Rihanna Running Late

The first two Australian shows of Rihanna’s “Diamonds World Tour” received negative reviews in the Australian media.

She kept the audience waiting for 40 minutes at Perth Arena and almost 90 minutes at the   where she was booed when she finally arrived onstage.

One Adelaide fan Tweeted that she left without seeing Rihanna.

Other criticisms were that the first part of the show – “this reggae shit” as one fan put it – was light on hits, and that the star seemingly slurred as she spoke.

But at both shows Rihanna turned the crowd around with an energetic second half of the 100-minute show and was called back for an encore.