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The Bodyguard World Tour
The Bodyguard World Tour was the fourth world concert tour by American singer and actress Whitney Houston, in support of her hit soundtrack album for her first film, The Bodyguard.
Spanning seventeen months between July 1993 and November 1994, Houston performed 120 shows in five continents and were her first stops in South America and Africa, the latter stops, in South Africa, helped Houston make history as the first international artist to headline a concert tour in the country following the end of apartheid in the country and the election win of President Nelson Mandela.
Despite marrying singer Bobby Brown in July 1992 and giving birth to their only child, Bobbi Kristina Brown the following March, Houston found herself in demand following the enormous success of both the film and soundtrack to The Bodyguard. Rehearsals for the tour began in May. Since Houston had just delivered a child, the initial plan was to perform smaller venues such as halls and theaters rather than the larger venues that Houston had done throughout her career at that time. Houston told the press that she wanted to perform at more intimate settings.
Houston launched the tour at the James L. Knight Center Theater in Miami, Florida on July 5, 1993. Houston received a lot of flak during that show for showing up late and then telling a fan who wanted an autograph to sit down; however the show was still a resounding success after the singer calmed things down. Houston played five consecutive sold-out nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and then played six nights at the Sands Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. Despite the initial success of smaller venues, which Houston added dates due to initial dates quickly selling out, Houston continued performing at bigger venues including the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
During the first 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. Houston continued the tour in Europe where, unlike the United States, Houston would perform at stadiums and arenas. After booking her UK tours in the past at London's Wembley Arena, Houston instead performed at the much larger Earls Court Exhibition Centre for this tour.
The tour became her first stop in South America during January 1994, which launched at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, Brazil. Houston then performed at the Praça da Apoteose in Rio de Janeiro on January 23. After Houston returned to the United States where she would win multiple awards for the soundtrack including the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, the singer returned to South America for sold-out stadium shows in Argentina, Chile and Venezuela in April. 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 in front of over 92,000, her largest audience to date. Unlike the previous year, Houston performed at larger venues due to popular demand. 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.
Initially, Houston wanted to end the tour at Radio City Music Hall in September 1994, where she performed seven sold-out shows. However, after Nelson Mandela won the presidential election in South Africa, Houston agreed to headline a state dinner at the White House in October and announced three shows in South Africa, which had also recently outlawed apartheid in March of that year. In doing the South African shows in November, Houston made history as the first international artist to perform at the country after the end of apartheid. Two of the shows in Durban's Kings Park Stadium and Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium were taped, with the latter becoming Houston's second HBO concert special, Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa. The tour would end altogether at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town on November 19. The tour was a huge 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.
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." 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.
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The Bodyguard World Tour
The Bodyguard World Tour was the fourth world concert tour by American singer and actress Whitney Houston, in support of her hit soundtrack album for her first film, The Bodyguard.
Spanning seventeen months between July 1993 and November 1994, Houston performed 120 shows in five continents and were her first stops in South America and Africa, the latter stops, in South Africa, helped Houston make history as the first international artist to headline a concert tour in the country following the end of apartheid in the country and the election win of President Nelson Mandela.
Despite marrying singer Bobby Brown in July 1992 and giving birth to their only child, Bobbi Kristina Brown the following March, Houston found herself in demand following the enormous success of both the film and soundtrack to The Bodyguard. Rehearsals for the tour began in May. Since Houston had just delivered a child, the initial plan was to perform smaller venues such as halls and theaters rather than the larger venues that Houston had done throughout her career at that time. Houston told the press that she wanted to perform at more intimate settings.
Houston launched the tour at the James L. Knight Center Theater in Miami, Florida on July 5, 1993. Houston received a lot of flak during that show for showing up late and then telling a fan who wanted an autograph to sit down; however the show was still a resounding success after the singer calmed things down. Houston played five consecutive sold-out nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and then played six nights at the Sands Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. Despite the initial success of smaller venues, which Houston added dates due to initial dates quickly selling out, Houston continued performing at bigger venues including the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
During the first 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. Houston continued the tour in Europe where, unlike the United States, Houston would perform at stadiums and arenas. After booking her UK tours in the past at London's Wembley Arena, Houston instead performed at the much larger Earls Court Exhibition Centre for this tour.
The tour became her first stop in South America during January 1994, which launched at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, Brazil. Houston then performed at the Praça da Apoteose in Rio de Janeiro on January 23. After Houston returned to the United States where she would win multiple awards for the soundtrack including the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, the singer returned to South America for sold-out stadium shows in Argentina, Chile and Venezuela in April. 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 in front of over 92,000, her largest audience to date. Unlike the previous year, Houston performed at larger venues due to popular demand. 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.
Initially, Houston wanted to end the tour at Radio City Music Hall in September 1994, where she performed seven sold-out shows. However, after Nelson Mandela won the presidential election in South Africa, Houston agreed to headline a state dinner at the White House in October and announced three shows in South Africa, which had also recently outlawed apartheid in March of that year. In doing the South African shows in November, Houston made history as the first international artist to perform at the country after the end of apartheid. Two of the shows in Durban's Kings Park Stadium and Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium were taped, with the latter becoming Houston's second HBO concert special, Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa. The tour would end altogether at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town on November 19. The tour was a huge 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.
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." 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.