Pacific Rim Tour
Tour by Whitney Houston | |
Tour Book Cover | |
Associated album | The Preacher's Wife |
---|---|
Start date | May 5, 1997 |
End date | May 29, 1997 |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 9 |
Whitney Houston concert chronology | |
|
The Pacific Rim Tour was a concert tour of arenas and stadiums by American Pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston. The tour included 10 concert dates in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia and United States in 1997. The tour was in support of her 1996 multi-platinum album, The Preacher's Wife.
Opening act
- Bobby Brown (Hawaii)
Setlist
- "I'm Every Woman"
- "So Emotional"
- "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
- Medley: "All at Once" / "Saving All My Love for You" / "Greatest Love of All"
- "Queen of the Night"
- "Change the World" (performed by Gary Houston)
- "My Name Is Not Susan"
- "All the Man That I Need"
- "A Song for You" (performed by Bobby Brown)
- "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
- "Freeway of Love"[a]
- "Count On Me" (with CeCe Winans)[b]
- "In Return" (performed by CeCe Winans)[b]
- "I Love the Lord"
- "I Go to the Rock"
- "My Prerogative" (performed by Bobby Brown), (contains elements of "Superstition" with Whitney)[c]
- "I Will Always Love You"
- "Step by Step"
- "Something in Common" (with Bobby Brown)[c]
Notes
- ^ performed in Taipei, Bangkok, and at select dates in Japan
- ^ a b performed at select dates in Japan
- ^ a b performed in Hawaii, Taipei, and select dates in Japan
Personnel
- Band
- Musical director – Rickey Minor
- Bass guitar, bass synthesizer – Rickey Minor
- Keyboards – Bette Sussman
- Trumpet – Raymond Brown
- Keyboards – Wayne Linsey
- Drums: Michael Baker
- Percussion – Bashiri Johnson
- Guitars – Paul Jackson Jr.
- Saxophone, EWI – Gary Bias
- Trombone – Reginald Young
- Backing vocalists – Gary Houston, Pattie Howard, Sharlotte Gibson, Valerie Pinkston-Mayo
- Dancers
- Carolyn Brown, Merlyn Mitchell, Shane Johnson, Saleema Mubaarak
- Tour Management
- Manager – Tony Bulluck
- Security
- Director of Security – Alan Jacobs
Shows
Date | City | Country | Venue |
---|---|---|---|
Asia | |||
May 5, 1997 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka-jō Hall |
May 7, 1997 | |||
May 8, 1997 | |||
May 13, 1997 | Tokyo | Tokyo Dome | |
May 14, 1997 | |||
May 20, 1997 | Bangkok | Thailand | Queen Sirikit National Convention Center |
Oceania | |||
May 21, 1997 | Melbourne | Australia | Palladium Crown Entertainment Complex |
Asia | |||
May 25, 1997 | Taipei | Taiwan | Taipei Municipal Stadium |
Oceania | |||
May 29, 1997 | Honolulu | United States | Aloha Stadium |
- Cancellations and rescheduled shows
May 22, 1997 | Melbourne, Australia | Palladium Crown Entertainment Complex | Cancelled due to throat infection |
Classic Whitney Live
Houston performed two special concerts, billed as "Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C." at the historic DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. Whitney performed a few of her greatest hits, as well as gospel favorites and songs saluting some of her influences including Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross.[1] The second concert on October 5 was broadcast live on HBO cable channel TV. Whitney and The Whitney Houston Foundation for Children donated the proceeds, over $300,000 from ticket sales to the Children's Defense Fund, a national non-profit organization devoted to providing a voice for all children of America, particularly poor, minority and disabled children.[2]
Set list
- "I Will Always Love You"
- "I Know Him So Well" (duet with Cissy Houston)
- Dionne Warwick Medley: "Walk On By" / "A House Is Not a Home" / "I Say a Little Prayer" / "Alfie"
- Aretha Franklin Medley: "Baby I Love You" / "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" / "Ain't No Way"
- Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.: "Mr. Bojangles" (feat. dance solo by Bobby Brown)
- Tribute to United States great men: "Abraham, Martin and John"
- Diana Ross Medley: "God Bless The Child" / "Endless Love" (duet with Gary Houston) / "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" / "The Boss" / "Missing You"[a]
- Tribute to George Gershwin: "I Loves You, Porgy" / "Porgy, I's Your Woman Now" / "Summertime"
- "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"[b]
- "I Love the Lord"[a]
- "I Go to the Rock"
- "The Greatest Love of All"
- "Amazing Grace" (saxophone solo by Kirk Whalum)
- "Step by Step"
- "I'm Every Woman"
Notes
- ^ a b "Missing You" and "I Love the Lord" was not performed at the October 3, show
- ^ "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" featured Monica, Shirley Caesar and BeBe Winans at the October 5, show
Shows
Date | City | Country | Venue |
---|---|---|---|
October 3, 1997 | Washington, D.C. | United States | DAR Constitution Hall |
October 5, 1997 |
Box office score data
Date | Venue | City | Attendance | Revenue |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 29, 1997 | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 29,118 / 29,118 (100%) | $1,634,370 |
References
- ^ Ester Iverem (October 4, 1997). "The Houston Belt Away". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 15, 2002.
- ^ "Classic Whitney Concert". Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ Billboard Top Boxscore – Google Books. July 5, 1997. Retrieved November 18, 2009 – via Books.google.com.
External links
- pacific rim tour – whitneyhouston
- v
- t
- e
- Whitney Houston
- Whitney
- I'm Your Baby Tonight
- My Love Is Your Love
- Just Whitney...
- One Wish: The Holiday Album
- I Look to You
- The Bodyguard
- The Preacher's Wife
- I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined)
- Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances
- Whitney: The Greatest Hits
- Love, Whitney
- The Ultimate Collection
- I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
- I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston
- Whitney: Dancin' Special
- I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard
- Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston
- The Concert for a New South Africa
- Whitney: Brunei The Royal Wedding Celebration
- Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.
- VH1 Divas Live '99
- "Dance with Somebody"
- The Bodyguard (musical)
- Being Bobby Brown
- The Houstons: On Our Own
- Bobby Brown (ex-husband)
- Bobbi Kristina Brown (daughter)
- Cissy Houston (mother)
- Whitney (2015 film)
- Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017 film)
- Whitney (2018 film)
- Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022 film)
- Category