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November 17, 2008

Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad Tour

By Cheryl Leong
Our Rating: 7/10

Singapore
Singapore Indoor Stadium
November 13, 2008


The beauty from Barbados has made such a monster hit, that security guards at the concert venue had to enforce additional baggage checks for... umbrellas. With what is pleasantly one of the most un-diva-like of arrival times, Rihanna commenced her Good Girl Gone Bad Tour in Singapore at just 25 minutes past schedule.

With the lights focused dimly on the stage as "Disturbia" opened, the crowd roared when they made out the sillouette of Rihanna poised atop a raised podium behind the screens. The stage looked set to burst with an almighty bang for Rihanna's first major headlining tour on our sunny shores.

It was a great let-down then that a glitch with the mike occurred just as Rihanna sang the first few notes. She spent the entire duration raving at the technician, before settling on waving to the audiences. Coming back unfazed with "Breakin' Dishes," Rihanna took the entire standing crowd through another couple of high-octane numbers, before addressing them with apology for the earlier setback.

As much as it was a full-blown dance party with all her previous hit singles making their requisite rounds, Rihanna wasn't much of a dancer herself. And well, she's not exactly known for her vocal prowess either, unless you take her signature whiney twang into account.

Still, 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." The universal favorite "Don't Stop The Music" upped the ante next. And with a cheeky little touch at "Shut Up And Drive," Rihanna headed backstage for a costume change.

Coming back on in a black-and-white feather and chain bodysuit, Rihanna launched into "Take A Bow" before saying her farewells. Now, a Rihanna concert would not be complete without her crooning the song which invested new importance on a humble little tool to shelter from the rain. You know you know it, and you know you've sung to it countless times. It goes... "You can stand under my umbrella... ella ella eh eh eh..." Which pretty much rounded up what felt like just another night in the club, shimmying to Rihanna's greatest hits.

But hold your horses! For while I may sound like a naysayer, I did enjoy myself a whole lot at the concert. It just wasn't the most mindblowing. Nevertheless, she did what she does best, which is to bring out an entire collection of #1 singles 'live.' Suffice to say, Rihanna fans would still undoubtedly be willing to let her stand under their umbrellas anytime.

Set List
Disturbia
Breakin' Dishes
Break It Off
Rehab
Pon De Replay
Paper Planes
Live Your Life
Scratch (short version)
S.O.S
Good Girl Gone Bad
Hate That I Love You
Unfaithful
Don't Stop The Music
Shut Up And Drive

Encore
Take A Bow
Umbrella

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Reviewer: salahrebond Sunday 07 December, 2008    Rating: 10 / 10

"RIHANNA!!!!!!!!!! I"M UR BIGGEST FAN!! EVEN I'M A BOY!!! I CAN SING LIKE YOU BUT BOY VERSION!!!"


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