Rihanna’s first London gig seemingly failed to set the capital alight on Friday. The pop beauty brought her ANTI World tour to Wembley Arena, but didn’t draw in crowds as she’s known to do.
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Not only that, audience members complained that the singer disappeared from stage for up to 10 minutes at a time.
A source told Mirror UK: ‘She rushed through the songs and everything was double the tempo. There were 10 minute dance breaks where she went off stage and nobody knew what is going on.
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‘People weren’t too happy with the performance and there were a lot of empty seats.’
Some fans took to Twitter to point out just how empty the 90,000 capacity north-west London venue was.
Been to every @rihanna tour to date… to say Wembley was a mess and disappointment is an understatement. Half full, mostly mimed joke!
— Ryan Nolan (@RyanNolan91) June 24, 2016
why does Rihanna’s show at Wembley look hella empty? sold out where???
— ~ (@nswj96) June 24, 2016
Omg Wembley is so empty for Rihanna #RihannaAtWembley #ANTIWorldTour pic.twitter.com/JtbnyX9ok7
— Connor Briggs (@ConnorBriggs) June 24, 2016
Wembley Stadium in London is literally half-empty dring #ANTIWorldTour. Is Rihanna over or the Brits are shook because of #Brexit?
— Arthur (@arturbozikjan) June 24, 2016
All off those lights. Rihanna not that great live sadly @ Wembley Football Stadium https://t.co/MmJsLTqM6B
— Joe Addai (@joe_addai) June 24, 2016
However, plenty of fans also praised the performance, with one describing it as ‘epic’.
