Between Eminem's legendary but reclusive rap status and Rihanna being one of pop music's most consistent hit-makers of the past decade, the Monster tour launch drew an impressively panoramic cross-section of 60,000 fans. From family scenes of tweens with parents in tow to packs of twenty-something men and women to a middle-aged contingent who bought The Slim Shady LP when it first debuted in early 1999, there was a festive, communal energy around the stadium.

With the sun setting in the distance, the show started with a short film with Eminem as a Hannibal Lecter-type character in an isolation chamber and Rihanna as his Clarice Starling, leading to the pair hitting the expansive stage to open with "Numb," their collaboration from her 2012 album, Unapologetic.

Shifting into a version of Jay Z's "Run This Town," the pair performed a handful of hits together including T.I.'s "Live Your Life" and "Won't Back Down" before Eminem disappeared into the shadows to allow Rihanna to perform an extended set of her icy electro R&B hits.

Touching on tracks including "Phresh Out the Runway," "Rude Boy" and "What's My Name," Rihanna took on all aspects of her sound, with a bombastic take on "Rock Star 101″ (complete with an interpolation of The Who's "Baba O'Reilly"), the big ballad "Stay" which turned into a massive singalong and the EDM-tinged party track, "Where Have You Been," all of which set the stage for Eminem's return on the duo's joint single, "Love the Way You Lie."