Today Rihanna performed her third and final concert in Auckland, New Zealand.
As always Rihanna's CIA handlers/Live Nation are still insisting on an
information blackout. However from the unofficial information that is
beginning to trickle out I can tell you that Rihanna appeared on stage
well within the expected 15-20 minutes of lateness. Rihanna went on to
perform the standard set-list and costume changes but as with all the
performances at the Vector Arena the stage set was slightly trimmed back
due to a smaller stage. From the tiny glimpses of video that are
available it appears that Rihanna put in a vocal strong and energetic
performance.
If Rihanna had delivered a poor performance it would not have been for a
lack of behind the scenes pressure on her coming almost exclusively
from the US. Firstly Chris Brown has been in Houston, Texas, US over the
last few days alongside on again/off again girlfriend Kerruche Tran.
Yesterday Tran posted a picture on Twitter/Instagram featuring what fans
think is Chris Brown's arm in the background leading to speculation
that they are once again together. Although I must confess I'm not an
expert in what Chris Brown's arms look like I have to say that I'm not
convinced. The purpose of sending Brown and Tran to the same city at the
same city at the same time was though of course intended to reduce the
clamour for the restraining order keeping Brown away from Rihanna to be
reinstated by giving the impression that the potential for a
relationship between the two is now over. This has the knock-on effect
of being slightly upsetting for Rihanna because I suspect she still has
enough residual feeling for Brown to prevent Rihanna from sending
Kerruche Tran a thank you gift for taking that particular bullet for
her.
Secondly rumours are doing the rounds that Rihanna has had a major
falling out with her long time friend Melissa Forde which has resulted
in Forde being kicked off the tour and sent home to Barbados. I am in no
position to confirm nor deny these rumours and I'm really not the
person to be commenting on this. That's because I think it is well
established that I have long been a source of tension between Rihanna
and Forde and things have been getting brutal recently. In fact the
purpose of getting Rihanna to appear on UK Channel 4's "Alan Carr:
Chatty Man" was to give all the people at Channel 4 who have never met
me but seem to hold a massive grudge the opportunity to provide Forde
with lots of ammunition - no matter how false - to use against me. With
the South African concerts coming up this rumour is being put about in
order to create speculation about Forde's sexuality by giving the
impression that the falling out between the two has been caused by
Forde's unrequited sexual attraction to Rihanna. The unconfirmed rumour
also forces people to pay attention to Rihanna's tour to find out if
it's true or not.
Although I cannot confirm that rumour one way or another I am starting
to er on the side of thinking that it is true. However if a falling out
rather then Forde simply having urgent business to attend to away from
the tour has occured I think it was caused by an argument about the
amount of information that should be provided during the tour and
whether Rihanna should be following my advice or Forde's advice rather
then anything sexual.
(Orginally Posted) 11:55 on 8/10/13 (UK date).
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