Pacific Rim Tour

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Pacific Rim Tour
Tour by Whitney Houston
Pacific Rim Tour Book.jpg
Tour Book Cover
Location7 Asia • 2 Oceania
Associated album The Preacher's Wife
Start dateMay 5, 1997
End dateMay 29, 1997
Legs4
No. of shows9
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 the United States in 1997. The tour was in support of her 1996 multi-platinum album, The Preacher's Wife .

Contents

Opening act

Setlist

This set list is representative of the concert on May 14, 1997 at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. [1] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "I'm Every Woman"
  2. "So Emotional"
  3. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
  4. "All at Once" / "Saving All My Love for You" / "Greatest Love of All"
  5. "Queen of the Night"
  6. "Change the World" (performed by Gary Houston)
  7. "My Name Is Not Susan"
  8. "All the Man That I Need"
  9. "A Song for You" (performed by Bobby Brown)
  10. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
  11. "Freeway of Love"
  12. "Count On Me" (with CeCe Winans) [a]
  13. "I Love the Lord"
  14. "I Go to the Rock"
  15. "I Will Always Love You"
  16. "Step by Step"
  17. "Something in Common" (with Bobby Brown) [b]

Notes

  1. ↑ performed at select dates in Japan
  2. ↑ performed in Taipei, Bangkok, Honolulu and select dates in Japan

Personnel

Band

Dancers

Tour Management

Security

Shows

DateCityCountryVenue
Asia
May 5, 1997 Osaka Japan Osaka-jō Hall
May 7, 1997
May 8, 1997
May 13, 1997Tokyo 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, 1997Melbourne, AustraliaPalladium Crown Entertainment ComplexCancelled 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. [2] 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. [3]

Set list

  1. "I Will Always Love You"
  2. "I Know Him So Well" (duet with Cissy Houston)
  3. Dionne Warwick Medley: "Walk On By" / "A House Is Not a Home" / "I Say a Little Prayer" / "Alfie"
  4. Aretha Franklin Medley: "Baby I Love You" / "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" / "Ain't No Way"
  5. Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.: "Mr. Bojangles" (feat. dance solo by Bobby Brown)
  6. Tribute to United States great men: "Abraham, Martin and John"
  7. Diana Ross Medley: "God Bless The Child" / "Endless Love" (duet with Gary Houston) / "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" / "The Boss" / "Missing You" [a]
  8. Tribute to George Gershwin: "I Loves You, Porgy" / "Porgy, I's Your Woman Now" / "Summertime"
  9. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" [b]
  10. "I Love the Lord" [a]
  11. "I Go to the Rock"
  12. "The Greatest Love of All"
  13. "Amazing Grace" (saxophone solo by Kirk Whalum)
  14. "Step by Step"
  15. "I'm Every Woman"

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Missing You" and "I Love the Lord" was not performed at the October 3, show
  2. ↑ "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" featured Monica, Shirley Caesar and BeBe Winans at the October 5, show

Shows

DateCityCountryVenue
October 3, 1997Washington, D.C.United StatesDAR Constitution Hall
October 5, 1997

Box office score data

List of concerts, showing date, venue, city, tickets sold, number of available tickets [4]
DateVenueCityAttendanceRevenue
May 29, 1997Aloha StadiumHonolulu29,118 / 29,118 (100%)$1,634,370

References

  1. ↑ "Whitney Houston concert Setlist at Tokyo Dome". setlist.fm. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ Ester Iverem (October 4, 1997). "The Houston Belt Away". The Washington Post . Retrieved September 15, 2002.
  3. ↑ "Classic Whitney Concert". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  4. ↑ Billboard Top Boxscore – Google Books. July 5, 1997. Retrieved November 18, 2009– via Books.google.com.
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