Rihanna is paying the price for choosing to fly fans and journalists on a jet for her 777 Tour. Due to arriving late for several flights, the singer already owes £200,000 ($319,160) in fines.
Rihanna is currently on her 777 Tour to promote her seventh album, "Unapologetic." For the tour, she is giving seven performances in seven cities in seven days.
She paid for a plane full of journalists and fans to follow her along her tour, however she has to pay more than expected due to late takeoffs. As Rihanna extends her gigs and celebrates at after parties, the flight keeps taking off later than expected. Due to the late takeoffs, the startlet owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
A source told the Sun:
"Rihanna delays going on stage, which throws out the whole schedule."It's a reaction to the fact that every second of her time is accounted for by organisers. She likes to be in control."Her team have been making frantic calls throughout the night to the airports."Every hour that goes by she has to pay for flight clearance on runways and also incurs costs of the private airport teams, customs, baggage handlers and security."The tour will end up costing her a fortune."
Rihanna has been at least an hour late for every show of the tour.The first flight from Mexico to Toronto, Canada was delayed by four hours. Then her plane from Stockholm, Sweden took off three hours late as she had a late start on stage. After her show in Paris, Rihanna was partying until 4 a.m. on Saturday after a 10:30 p.m. end to her show, causing another delay.
She also performed in Berlin, Germany and will play in London, England before heading to New York for her final show.
Although Rihanna made a nice gesture by inviting fans and the media to join her on the plane, she has not made an appearance since the first day, which is making the passengers angry. They've resulted to chanting Rihanna's name and one journalist even went streaking across the plane for entertainment.
"We haven't seen Rihanna offstage since the first day, unless you count her popping up at baggage claim for a few moments on the morning of the second," Rolling Stone writer Jeff Rosenthal said. "From journalists to fans to label reps to airline staff, the general feeling is one of mild depression-cum-hysteria."
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