Right let's try this again.
On Sunday (28/7/13) Rihanna performed the final concert of the European
leg of her Diamonds World Tour in Helsinki, Finland. Provided no new
dates are added the tour will resume in Macau, China on September 13th
(13/9/13). Before that though there is a six week tour break in which
Rihanna is more or less free to make up her own schedule.
The original plan was that Rihanna and her core tour party would spend
this time holidaying on a yacht on the French Rivera. Obviously during
that time she would be joined by friends and family and before the
European leg of the tour began there was a lot of speculation that
Rihanna would be joined by Chris Brown. There were even rumours that
they would be getting married. The choice of location was meant to make
the French - who are the key players in the Mali operation - feel they
were being given special access to observe Rihanna during this period.
In reality though it would be the UK who be granted the main access to
the behind the scenes goings on through Cara Delivinge who was expected
to join Rihanna for the duration of the holiday. The UK would then use
this information to put pressure on Australia ahead of their general
election and Rihanna's series of concerts there and in neighbouring New
Zealand in September/October. For example Rihanna will be travelling
into Australia from the Philippines mimicking the well established route
of boat people immigrants who are a major issue within Australian
politics. The problem is though that since this plan was drawn up
several important things have changed.
The first of these is that the plan for the European leg of the tour
simply didn't happen. The original idea was that the disruption caused
by the North American leg of the tour would leave everybody in Europe so
frustrated at Rihanna they would attempt to lash out against her in
revenge. In order to do this they would have to rely on detailed
information about her personality and routines. They would have to
obtain this information from the UK putting the UK in a strong and
central role within the European Union (EU). As things turned out though
very few people had any desire to lash out at Rihanna so there was no
great conversation between the UK and the EU, Rihanna didn't run into
any problems or border crossings/customs posts and by all accounts
Rihanna's core tour party irritated and annoyed the other guests at
hotels they were staying in rather than it being the other way around.
Of course the Americans did try and put a few things on to get the
political aspect moving but these were small, simple and failed to gain
any real traction. For example Rihanna's trip to Turkey which should
have been all about Islamic attitudes to forced marriage, honour killing
and Rihanna's claimed role in the 'Arab Spring' was totally drowned out
by the Gezi Park/Taksim Square protests. At a festival in Denmark
Rihanna appeared on stage wearing something resembling traditional male
Arab dress in an effort to promote discussion about the Danish youth's
attitudes towards Islam with particular reference to Islamic modesty
standards - the wearing of the veil has always been a big issue in
norther European nations. In Poland Rihanna tried to spend the day at a
public beach and was mobbed by fans in order to promote discussion about
former Soviet states near worship of western icons such as the EU. On
stage in Norway Rihanna wore an outfit emblazoned with the word "Pussy."
This was supposed to be interpreted as Rihanna insulting either me or
Chris Brown for not attempting to join her during her tour. I can't
speak for Chris Brown but I remain more than happy to get involved. The
problem is that Rihanna doesn't seem to want be involved which is a
pity.
The second major change was that the governing Australian Labor Party
dropped Julia Gillard as their leader. Gillard is/was deeply unpopular
amongst average Australian voters meaning that the Labor Party headed by
her was facing certain defeat at the upcoming election. The Australian
opposition Conservative Party is much more in favour of close ties with
the UK with whom it shares a Monarch. Therefore the Conservatives desire
to rely on information from the UK in order to harass Rihanna during
her visit would be a good way for the UK to test out the Conservative
Party and any potential coalition partners committement to remaining
part of the UK Commonwealth. With a Labor Party under the leadership of
Kevin Rudd the Australian election now seems like being a much closer
affair. With the Labor Party unlikely to have any desire to rely on UK
information a rabid desire by the Conservatives to lash out at Rihanna
could well become a turn off amongst voters and potential coalition
partners meaning the Labour Party rather than the Conservative Party end
up heading Australia's next government.
The third major change is that Rihanna's tour has not been going well.
Although no-one at a governmental level has been making life difficult
for her the European leg of the tour has been marked by late appearances
and somewhat weak performances which have left fans frustrated. The
majority of this frustration has been vented only on the Internet
however there were plans for Rihanna fans to sarcastically throw fake
USD bills at her during her concerts and at a concert in Manchester, UK
on July 16th (16/7/13) Rihanna had crisps and other food stuffs thrown
at her by fans frustrated at her late arrival. On July 24th (24/7/13)
Rihanna burst into tears on stage during her concert in Lille, France.
For discretion's sake I didn't comment on this at the time but seems to
be a sign of emotional exhaustion that will be solved by simply allowing
Rihanna to de-stress. However this sort of thing is one of the warning
signs of impending serious psychological problems such as a nervous
breakdown. As such the incident caused major ripples amongst the
international diplomatic community which were mainly played out through a
series of faults with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Even Qatar who
are not famed for respecting human rights and are supposedly having all
this violence against Rihanna carried out in their name grounded a 787
for a week to carry out an investigation. However they did conclude that
it was only a small, temporary problem and gave permission for the
plane to fly again. With there being a general consensus that Rihanna
played no role in the 'Arab Spring' and Egypt getting rid of Mohamed
Morsi it is now widely viewed that continuing with the campaign against
Rihanna would be a public relations disaster for any nation involved.
So as a result the US cancelled Rihanna's yachting holiday by getting
the Judge in her case against Berdon LLP to fine her around USD50,000
and ordering her to attend a deposition hearing in the US in mid-August
under threat of the case being dismissed entirely putting Rihanna at
risk of criminal prosecution for tax evasion. While I've yet to have it
confirmed I understand that Rihanna is either currently on route to or
has already arrived at her home in Los Angeles, US. With Chris Brown
still not having been served with a restraining order preventing him
from contacting Rihanna I think the US' intention is to use the
speculation about whether the two will meet up to concentrate on putting
pressure on the African nations involved in the Mali operation with
South Africa being a particular target. What I find amusing is that the
US has been trying to convince the UK that it's cancelled Rihanna's
holiday as punishment for the UK not doing enough to harass me through
this criminal damage case. Sunday's jewellery theft on the French Rivera
is obviously a reference to the change of plans. However looking at it
closely it seems to be an Israeli millionaire acting privately to bonk
the French on the nose for being so greedy.
Personally I just hope that over the coming six weeks Rihanna and her
core tour party get plenty of time to rest and relax in LA. I believe
Chris Brown is still in Switzerland and I hope he stays there because I
for one feel much happier when there is at least an ocean between the
two.
(Originally Posted) 17:15 on 29/7/13.
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