Joe Sanchez, who serves as a production manager, stated that he started designing it since last year and it has been in construction for five weeks. Scenes are intercuted with people building the stage up together. The production assistant of the stage, Cody Osborne explained that he worked on it probably for over 18 million hours and he hopes it will work. Ī day later, she posted a third video in which the tour crew describes how the stage will be set up for every show. everything." The stylist assistant, Jahleel Weaver, also spoke and concluded that the most difficult process of the costume creation is making "the storming ideas" reality and further described the show as "dope". Marley Glassroth who served as a costume builder, explained that the theme of the outfits is different for every section of the show, "There is a little bit of rock n' roll, there is a little bit of sexy. She posted the second video on March 2, 2013, in which the crew is preparing the outfits for Rihanna, the dancers and the backup singers. They perform several dance sequences for Rihanna and her team while they are auditioning. The first video featured the dancers auditions for the tour in which contestants applied to participate on the tour.
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In early March 2013, via her official YouTube channel, Rihanna posted a series of videos regarding the preparations for the tour. Ī view of the stage during Rihanna's performance in Singapore on September 22, 2013. On March 13, 2013, the Australian dates were confirmed. A few dates were announced a few days later the official European announcement although they said: more shows are expected to be announced. The singer will tour Europe for two months between late May and late July 2013, taking in the UK during June. On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, Rihanna revealed the European dates. She will bring her tour to 27 cities in North America during two months. The tickets for the concert shows were made available a week later on September 14, 2012. Rihanna's managing company Live Nation Entertainment posted a video on YouTube with the announcement of the North American dates of the tour. On September 7, following the singer's performance at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, she announced that she will embark on her fourth worldwide tour entitled the Diamonds World Tour, to support her then upcoming album. In South Africa, Rihanna created history in Johannesburg at the FNB Stadium where she became the first female and youngest artist to sell out the stadium. She also became the youngest artist to have sold-out shows held at Millennium Stadium (June 10, 2013) and Twickenham Stadium (June 15 & 16, 2013). Rihanna broke numerous records during the tour, becoming the youngest artist to ever headline a sold-out show at France's National Stadium, at the age of 25. The tour grossed $137,982,530 (USD) from 87 shows according to Billboard magazine and was the fifth highest grossing worldwide tour of 2013. Commercially, the Diamonds World Tour was a success, with extra dates added due to high demand.
The tour was met with praise from critics who noted artistic growth. The tour featured support acts including 2 Chainz, ASAP Rocky, David Guetta, and Haim among others. Rihanna's outfits were designed by a variety of designers including Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, Raf Simons of Christian Dior and Alber Elbaz, footwear was designed by French fashion line Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik. The set list for the concerts included songs from a selection of Rihanna's studio albums, the Diamonds World Tour includes five acts and an encore. This was Rihanna's first Australian tour since February 2011 with The Last Girl On Earth Tour.
The tour visited the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia with 96 shows in total. The tour kicked off on Main Buffalo, New York and officially ending on Novemin New Orleans, Louisiana. The tour was announced in September 2012 following the singer's performance at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. It was launched in support of her seventh studio album Unapologetic (2012). The Diamonds World Tour was the fifth concert tour by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna.
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