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. love will save the day The Philadelphia stop included the following:
Buenos Aires, april '94:
Brazil, jan. '94:
New York (Sept. 16, '94)
. Musical Director: Rickey Minor . Dancers:
. Little girls dancers:
US-'93 TOUR DATES:
JULY?: JAPAN-'93 TOUR DATES:
SEPTEMBER EUROPEAN-'93 TOUR DATES OCTOBER NOVEMBER: BRAZIL-'94 TOUR SOUTH AMERICA-'94 TOUR DATES U.S.-'94 TOUR SOUTH AFRICA-'94
On Friday September 16 (1994), Whitney made music history
as she began the first of her seven sold out shows at New York's
historic Radio City Music Hall. In attendance on opening night were
some of Whitney's closest family, friends and music industry VIP's
including Whitney's mother, Cissy Houston, Pebbles, L.A. Reid,
CeCe Winans, Jefferey Osbourne and Kashif.
On other nights, audience
members included, New York's very own Donald Trump & Marla Maples,
Patrick Ewing, Will Downing and fellow diva and cousin, Dionne Warwick.
With Radio City being one of her favorite theaters to perform, audiences
were treated to some very special and memorable nights in the Big Apple.
As the show began and the lights went down, audience members were
sweetly serenaded with the soulful refrain from Whitney's landmark hit
"Greatest Love Of All"; but after several secunds and Whitney failing to
appear on center stage, audience members began looking around to see
where she was. Slowly but surely, they realized that she was
standing and singing from the back of the auditorium!
It was at this moment that Whitney burst into her 1987 hit, "So Emotional",
while rushing down center aisle with the attention of the whole auditorium
focused on her captivating entrance and final explosion onto
the stage. Her mesmerizing opening was met with a roaring standing ovation,
with all eyes and hearts now focused toward the trademark band shell of
Radio City's grand stage.
"So Emotional" was then followed up with a riveting line-up of
her favorties including "Saving All My Love", "I Wanna Dance With
Somebody", "How Will I Know" and a medley of love songs including
"All At Once", "Didn't We Almost Have It All" and "Where Do Broken
Hearts Go". She then belted out her latest popular cross-over hit
single "Queen of the Night" and glided into "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
and a cover of Aretha Franklin's hit, "Freeway of Love".
The first half of Whitney's show was alive with
the energy and excitement of 6,000 fans, background singers,
dancers and her live band, plus a special glimpse of little
Bobbi Kristina early in the show as she came onstage to say
hi to her mom. She seemed to want to stay on the stage so Whitney
sang her a few choruses of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"; and still, a big
surprise was yet to come...
After a brief pause for intermission, audience
members flied back to their seats just in time
for the curtains to part and reveal Whitney on
stage(now in a beautiful golden sequined gown)
surrounded by her band and a spectacular 27 piece
orchestra! The audience went wild as she sang "I Have Nothing"
while being backed by all these musicians.
As a first, Whitney did a moving tribute to her
cousin Dionne Warwick and sang some of Dionne's signature
tunes "Walk On By", "A House Is Not A Home" and "Alfie".
Toward the end of her performance, she sang her international
hit and most famous love song to date, "I Will Always Love You".
At the end of the show, the standing ovation was met with
an encore in which Whitney performed the entire version
of "Greatest Love of All".
With seven fabulous nights at Radio City Music Hall,
Whitney certainly left the 'Big Apple' with something
to remember her by.
WHITNEY CLOSES OUT WORLD CUP - Some of you
may have remembered the international soccer
event, The World Cup Series, that played in several
cities of the US back in July; but how many of you
knew that the World Cup championship finale was also
the setting for a pre-game performance by Whitney
to an estimated viewing audience of 1.8 billion
people?
On July 17th (1994), Whitney performed a medley of her hit songs
to an international viewing audience in over 80 countries
at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Songs sung at the
half time festivities included "I Wanna Dance With Somebody",
So Emotional", "I Will Always Love You", "I'm Every Woman",
"How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love Of All".
Although the event was not broadcast in the U.S., her performance
was well received by the stadium and a worldwide viewing audience.
A portion of the proceeds generated from her performance were
donated on Whitney's behalf to The Whitney Houston Foundation for Children.
Last show of "Bodyguard Tour": September 25, 1994, Radio City
Music Hall, New York
After the last show, Whitney said that having her family
with her everywhere was one of the highlights of the tour for her.
Once the tour was over, Whitney had
lots of rest, followed by a trip to South Africa
where she did 3 concerts in November to help Pdt Nelson Mandela
celebrate freedom for all South Africans.
opening act (U.S. '93): Angie and Debbie Winans (?)
Netherlands price tickets:
Netherlands opening act: E.Y.C.
info compiled by JL for allwhitney.com
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Bodyguard World Tour
. saving all my love for you
. you give good love *
. how will i know
. i wanna dance with somebody
. all at once
. nobody loves me like you do *
. love medley
. all the man that i need
. my name is not susan *
. queen of the night
. i have nothing
. i'm your baby tonight
. revelation
. jesus loves me
. i will always love you
. i'm every woman or something in common
. Bass guitar: Rickey Minor
. Bass synthesizer: Rickey Minor
. Guitar: Carlos Rios
. Keyboards: Bette Sussman
. Keyboards: Wayne Linsey
. Saxophones/EWI: Kirk Whalum
. Drums: Michael Baker
. Percussion: Bashiri Johnson
. Background Vocalists:
Radio City Music Hall, New York
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01: Jo Hall, Osaka
02: Jo Hall, Osaka
03: Travel Day
04: off
05: off
06: Budokan, Tokyo
07: Budokan, Tokyo
08: off
09: Budokan, Tokyo
10: Budokan, Tokyo
11: off
12: off
13: Budokan, Tokyo
14: Budokan, Tokyo
15: Travel Day
16: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya
17: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya
18: Travel Day
19: Yokohama Arena, Yokohama
20: Yokohama Arena, Yokohama
21: Travel Day
22: Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka
23: off
24: Yokohama Arena, Yokohama
27: Budokan, Tokyo
28: Budokan, Tokyo
32 dates across 12 countries:
07: Forum, Milan
08: Forum, Milan
09: off
10: Hallenstadion, Zurich
11: Hallenstadion, Zurich
12: off
13: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
14: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
15: off
16: Globe, Stockholm
17: Sandinavium, Gothenberg (sweden)
18: off
19: Spectrum, Oslo
20: off
21: off
22: Thialf, Hereveen (Holland)
23: MECC, Masstricht (Holland)
24: off
25: Festhalle, Frankfurt
26: off
27: NEC Arena, Birmingham
28: NEC Arena, Birmingham
29: off
30: NEC Arena, Birmingham
31: Arena, Sheffield (England)
01: off
02: Arena, Sheffield
03: Arena, Sheffield
04: off
05: Earls Court, London
06: Earls Court, London
07: Earls Court, London
08: off
09: off
10: The Point, Dublin
11: off
12: Flanders Expo, Gent (Belgium)
13: off
14: off
15: Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid
16: Sant Jordi, Barcelona
17: off
18: ..., Metz (France)
19: Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart
20: off
21: Sporthalle, Linz (Austria)
22: off
23: Olympiahalle, Munich
24: Westfahlenhalle, Dortmund (Germany)
25: off
26: Ahoy, Rotterdam
27: Ahoy, Rotterdam
28: off
29: Bercy, Paris
30: Bercy, Paris
Jan. 16-23:
April
14: San Carlos Apoquindo Stadium, Santiago (Chile)
16: Sars Field Stadium, Buenos Aires
17: Sars Field Stadium, Buenos Aires
21: Poliedro, Caraca (Venezuela)
24: Hiram Bitthorn Stadium, San Juan (Puerto Rico)
mid-June until the end of September
Sept. 16: Radio City Music Hall, New York.
November
08: Durban
12: Johannesburg
19: Capetown
(october 1994):
Seven Nights at Radio City Music Hall
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