Maria Jose would perform their own tracks first, and then Rihanna might perform the ‘Cinderella’ remix of ‘Umbrella’ with Chris during the show. She also introduced a medley containing ‘Pon de Replay’, ‘Paper Planes’ by M.I.A., ‘Doo Wop (That Thing)’ by Lauryn Hill and ‘Live Your Life’ (sung as a solo).
As well as Chris and Maria supporting her for some of her concerts, Rihanna had Akon or Kardinal Offishall with her for the Canadian dates. For some of the European dates she had Adam Tensta, and for the UK dates, she had David Jordan and Ciara. Kat DeLuna, DanceX and Ray Lavender also did some concerts.
RiRi must have consumed a lot of peppermint tea during her tour: if she has a hectic day and knows she’ll be performing later, she drinks peppermint tea because it soothes her vocal cords. She loves performing for her fans, however, and enjoys it much more than performing at big awards shows.
This tour showed off how sexy Rihanna can be, and she wore several leather outfits which some people at the time thought were too revealing. She had totally changed her image from her first tour. Reviewers generally liked theshow, and Jason Macneil from the Canadian Online Explorer wrote in his review of the Toronto show: ‘The singer made a rather eye-popping impression, opening with “Pon de Replay” and clad in a sexy, dominatrix-like studded black leather ensemble.
‘Supported by four dancers and a six-piece band, the performer did a bit of choreographed dance steps during the set but relied mainly on slick, radio-friendly hooks early on with “Let Me” from her 2005 debut album, Music of the Sun, and “Break It Off ” from 2006’s A Girl Like Me. The biggest highlight was the catchy, dance-infused “Don’t Stop the Music” that had many boogieing in the aisles.’
Many reviewers felt that it wasn’t the best concert they had ever seen, but for her first full-blown world tour, Rihanna did really well. MTV’s Cheryl Leong said in her review: ‘She succeeded in getting the audience in the entire stadium on its feet to an immensely enjoyable head-bobbing , feet-thumping, body-swaying fest. Taking a breather from her bouncy club hits, Rihanna brought on some of her slower tracks like “Hate That I Love You” and “Unfaithful.”
‘I did enjoy myself a whole lot at the concert. It just wasn’t the most mind-blowing. Nevertheless, she did what she does best, which is to bring out an entire collection of #1 singles “live.”’
For those fans unable to see the tour, Rihanna made it available to them via the internet, when she allowed MSN Music to host a recording of the Montreal concert on its site. A DVD was also made of the Manchester concertwhich was included on the deluxe version of Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded.
In April 2009 Rihanna would begin touring again, this time as a support act on Kanye West’s ‘Glow In The Dark’ Tour.
A few weeks into ‘The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour’, she was spotted chatting to actor Josh Hartnett in the New York club, Pink Elephant. The press started saying they were an item, but this wasn’t the case at all, as Rihanna explained in an interview with Allure magazine: ‘This is what really happened. He and my management, they have each other’s contact information. I went to Pink Elephant, and he came by. All of a sudden, the next day I’m seeing that we were kissing and hugging each other. You can’t even go out with a friend who’s a celebrity and have a good time without people making [bleep] up. Well, at least he’s good-looking, right?’
Rihanna was so busy with the tour that she didn’t have time for a boyfriend. She was jetting off all over the place, and having a relationship wasn’t high on her priority list: when she had a day off, she just wanted to have a lie-in and then catch up on TV, not go on dates.
And she definitely didn’t need the stress that relationships can sometimes cause. In one interview she talked about a
As well as Chris and Maria supporting her for some of her concerts, Rihanna had Akon or Kardinal Offishall with her for the Canadian dates. For some of the European dates she had Adam Tensta, and for the UK dates, she had David Jordan and Ciara. Kat DeLuna, DanceX and Ray Lavender also did some concerts.
RiRi must have consumed a lot of peppermint tea during her tour: if she has a hectic day and knows she’ll be performing later, she drinks peppermint tea because it soothes her vocal cords. She loves performing for her fans, however, and enjoys it much more than performing at big awards shows.
This tour showed off how sexy Rihanna can be, and she wore several leather outfits which some people at the time thought were too revealing. She had totally changed her image from her first tour. Reviewers generally liked theshow, and Jason Macneil from the Canadian Online Explorer wrote in his review of the Toronto show: ‘The singer made a rather eye-popping impression, opening with “Pon de Replay” and clad in a sexy, dominatrix-like studded black leather ensemble.
‘Supported by four dancers and a six-piece band, the performer did a bit of choreographed dance steps during the set but relied mainly on slick, radio-friendly hooks early on with “Let Me” from her 2005 debut album, Music of the Sun, and “Break It Off ” from 2006’s A Girl Like Me. The biggest highlight was the catchy, dance-infused “Don’t Stop the Music” that had many boogieing in the aisles.’
Many reviewers felt that it wasn’t the best concert they had ever seen, but for her first full-blown world tour, Rihanna did really well. MTV’s Cheryl Leong said in her review: ‘She succeeded in getting the audience in the entire stadium on its feet to an immensely enjoyable head-bobbing , feet-thumping, body-swaying fest. Taking a breather from her bouncy club hits, Rihanna brought on some of her slower tracks like “Hate That I Love You” and “Unfaithful.”
‘I did enjoy myself a whole lot at the concert. It just wasn’t the most mind-blowing. Nevertheless, she did what she does best, which is to bring out an entire collection of #1 singles “live.”’
For those fans unable to see the tour, Rihanna made it available to them via the internet, when she allowed MSN Music to host a recording of the Montreal concert on its site. A DVD was also made of the Manchester concertwhich was included on the deluxe version of Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded.
In April 2009 Rihanna would begin touring again, this time as a support act on Kanye West’s ‘Glow In The Dark’ Tour.
A few weeks into ‘The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour’, she was spotted chatting to actor Josh Hartnett in the New York club, Pink Elephant. The press started saying they were an item, but this wasn’t the case at all, as Rihanna explained in an interview with Allure magazine: ‘This is what really happened. He and my management, they have each other’s contact information. I went to Pink Elephant, and he came by. All of a sudden, the next day I’m seeing that we were kissing and hugging each other. You can’t even go out with a friend who’s a celebrity and have a good time without people making [bleep] up. Well, at least he’s good-looking, right?’
Rihanna was so busy with the tour that she didn’t have time for a boyfriend. She was jetting off all over the place, and having a relationship wasn’t high on her priority list: when she had a day off, she just wanted to have a lie-in and then catch up on TV, not go on dates.
And she definitely didn’t need the stress that relationships can sometimes cause. In one interview she talked about a
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