Rihanna stays too long at Dead Sea, shows up to Tel Aviv concert hours late

The Middle Eastern leg of Rihanna's “Diamonds” tour has been half sold-out stadiums, half location-themed “>kicked her out for posing too sexy) and, just yesterday, in a liberated bikini at the Dead Sea in Israel.

But according to various reports, Rihanna's warm autumn day at the Dead Sea may have pushed into her stage time at Yarkon Park, where over 50,000 fans showed up to make it the largest concert by a female performer in Israeli history.

The Wah-wah.

To say the Rihanna concert in Tel Aviv was highly anticipated is a vast understatement. She's one of the most overplayed artists on the city's nightclub circuit, and posters for her shows have lined the streets for months. Tickets were going for upward of $100 at the end there. The even called her “the real mayor of Tel Aviv.”

Rihanna apparently tried to make up for her diva entrance by shouting “TEL AVIV!!!” hella times, telling the crowd what “fucking rockstars” they were, and ending the night with a love note: “Thank you guys so much for making tonight super-duper special,” she said before launching into “Diamonds,” the final track. “I will never, ever forget this show, and I hope that I get to see you very soon. I had an amazing time, Tel Aviv.” However, ” style=”font-size: 12px;”>noted that “if every newspaper in the country sent ppl to the @rihanna concert & only Haaretz heard a pro-Palestinian comment, it probably didn't happen.”)

[Update: Below, the Instagram photo shoot that preceded the firestorm. Hopefully Israel's favorite Barbadian learned her lesson: After a long and glamorous afternoon at the Dead Sea, it takes at least a full evening to wash off the stink.