The Bodyguard World Tour

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The Bodyguard World Tour
Tour by Whitney Houston
WHouston 1993TourPoster.jpg
Promotional poster for tour
Associated album The Bodyguard
Start dateJuly 5, 1993 (1993-07-05)
End dateNovember 19, 1994 (1994-11-19)
Legs8
No. of shows58 in North America
16 in Asia
36 in Europe
7 in South America
3 in Africa
in total 120
Box office$33 million ($68.88 in 2022 dollars) [1]
$14 million ($28.36 in 2022 dollars) [1] (North America only)
Whitney Houston concert chronology

The Bodyguard World Tour is the fifth concert tour by American recording artist, Whitney Houston. The tour was in support of her multi-platinum soundtrack album, The Bodyguard , and also of the movie of the same name. Following the success of the album and worldwide hit singles "I Will Always Love You", "I Have Nothing" and "I'm Every Woman", Houston started the extensive world tour that lasted through the fall of 1994.

Contents

Background

With the enormous success of the movie and its soundtrack, Houston went on an extensive world tour to support her projects. Houston began rehearsals two months after giving birth to daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. The opening date was in Miami on July 5, 1993. Houston received a lot of flak for showing up late and then telling a fan who wanted an autograph to sit down. [2] [3] Houston played five nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and then played six nights at the Sands Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.

Most of the shows during this 1993 US leg were in theaters because Houston wanted an intimate setting. During the US leg, Houston took a break to fly over to Europe to accompany husband Bobby Brown on his tour. Gospel act Angie & Debbie Winans were the opening act for the 1993 US leg. During the second North American leg in 1994, Houston performed at the opening ceremony of the 1994 FIFA World Cup at the Rose Bowl Stadium. [4]

During that time, the singer had throat ailments and had to cancel eight shows during that time, all of which were rescheduled a month later. Houston also went public concerning having a miscarriage during the tour. [5] The tour was a big success. Many shows were among the highest grossing shows of their week. The grossings helped Houston make Forbes magazine's Richest Entertainers list. Houston earned over $33 million during 1993 and 1994, the third highest for a female entertainer. [6]

Critical reception

During her first Radio City Music Hall performance in New York City, Stephen Holden of the New York Times wrote that "her stylistic trademarks -- shivery melismas that ripple up in the middle of a song, twirling embellishments at the ends of phrases that suggest an almost breathless exhilaration -- infuse her interpretations with flashes of musical and emotional lightning." [7] At one of her Atlantic City dates, Kevin L. Carter of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that Houston handled her songs "with subdued emotionalism and the intelligence that only a gifted musician can bring to a song. [8]

"Saving All My Love for You" was turned into a "smoky saloon-style ballad". [9] Many critics noted that the highlight of the show was when Houston took on "And I Am Telling You" from Dreamgirls, and "I Loves You Porgy" from Porgy and Bess. Stephen Holden wrote of the medley that "her voice conveyed authority, power, determination and just enough vulnerability to give a sense of dramatic intention". [7] As always, Houston included gospel songs. She introduced her band while performing 'Revelation.' Houston spoke about the Lord before going into 'Jesus Loves Me' which was often accompanied with complete silence from the mesmerized crowd." [10] During the last couple of years, since her marriage to Brown, the tabloids generated many stories about Houston and Brown. The New York Post created a rumor that the singer had overdosed on diet pills, leading to a lawsuit filed by Houston. During her shows, while performing her love medley, Houston often denied tabloid rumors. Houston often brought her husband and baby to the stage with her to prove that they are a happy family and that the tabloids are wrong.

Many critics felt that these tabloid stories helped her sing with more conviction and emotion. According to some critics, Brown's presence made "All the Man That I Need" a more stirring performance leading up the emotional high of "I Have Nothing", [11] while others felt they were unnecessary, cheesy moments. [12] Many critics praised her Aretha Franklin medley that she performed at certain shows. Houston performed "Ain't No Way", "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man". According to Jon Beam of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Aretha Franklin medley was a triumph of substance over style. He wrote that "She seemed a natural instead of a studied singer doing "A Natural Woman", and "Do Right Woman" was a right-on, soulful country-blues song, with a traditional call-and-response between Houston and her backup singers." [13]

Houston's performance at the Pond in Anaheim, Chris William of the Los Angeles Times wrote that, "she approached sheer vocal perfection at virtually every turn". And noted that, "she got to apply that astonishing instrument to some material worthy of it. Watching her progress emotionally through a gospel standard or great ‘60s R&B; ballad made it all the more difficult to see Houston go back and end the show as she began it" [14] Houston returned a year later at Radio City Music Hall, opening a seven-night sold-out engagement in September 1994. Jon Pareles of the New York Times reports, "Houston belted ballads, predictably bringing down the house with songs that moved from aching verses to surging choruses. A medley of hits from Dionne Warwick, Ms. Houston's cousin, lacked Ms. Warwick's lightness, but Ms. Houston made "Alfie" sound like the ethical wrangle it is". [15] Ira Robbins of Newsday wrote, "Houston peaked in the Warwick segment with marvelous adaptions of "I Say a Little Prayer" and "Alfie", and "after the powerful one-two of "I Have Nothing" and a rendition of "Run to You" so compelling it would have been no shock to see Kevin Costner jog out". [16]

Opening acts

Setlist

July 1993 - April 1994
June 1994 - September 1994
  1. "Greatest Love of All" (intro)
  2. "So Emotional"
  3. "Saving All My Love for You"
  4. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
  5. "How Will I Know"
  6. "All At Once" / "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" / "Didn't We Almost Have It All" / "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" / "All the Man That I Need"
  7. "I Have Nothing"
  8. "Queen of the Night"
  9. "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" / "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" / "Ain't No Way"
  10. "Wonderful Counselor" (contain elements of "Freeway of Love")
  11. "Jesus Loves Me" (contain elements of "He's All Right")
  12. "I Will Always Love You"
  13. "I'm Every Woman"
November 1994

South Africa

  1. "Love's in Need of Love Today"
  2. "So Emotional"
  3. "Saving All My Love for You"
  4. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
  5. "How Will I Know"
  6. "All at Once" / "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" / "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" / "Where You Are" / "Lover for Life"
  7. "My Name Is Not Susan"
  8. "Queen of the Night"
  9. "I Have Nothing"
  10. "Touch the World" (performed with Cissy Houston and Tu Nokwe's Amajika Performing Arts choir)
  11. "Love Is"
  12. "Amazing Grace"
  13. "Master Blaster (Jammin')"
  14. "I Will Always Love You"
  15. "I'm Every Woman"
  16. "Greatest Love of All"
  17. "Home"

Notes

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
North AmericaLeg 1 [20]
July 5, 1993 Miami United States James L. Knight Center 14,200 / 14,200$491,150
July 6, 1993
July 8, 1993
July 11, 1993 Vienna Filene Center 14,170 / 14,170$360,160
July 12, 1993
July 14, 1993 Mansfield Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts 19,000 / 19,900$995,000
July 15, 1993
July 20, 1993 New York City Radio City Music Hall 28,720 / 28,720$1,458,025
July 21, 1993
July 23, 1993
July 24, 1993
July 26, 1993
July 28, 1993 Atlantic City Copa Room 12,000 / 12,000$791,112
July 30, 1993
July 31, 1993
August 1, 1993
August 3, 1993
August 4, 1993
Europe
August 13, 1993 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium 38,065 / 38,065$3,806,500
August 15, 1993 Kolding Kolding Stadion 10,000 / 10,000$855,600
North America [21]
August 22, 1993 Los Angeles United States Hollywood Bowl 17,006 / 17,006$625,030
August 23, 1993 [A] San Diego Embarcadero Marina Park South4,567 / 4,700$392,762
August 25, 1993 Cerritos Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts 5,163 / 5,163$473,275
August 27, 1993
August 28, 1993
Asia
September 1, 1993 Osaka Japan Osaka-jō Hall 31,897 / 32,000$2,870,730
September 2, 1993
September 6, 1993 Tokyo Nippon Budokan 114,056 / 115,768 [lower-alpha 1] $8,188,381 [lower-alpha 1]
September 7, 1993
September 9, 1993
September 10, 1993
September 13, 1993
September 14, 1993
September 16, 1993 Nagoya Nagoya Rainbow Hall 10,000 / 10,000$2,500,000
September 17, 1993
September 19, 1993 Yokohama Yokohama Arena 51,000 / 51,000 [lower-alpha 2] $4,872,710 [lower-alpha 2]
September 20, 1993
September 22, 1993 Fukuoka Fukuoka Dome 38,561 / 38,561$5,784,150
September 24, 1993YokohamaYokohama Arena [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 2]
September 27, 1993TokyoNippon Budokan [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 1]
September 28, 1993
Europe
October 7, 1993 Milan Italy Forum di Assago
October 8, 1993
October 10, 1993 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
October 11, 1993
October 13, 1993 Berlin Germany Deutschlandhalle
October 14, 1993
October 16, 1993 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
October 17, 1993 Gothenburg Scandinavium
October 19, 1993 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
October 22, 1993 Heerenveen Netherlands Thialf
October 23, 1993 Maastricht MECC Maastricht
October 25, 1993 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
October 27, 1993 Birmingham United Kingdom NEC Arena
October 28, 1993
October 30, 1993
October 31, 1993 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
November 2, 1993
November 3, 1993
November 5, 1993 London Earls Court Exhibition Centre
November 6, 1993
November 7, 1993
November 9, 1993 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
November 10, 1993
November 12, 1993 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo
November 15, 1993 Madrid Spain Palacio de los Deportes
November 18, 1993 Metz France Galaxie de Metz
November 19, 1993 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
November 21, 1993 Linz Austria Linzer Sporthalle
November 23, 1993 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
November 24, 1993 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
November 26, 1993 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis
November 27, 1993
November 29, 1993 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
November 30, 1993
South America
January 16, 1994 [B] São Paulo Brazil Estádio do Morumbi
January 18, 1994
January 23, 1994 [B] Rio de Janeiro Praça da Apoteose
April 14, 1994 Santiago Chile Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
April 16, 1994 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio José Amalfitani
April 17, 1994
April 21, 1994 Caracas Venezuela Poliedro de Caracas
North America [22]
April 24, 1994 San Juan Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium 14,323 / 20,651$685,845
June 17, 1994 Hartford United States Hartford Civic Center
June 19, 1994 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 23, 1994 Philadelphia The Spectrum
June 24, 1994 Providence Providence Civic Center
June 26, 1994 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
June 27, 1994 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
June 29, 1994 Fairborn Nutter Center
July 1, 1994 Minneapolis Target Center 12,406 / 14,395$486,645
July 2, 1994 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
July 5, 1994 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
July 7, 1994 Lafayette Cajundome
July 11, 1994 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
July 13, 1994 Las Cruces Pan American Center
August 12, 1994 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
August 14, 1994 San Jose San Jose Arena
August 16, 1994 Portland Memorial Coliseum
August 17, 1994 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
August 19, 1994 Sacramento ARCO Arena
August 21, 1994 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
August 23, 1994 Phoenix America West Arena
August 25, 1994 Houston The Summit
September 1, 1994Atlantic CityCopa Room
September 3, 1994
September 4, 1994
September 7, 1994
September 9, 1994
September 10, 1994
September 16, 1994New York CityRadio City Music Hall39,607 / 39,607$2,668,940
September 17, 1994
September 20, 1994
September 21, 1994
September 27, 1994
September 28, 1994
September 30, 1994
Africa
November 8, 1994 Durban South Africa Kings Park Stadium
November 12, 1994 Johannesburg Ellis Park Stadium
November 19, 1994 Cape Town Green Point Stadium
Total698,671 / 708,520$60,000,000
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A Summer Pops Series [23]
B Hollywood Rock [24]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
November 16, 1993Barcelona, SpainPalau Sant JordiCancelled [25]
July 8, 1994Houston, TexasThe SummitRescheduled for August 25, 1994 [26]
July 15, 1994San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego Sports ArenaCancelled [5]
July 16, 1994Anaheim, CaliforniaArrowhead Pond of AnaheimRescheduled for August 21, 1994 [27]
July 18, 1994Phoenix, ArizonaAmerica West ArenaRescheduled for August 23, 1994 [26]
July 19, 1994Las Vegas, NevadaMGM Grand Garden ArenaRescheduled for August 12, 1994 [28]
July 21, 1994San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose ArenaRescheduled for August 14, 1994 [26]
July 25, 1994Tacoma, WashingtonTacoma DomeRescheduled to August 17, 1994 [27]
July 27, 1994Sacramento, CaliforniaARCO ArenaRescheduled for August 19, 1994 [26]
September 23, 1994New York City, New YorkRadio City Music HallRescheduled to September 28, 1994 [29]
September 24, 1994New York City, New YorkRadio City Music HallRescheduled to September 30, 1994 [29]

1.: ^ Figures reported for the concerts held in New York City, July 1993.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 The score data is combined from the shows held at the Tokyo Dome on September 9-14 and 27-28, respectively.
  2. 1 2 3 4 The score data is combined from the shows held at the Yokohama Arena on September 19-20 and 24, respectively.

Touring personnel

Band:

Background vocalists:

Tour management:

Crew:

Source: [18] [30]

Broadcasting and recordings

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