Red-hot Rihanna rocks and shocks the O2

HAVING started the British leg of her loud tour with an unceremonious eviction from a farmer’s field in Bangor, Rihanna was back where she belongs last night — centre stage and belting out her hits to a packed arena.

Following three sell-out, albeit late-running nights at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena, the 23-year-old Barbadian (real name Robyn Rihanna Fenty) showed up on time and rocked Dublin’s O2 in a two-hour, over the top showcase of everything she does best: Catchy pop songs, steamy outfits and raunchy performances.

Never one to shy away from controversy, Rihanna’s 2010 X-factor appearance led to thousands of complaints, as did her X-rated S&M video earlier this year.