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Episode #425 · Rihanna 777 Tour: Day 1 Mexico CityNovember 2012 · 00:05:14
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0:00So we just got off the bus here at LAX. We're about to hit the flight to Mexico City on the Rihanna 777. We're 150 during less 82 countries. It's going to be crazy. I got my camera ready to go. It's a bit rolling here. Let's get a little shot of you in the video. So we got two cameras. We're ready to go off to Mexico City. You can take off and get to Mexico City.
1:12And it looks just like there's no preparation for this tour.
2:09It's just a nice way. That's all the show. I'm going to stay at the choreography. That's what I like. It's so structural. I just came by, just started pouring. Orange champagne for people. I took a shot of something, her manager gave me. I don't really know.
3:02While I'm running around here shooting this place, it's nuts. I got burgers here to at least shoot me for a second. So I can say, hey, what's going on? This place is crazy. Mexico City, there's people lined up around the corner. The streets are packed. You can't even move out there. People are just begging for tickets. People are holding up and LED signs. They say, please, please let me into the show. The Hongo Rock is DJing now. Rihanna's up soon. This place is not the first day of the 7-7 tour. If this is anything to expect over the next couple of days, I'm not sleeping all week. I can keep dancing for hours.
4:38Fansongs, hit songs. There's a little bit of everything. She's done a little bit of run this town. The Jay Z-Tun she even threw in. Start diamonds, a little bit of diamonds from Sierra Leone. You know the Jay Z-Tun representing Rock Nation. I cannot wait for Toronto to know our knife. This was night one of the 7-7 tour. I am so pumped for the rest of this thing. And we even have a huge, huge surprise. You start for you tomorrow in Toronto. You guys have fun? Yeah! Yeah!
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