Some of the usual radio-played hits she is famous for left the crowd singing along, tracks like: Umbrella, S&M, Man Down, Only Girl, Where Have You Been, Birthday Cake and her new single Pour it Up. The many voices of the crowd flooded the stadium and excitement quickly grew as RiRi showed off her island roots and twerked her luscious bottom and grinded her hips seductively, leaving those who managed to get some footage wanting to learn and copy those moves at home. She entered into song with a cheetah print onesie that displayed her lovely toned legs and a matching sateen jacket while singing the first track off her new album entitled Phresh off the Runway.
Rihanna was surprisingly quick to the stage, scheduled to start at 20:00 and arriving 40 minutes later, which is a big step up from the diva’s tardiness at her performance in New Zealand & Australia. The lucky ones got to stay behind and bounce around inflated condoms that are usually making an appearance at concert events. As the air grew colder, so did many people’s hair which created an influx in ladies’ bathrooms. Weather in Cape Town was a cool 21 degrees which marked a perfect climate for everyone to chill before the supporting act GTA, a US duo, kept the crowd on their feet with their dance tracks. Wine & Russian red coloured lipstick were spotted on the lips of every second person encountered while her tracks blasted in all the vehicles stuck in traffic on Nelson Mandela Boulevard entering the city bowl. Social networks were abuzz with preparation for her concert with fans arranging their Rihanna-inspired ensembles months before creating a fashion frenzy of styles that is uniquely RiRi iconic. Her successful Diamonds World Tour has captivated audiences in Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, France, Belgium, the UK, US, Canada already and it was a gruelling six month wait since tickets were released for sale earlier in April this year for her SA visit. The Barbados beauty was indeed very proud of her achievement and took to Twitter and Instagram to say: “$old OWT $tadium tonight!!! Thank you #CAPETOWN I’ll remember you.” She has clearly left her mark on our country’s musical pathways, having millions of her Navy fans roaring and chanting her name. Don’t hide it – it is more important than you know.Rihanna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty) broke a world record by being the youngest artist to ever sell out all 67 000 tickets at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday 13 October and proceeded to sell out at her Cape Town Stadium concert which took place on Wednesday 16 October. So my call to action today is ‘shine bright like a diamond’ – don’t let anyone fade your light and find connections that bring out the best of your inner beauty. I saw the life inside your eyes’ Rihanna ‘Diamonds’ ‘At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays I am definitely in the right crowd… A bit more Rihanna. Also I read the posts that my network write and I really feel the human-centredness and the energy and positivity it brings. Then I think about the wonderful connections that I have made not only in my personal and spiritual life but also more recently my work-life especially through the HumansFirst network, and other connections linked to that and beyond. ‘Shine bright like a diamond, Find light in the beautiful sea I think of the lines in Rihanna’s beautiful song (which incidentally played when I took a trip over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter ride for my honeymoon): Photo by Danielle De Angelis on Īs humans, we all have choices and we can go through some really dark times and I am no exception to that, but then I think there are also so many wonderful things, people and experiences I have shared moments with… and we can all continue to have those in this lifetime if we allow ourselves. I never tire of it and it made me think about how we are all like diamonds in that we are multi-faceted, we shine and we draw others in and attract attention when we show our inner beauty. I have owned it for nearly 10 years and I was watching the light shimmer off the diamonds within it. My exploration of humanity continues and I was just sitting looking at my engagement ring this morning (which I rarely wear as I tend to just wear my wedding ring).