Concert by Whitney Houston | |
Venue | Kings Park Stadium Ellis Park Stadium Green Point Stadium |
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Tour | The Bodyguard World Tour |
Date(s) | November 8, 1994 November 12, 1994 November 19, 1994 |
No. of shows | 3 |
Attendance | over 200,000 |
Whitney - The Concert for a New South Africa (alternately titled Whitney Houston – Live in South Africa, Whitney Houston - Concert for South Africa) was the title of three concerts which American singer Whitney Houston performed in South Africa to honor President Nelson Mandela in November 1994.[1]
History
[edit]Houston's first ever performances in South Africa were at Kings Park Stadium in Durban on Nov. 8 and final one at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town on Nov. 19.[2] These would make her the first major musician to visit the newly unified, post-apartheid nation following Mandela's winning election.[3] The concert from Johannesburg, was released on VHS in December, 1994.[1] All proceeds from the event were donated to South African charities including two children's museums, the President's Trust Fund, the Kagiso Foundation and several orphanages.[1][4]
Set list
[edit]- "Love's in Need of Love Today"
- "So Emotional"
- "Saving All My Love for You"
- "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
- "How Will I Know"
- Medley: "I Love You" / "All at Once" / "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" / "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" / "Where You Are"
- "Lover for Life"
- "All the Man That I Need" (Removed for November 12 concert)
- "My Name Is Not Susan"
- "Queen of the Night"
- "I Have Nothing"
- "Touch the World" (Performed with Cissy Houston and Tu Nokwe's Amajika Performing Arts choir)
- "Love Is"
- "Amazing Grace"
- "Wonderful Counselor" (Removed for November 12 concert)
- "Master Blaster (Jammin')"
- "I Will Always Love You"
- "I'm Every Woman"
- "Greatest Love of All"
- "Home"
- "I'm Every Woman (Reprise)"
Notes
- The South Africa tour included "Where You Are" and "Lover for Life" never performed by Houston during any of her past tours.
- The November 12 HBO televised show was altered with "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" not performed in medley. "All the Man That I Need" and "Wonderful Counselor" was also removed from the November 12 show.
- Audio of "So Emotional" from the concert in Durban appear in the film "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
Personnel
[edit]- Musical Director: Rickey Minor
- Bass guitar/Bass synthesizer: Rickey Minor
- Guitars: Paul Jackson, Jr.
- Keyboards: Bette Sussman, Wayne Linsey, Joe Wolfe
- Drums: Michael Baker
- Percussions: Bashiri Johnson
- Saxophones/EWI: Kirk Whalum, Gary Bias
- Trumpet: Michael "Patches" Stewart, Oscar Brashear
- Trombone: George Bohanon
- Background Vocalists: Olivia McClurkin, Alfie Silas, Pattie Howard
- Dancers: Carolyn Brown, Merlyn Mitchell, Shane Johnson, Saleema Mubaarak
- Little girls dancers: Fajallah Harper, Vanitey Ramdhan, Sylvia Enriquez, Mistey Ramdhan
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "South Africa 1994". allwhitney.com. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (June 6, 2013). "Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d ed. Whitney: South Africa Concert". McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476612409.
- ^ Paeth, Greg (November 9, 1994). "HBO Worth seeing". Cincinnati Post. pp. 7B.
- ^ "List of Whitney Houston charity works". whitney-fan.com. Retrieved 2009-09-26.