Rihanna performed the song live for the first time at the 2009 American Music Awards , which was televised on November 22 , 2009 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles , California , as part of a medley with the second single released from the album , " Hard " . In his review of the performance , Gil Kaufman of MTV commented on the main aspects of the spectacle , commenting that she was wearing a " skintight white catsuit bisected by cut-out lines that revealed horizontal lines of skin across her body , spiked shoulder pads , white studded cuffs and a barbed-wire bracelet snaking up her right forearm . " The performance started with a sci-fi themed video clip , which featured Rihanna being operated on by robots . After finishing " Wait Your Turn , " Rihanna transitioned into " Hard " , whilst red lasers shone throughout the stage and audience , as well as from her spiked shoulder pads
2009 American Music Awards
American Music Awards of 2009
Wait Your Turn