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Yesterday, on 14th of March Rihanna performed in Finland, on her scandinavian leg of "Good Girl Gone Bad" World Tour. We were in there and got great bunch of pictures and videos(That we will be posting later). Arena was packed with fans waiting for her to perform. 3 Hours of standing up was soon forgotten when the lights went off and the show started. Curtain falls and Rihanna appears on stage in sexy, provocative black leather outfit. The show started with "Pon De Replay", her first hit that really got people to go crazy. Rihanna performed well and was very confident. She performed "Break it Off" and "Let Me", that were okay too.
After those she performed slow number, "Rehab" that was vocally one of the best in the show. Really outstanding. After that, came one of my favourite performances of the night. "Breakin Dishes" was great! She was bitchy and gorgeous performing the song and vocals were hot! There was songs that were just okay and didnt really leave any impact on me. "Is this Love" and "Kisses Dont Lie" were just okay, nothing special. Then she went for a quick change again and came back with pink feather boa on her to perform "S.O.S (Rescue Me)", her second big hit that was big in Finland too. Performance was cool, but ive seen her performing better shows on her promotional performances. But it was still something that I remember well and totally not bad performance, just was expecting more.
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fter "S.O.S" was time for another slower part of the show, where she performed "Good girl gone bad", "Hate That I Love You" and "Unfaitful". Those three were great performances! Especially "Unfaithful", where she had huge cheers from the crowd. She performed it well and really showed the range of her vocal skills. It was weird to hear her performing "Hate That I Love You" without Ne-Yo, but it worked like that too. After those three, she performed "Sell Me Candy", that was once again performance that really didnt really outstand anyway so I cant remember it that much.
After a short break, the party started again when she performed "Dont Stop The Music", her current hit in Finland. Stage was filled with Green and bright lights and she was jumping up and down in the stage. It was great performance with lots of energy and it effected the crowd too. Then right after, "Push Up on Me" started and she was hanging in this cage, twisting and turning while the dancers pushed the cage around the stage. I remember it well, it was gorgeous. After a short while, she started rocking up in the stage with "Shut Up and Drive" and came out with black outfit wearing a leather jacket, similar to the one on the video and she looked fabulous. Two of the backup-dancers were waving chequered flags and Ri danced on the chairs like she did in her earlier performances of the song. Very entertaining!
After the main show was over, she dissappeared on the back of the stage and came back soon to do the Reprise of "Question Existing", and she was sitting on this huge sofa, coloured in zebra-print. Then she performed her very last song, that was of course her biggest hit so far, "Umbrella". She wanted to thank the crowd and said that "Umbrella" was also her biggest hit in Finland. Performance started with acousting intro and continued with the main mix of the song. At the end, the dancers danced with Umbrellas and the show was definitely fulfilled. Great way to end the show.
The show in all was great experience and she looked very sexy and gorgeous. Somehow, against what I thought before, Rihannas show was much sexier than for example Pussycat Dolls live show I went to earlier last year. Vocals were much better than I thought, she has given some bad performances before vocally, so she really were better than I thought. The show itself was kinda good!It could have been bit more effective and visually better, but it was still great show, and all about her. Rihanna is a star.
Videos of the show will be added later, Youtube was being Bitch.
So, This time finally i got to see my favourite Act for the first time performing together!So when VipMedia goes Live....We go crazy with Spice Girls! I got to the London at the same morning, on 9th of January being excited about the gig already.Me and my Friend Erika, that I got to meet face to face for the first time had fun talking about Spice Girls for the whole flight, pissing people off by our constant talking about them.lol. When we finally arrived, First we went to shopping and had blast walking and travelling with Tubes around the London for some hours. Tubes really were sort of easy to understand, and luckily there was two of us figuring the maps up. Then we came to the venue, The O2 to get my Tickets physically!We were so excited to finally take the tickets to our hands and pose with them on the set and then we got to the Merchandise Spot, and bought our hearts off. I got so rushed and excited, I had to run bit further from the set and count my money, before it was all gone.lol.The Official Tour Book is amaizing.Large, huge book with gorgeous photos!I thought it was going to be much smaller and cheap.But it was this HUGE thick thing with Strong pages. It was something i will cherise forever.
I am going straight to the actual consert to tell you everything...
(Dont mind the creepy photo of me.lol)
When the Intro started to play, It was the climax of the excitement!We just screamed our hearts out with Erika and it felt like our hearts were ready to explode. And then the Spice Girls came from the ground with these huge platforms.It was like "WHOA", this is something that ive been waiting for 10 years and more!
It felt like the start of the gig went so quickly, "Spice Up Your Life", "Stop" and "Say Youll be There".Almost right there my camera shot down and said that batteries were low!So, i really got pictures from the start and just about 10 of them were good enough. And that is because I had to take this crappy camera, as my new camera failed to arrive on time. But then again, like that i got to focus on the gig and just suck all the things i saw to my mind and just sing and dance my heart out.It was so fun! It was like non-stop Party with these hearbreaking mixture of joy and sadness.
It was pure delight to see songs like "Holler" performed, it was energic and HOT as hell with all that leather and hot moves and things. I Never thought i would see Melanie C in this full leather outfit performing "Holler", tho we get to see the leather thing on her with "I Want Candy" Even if they didnt need Geri with it, I think i would have enjoyed seeing her joining with the leather outfit, tho I think she has no sence of rhythm and she would have messed up the moves.
"2 Become 1" was beautiful as hell with all the soft gorgeous, but yet classy moves with stripping poles in front of the feathers that made the scene look so pure and beautiful. They just make it to be the most beautiful scene ever. I Love the soft moves! And the vocals were DEATH good.For real. I was overwhealmed how great they were. Victoria got the biggest cheers everytime she opened her mouth, when really she was the weakest link and she knew it.She failed to even try to hit the hight notes on "2 Become 1" and it really lets me down everytime. She should try to be better, especially when people are SO supportive towards her. Still I am bit bitter about the fact that she gets all of the attention, when she is the vocally almost worst, and in "Viva Forever", her line was clearly playback all the way. All the other girls were better, even when Geri Struggled with all the moves, looking back at other girls and trying to keep her moves on time, and her vocals were bit crap especially performing "Headlines", when Emma had to back her down. But overall, Vocals were the best EVER heard with this group of girls.So strong and Live all the way!I am SO proud of them!
Solo spots were also enjoyable and very respectable to include that kind of part to the show, especially when most of the fans have supported them as solo artists too. Emma Performed "Maybe" and it showed that her vocals are stronger than ever and she had loads of fun, and it looked great with the stylish stage and her dress! Victorias scene was to use catwalk to her own private show, and miming "Like a Virgin" Remix version. It was such a dare to walk away with just that, while others worked it. But then again, It is what Victoria does and loves to do, Fashion. And the part really shows her huge sence of humour and how much guts she has. Melanie B did this sexy cover of "Are You Gonna go my Way" by taking a guy from audience (So fake, should have been Random guy for real and not someone chosen before the show.) and rubbing herself to this guy while singing and playing with her whip. At first it was very Melanie B-ish and entertaining. But then it got to the point it was bit too much, humping the guys face with her crotch. Geri was positive Surprise. Even when she struggeled trough the show with the girls, she seemed so strong and independent when she performed "Its Raining Men" as solo. Her outfit and the whole set was well planned and it worked, and made huge impact on fans, even when I thought i would not be as excited about it as i was, I was dancing around like mad! Well, To me the best thing was seeing Melanie C performing "I Turn To You". I Wish she would have wore something cooler, and something unique and sexy, but still i Loved it. The Green Laser Lights were gorgeous, JUST what the song needed! It was gorgeous performance, best of all three performances i have seen from her live so far.She is clearly the force that drives this thing called Spice Girls.
Best moments beside "Holler and "2 Become 1" were propably these two."Who Do you Think You are", that took us back to the golden 90s when the girls were at their best, Spicy and energic. With that song performed, you could really see the Ginger,Sporty,Posh,Scary and Baby. They really adobted the roles well. I thought the new dress looked like cheap version of the classic Jack union-Dress, when in reality the classic one cost about 5 pounds and the New improved outfit was more like 500 Pounds, or even more. Melanie C looked GORGEOUS in the purple fun outfit, it was SO fun! Their looks were just heaven, I wish we could see some Promo shots, Studio pictures from the outfits on them someday. "Viva Forever" is the other song. The consert was mixture of happiness and sadness. You went trought your whole life and feelings with those two hours: Memories, Tears, Laughter, Excitement, Your childhood and Dreams and you just enjoyed like never before."Viva Forever" is emotional ride to me, it has always been. I cant really explain it, It just has always been the biggest song there was. It was on that one summer, the only song I heard from them and after it, I turned into this HUGE fan, like MAD.The song started and i was dying.The Tour version that features Tango-scenes, did not ruin the song for me as i thought before. I think that made the song even bigger, More powerful and very breath-takingly Gorgeous. To halfway of the song, i was holding back the tears really badly, and the dance break started just in time before i was about to broke down. After that, I could listen to rest of the song and not fall into the sadness again. Spice Girls have been big part of my life, my musical life and the memories.These songs are just painfully good, and sad as hell.I have always had these weak spots and they just hit them like hell. I can really see people enjoying this Tour emotionally, as it reminds you from something you experienced.These songs are so powerful. These kind of songs like "Viva Forever" and "Goodbye" are painful to the fans, as they remind you about the state of Spice, They will soon go and never come back. It is like giving away part of yourself.
But Professionally, The show was well put together and they really DID make a best Pop show for years!I thought they were going to be good, but they were AMAIZING. I think ANYONE could enjoy this! Fucking two-Hour long Orgasm! I was very impressed and cant wait to go back! It was Expensive trip and i didnt sleep at all but it was SO Worth it.I recommend EVERYONE to see them perform.There is ALWAYS some song that you will love and you just cant hate all five of them! After the Gig, it really felt so strange, it still feels like it was a dream, this cloud that wont disappear anytime soon. Maybe my feet will touch the ground someday, but not soon.
Rumours are that the tour will go on til September, but well see.Wouldnt it be cool?I Want the reunion to last forever.
(Two pictures above are taking by me, rest are photos from all over the press)
