Day-Glo fashions of previous tours, things are kept relatively low-key; the stage is basically two large light boxes joined by a floating bit of Perspex, while the muted outfits seem to take inspiration from Kanye’s all-beige-everything Yeezy

If the general mise en scène doesn’t convince people this era represents a new side to Rihanna, then opening the show with a ballad – 2013’s maudlin Stay – hammers it home.

[SaDaré]

Originally posted by Teezy

She was performing during those pics...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHDVHuIjAJX/

[Fan1233]

Originally posted by BlueTimberwolf

Maybe she needs to improve her live show. People go to a pop concert for spectacle, and she doesn't offerf much of that anymore

No. Rih doesn't do intense choreography and you can't expect that from her. People should be aware of what they're spending their money on. Personally, I would rather hear her singing while just standing there rather than listening to some prerecorded vocals playing while she's dancing. After all, we are going to see a singer so singing should be the prime aspect. If she can pull both then that's great, but yeah, like I said earlier.

And I guess she can do what Katy Perry did and add immense props and spectacular visuals but I guess that wouldn't fit the whole "anti" theme. I mean, if you look at the outfits and how simple the stage is you'll realize what I'm talking about. The simplicity of it all gives the show a raw and naked feeling. Free from gimmicks. Although, I do feel like if she wanted to do that she should've went with arenas instead of stadiums. But whatever I guess. It's all up to her.

Originally posted by Fan1233

I just saw the tour on Instagram and found out that people have been queuing for hours to get to the front row.. somebody said the first person arrived at 2 am. Do you guys think I'll be able to get to the front row if I show up at 6:30 right before the doors for the early entry open? Cause I don't think I could wait that long...

I'm also gonna revive this cause I'm in a desperate need of an answer.