Rihanna Performs Live in Stockholm and Toronto![Image]()
Her trend of wrapping the outerwear jacket around her waist, off and on stage, lives on with each step of the 777 Tour.
It took about five seconds of scanning The Berns, the venue for Rihanna's third show on her 777 tour, to realize how different the crowd would be from Mexico City and Toronto. The Stockholm club's ornate crystal chandeliers were the most visible, but far from only, sign of opulence and wealth. This is where the beautiful people play. Women dressed in cocktail dresses mingled with guys in button-downs accessorized by expensive watches and champagne bottles. It was the first show we'd been to with a cordoned-off bottle service section, but no worries if you weren't rich enough to buy a private corner of the club; one guy just bought a champagne bottle at the bar and started passing it around to anyone interested. There was a members-only club in the basement. I felt temporarily insecure in well-worn Gap and Pumas, but it subsided.
After apologizing for being late to the show and telling Stockholm "thank you for being the sh*t," Rihanna rocked the same set as Toronto's -- sans "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" and the rumored Kanye guest appearance. So much for crossing my fingers and toes. Unlike her Toronto show, fans didn't choose between a new "Unapologetic" (Nov. 19) track or "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)." Rihanna went ahead and performed new song "Stay," for the second time ever. She debuted the song during her musical guest appearance on 'Saturday Night Live,' earlier this month. ...
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