It has nearly been a week after The Queen Rihanna, whome the
quad squad are all fans of, graced us with her presence at the Johannesburg
part of her Diamond’s World Dour. It is safe to say that I still have post
concert depression and this probably goes for a whole lot of her fans.
At the tender age of 24 Rihanna has numerous hits under her
belt, 7 albums, high par endorsement deals and a career that is incomparable to
most. She still maintains a strong home grounding and we absolutely adore her fashion sense and bad girl attitude. Rihanna
takes risks with her music and her style, this is why she is our style icon.
The star arrived on the 12th of October at OR international and social
networks went crazy because everyone was trying to get a glimpse of Rihanna.
My arrival in Johannesburg came with a burst of excitement,
half pinching myself in disbelief and half imagining the experience of seeing
one of my childhood and current Idols live. The countdown October 13th
was one that had started from the moment I got my ticket in April. When we got to the stadium we settled in to
our general seating places which were a bit far from the Queen’s place on stage
so as a stan and Rihanna Navy I felt it was an injustice to not be right in
front to see her. I literally walked around the stadium trying to look for
spare golden circle tickets and when that mission failed I went back to my seat
defeated. The lights went off Rihanna opened her show with her first song and the crowd went completely crazy. I cried whilst singing along to Fresh off The Runway with my cousin and sister and I knew I had to make another plan to get into
golden circle. I mustered the courage to walk to the gate and go try my luck by
asking a security guard to let me in- my persuasion skills worked and I’m
pretty sure my story about what a big fan I am touched him.
The opening act was electronic dance duo, GTA and they entertained us with an hour long of hecticly cool dance jams and fist pumping music. “Rihanna where are you?” Fans yelled as the clock approached 8:15pm. After she finally hit the stage, she held it under siege. She sang most of her hits- ranging from the very first hits to the current chart blazers. She opened with her single from the Unapologetic album “Fresh off the runway” and it was quite a show. She wore a very Janet Jackson circa 1980’s inspired look: embellished black pants and jacket suit as well as a matching embellished cap. Although she did not have any outfit changes until the end, I loved watching her and she brought the stage alive. Her big hits “Pour it up” and “Where have you been?” got us all moving. From where I stood, I could not see a single empty seat, Soccer City stadium was full to the brim and it was all for the Queen . The last song she sang was “Diamonds” fittingly and the crowd went crazy, we were all singing in unison and it was such a beautiful moment. Rihanna gave us a final “Thank you, Jo-hannes-BURG, I love you and I’ll be sure to come back soon”. My heart melted and I wished she stayed longer.
The most memorable part of the night was when a fan gave her the South African flag which she then wore as she left the stage- another salute to the vibrant audience who had given her a warm welcome to our country. I don’t think I will ever forget the experience. Thank you Rihanna for making my year. The quad squad will forever remember the diamonds world tour.
Some pictures of what went down outside before the concert at Soccer City.
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