I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour

• Released: 14 May 2002 (live DVD)
• Date of concerts: April-October 1991
• Countries: USA/Canada, Europe

   

• official fan club Tour info
  (April 1991):

  Whitney's North American concert tour started on April 18 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The "I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour" is scheduled to appear in 70 cities throughout the US and Canada and will continue through late summer, followed by Europe! Whitney will perform hits from her latest multi-platinum release, "I'm Your Baby Tonight" as well as many songs from her previous two albums. Backing Whitney will be a 7-piece band, background vocalists including her brother Gary and dancers.

   

• Setlist:

  . i wanna dance with somebody
  . so emotional
  . saving all my love for you
  . how will i know
  . --- interval (yo whitney yo)
  . love medley:

  . all at once/
  . a house is not a home (gary)/
  . didn't we almost have it all/
  . a house is not a home/
  . where do broken hearts go
  
  . say u lov me (ad lib)
  . all the man that i need
  . --- interval (band members playing)
  . my name is not susan
  . anymore (*) included sometimes
  . gospel songs:
  . revelation - band presentation
  . He's alright
  . this day
  . in return (*)
  . marvin gaye medley:
  . mercy mercy me/
  
  . what's going on (gary)
  . who do you love
  . i'm your baby tonight
  . greatest love of all

   

  Audio samples:

  • Who do you love
  • All the man that I need
  • This Day

   

  The Band:

  . Musical Director: Rickey Minor
  . Bass guitar: Rickey Minor
  . Bass synthesizer: Rickey Minor
  . Guitar: Ray Fuller
  . Keyboards: Bette Sussman
  . Keyboards: Michael Bearden
  . Saxophones/EWI: Kirk Whalum
  . Drums: Ricky Lawson
  . Percussion: Bashiri Johnson
  . Background Vocalists:

  Gary Houston,

  Vonchita Rawls,

  Carmen Rawls,

  Tiawana Rawls
  . Choreographer: Khandi Alexander
  . Assistant Choreographer:

  Andrea Lawent Chaules
  . Dancers:

  Jonathan Webb,

  Diesko Boyland,

  Bryant Cash-Welch,

  Luca Tommassini

   

  MTV News info
  (February 1991):

  TOUR POSTPONED - Whitney Houston has decided to cancel her sell out European concert tour because of the Gulf War. Whitney was due to start the tour with 18 dates in the UK, beginning at Wembley Arena in London on March 25. All concerts are now going to be re-scheduled for August and September. It is said that the decision to cancel the dates wasn't made by Whitney alone but was a group decision, with the crew, who thought that the entire safety of the team would be at risk if she went ahead.

   

  Dates for the "I'm Your Baby Tonight" World Tour

  april 18: Thompson Bowling Arena, KnoxvilleTN
  april 20: Rupp Arena, Lexington KY
  april 21: Assembly Center, Champaign IL
  april 23: Hearnes Center, Columbus MO
  april 24: Hilton Coliseum, Ames IA
  april 26: Carver Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City IA
  april 27: Target Center, Minneapolis MN
  april 29: Arena, Winnipeg MAN
  may 1: Saskatchewan Place, Saskatoon SASK
  may 3: Northlands Arena, Edmonton ALB
  may 5: Saddledomo, Calgary ALB
  may 7: PNE, Vancoucer BC
  may 8: Memorial Coliseum, Portland OR
  may 9: Seattle CenterColiseum, Seattle
  may 11: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland CA
  may 12: Arco Arena, Sacramento CA
  may 13: Shoreline Amphi, MountainView CA
  may 16: Forum, Los Angeles CA
  may 17: Pacific Amphi, Orange County CA
  may 19: Desert Sky Amphi, Phoenix AZ
  may 21: Thomas & Mack, Las Vegas NV
  may 23: Tingley, Albuquerque NM
  may 24: Fiddlers Green, Denver CO
  may 25: Salt Palace, Salt Lake City UT
  may 28: UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans LA
  may 30: Myriad, Oklahoma City OK
  may 31: StarpleX Amphitheatre, Dallas TX
  june 2: Woodlands Pavillion, Houston TX
  june 4: HemisFair conv ctr arena, SanAntonioTX
  june 5: Erwin Center, Austin TX
  june 7: JeffersonCounty Civic ctr, Birmingham AL
  june 9: Civic Center, Pensacola FL
  june 10: Orlando Arena, Orlando FL
  june 11: Miami Arena, Miami FL
  june 13: Carolina Coliseum, Columbia SC
  june 15: Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta GA
  june 16: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro NC
  june 19: UTC Arena, Chattanooga TN
  june 20: Starwood Amphi, Nashville TN
  june 22: Riverport, St. Louis MO
  june 23: Starlight Amphi, Kansas City MO
  june 25: Civic Auditorium, Omaha NE
  june 27: Summerfest, Milwaukee WI
  june 28: Deer Creek Music Ctr, Indianapolis IN
  june 30: World Music Theatre, Chicago Ill
  july 3: Joe Lewis Arena, Detroit MI
  july 5: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton VA
  july 6: Blockbuster Pavillion, Charlotte NC
  july 7: Walnut Creek Amphi, Raleigh NC
  july 10: Blossom Music Center, Cleveland OH
  july 11: Capitol Music Center, Columbus OH
  july 13: Star Lake Amphi, Pittsburgh PA
  july 14: Richmond Coliseum, Richmond VA
  july 16: Merriweather Post, Columbia MD
  july 17: Civic Center, Providence RI
  july 19: The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
  july 20: Stadium, Hershey Park PA
  july 21: Performing Arts Center, Saratoga NY
  july 23: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
  july 26: Meadowlands Arena, E. Rutherford NJ
  july 27: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati OH
  july 29: Tanglewood, Lennox MA
  july 30: Finger Lakes PAC, Canandaigua, NY
  aug. 1: Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo NY
  aug. 3: Civic Center, Hartforf, CT
  aug. 4: Performing Arts Center, Killington VT
  aug. 6: Great Woods, Mansfield MA
  aug. 7: Great Woods, Mansfield MA
  aug. 9: Seashore Performing Arts Center, Portland ME
  aug. 10: Holman Stadium, Nashua NH
  aug. 11: Magnetic Hill concert ctr, Moncton NB
  aug. 13: Metro Center, Halifax NS
  aug. 15: Forum, Montreal QUE
  aug. 16: Central National Exhib.Stadium,Toronto ONT
  aug. 17: Central National Exhib.Stadium,Ottawa ONT

  on to Europe...

   

  aug. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 & sept. 1:

  National Exhibition Center, Birmingham UK
  sept. 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 & 15:

  Wembley Arena, London UK
  sept. 17, 18, 19:

  S.E.C.C., Glasgow UK
  sept. 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 & 27:

  Ahoy, Rotterdam NL
  sept. ?:

  La Corona (Spain)
  oct. 1 & 2:

  Bercy, Paris (F)

   

  Concert Reviews

  - Los Angeles Daily News, May 17 - "... Houston executed some snazzy dance steps, sang several melodically complex medleys and exhibited remarkable poise during her ballads. Taking in Houston's show was like watching a thoroughbred go through its paces."

  - USA Today, May 17 - "In concert, she shakes the confinements of her recording's calculated production and gets downright gutsy and soulful. Yes, soulful."

   

  Interesting tidbits

  backstage visitors at Whitney's Los Angeles show: Anita Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Swayze, Jasmine Guy, Luther Vandross

  (interval - La Coruna, Spain) "yo whitney yo", by rap artists

  La Coruna: 2 costume changes - 3 gospel songs - 1 gary solo - the show was taped but it was not released as a home video

   

  official fan club Tour info
  (November 1991):

  Terry Maphis, an American fan who saw the final performance of Whitney's European tour at the Bercy Hall in Paris, tells the fans about the show:

  "You could feel the electricity in the air at the Bercy Concert Hall. It was packed with eager Parisians anxiously waiting to see their favorite superstar.

  When Whitney's band started, we could hardly believe it - the crowds went crazy! When Whitney first appeared on stage saying "... Bonsoir Paris... Bonsoir!", I thought the house would come down. Her first song was "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" and everyone immediately got up on their chairs and started singing along. I thought it was quite amazing that many of the French people didn't even speak English and yet they knew all the words to Whitney's songs.

  A couple of times during the show, there were huge firework effects that Norman Williams, Whitney's ingenious production manager, had orchestrated. They were phenomenal and definite crowd pleasers. Whitney sang all of our favorite songs including, "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "Saving all my love", "I get so emotional", and many others. For nearly two hours, she held the crowd spell bound. Her rapport with the audience is so exceptional that no matter what country she's in, they just don't want the show to end."

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info compiled by JL for allwhitney.com
thanks whitney's official fan club, MTV Europe

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