Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa explained

Concert Name:	Whitney - The Concert for a New South Africa
Artist:	Whitney Houston
Date:	November 8, 1994 November 12, 1994 November 19, 1994
Venue:	Kings Park Stadium Ellis Park Stadium Green Point Stadium
Tour:	The Bodyguard World Tour
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Number Of Shows:	3
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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.

History

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.^[1] These would make her the first major musician to visit the newly unified, post-apartheid nation following Mandela's winning election.^[2] The concert from Johannesburg, was released on VHS in December, 1994.^[3] 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.^{[3] [4]}

Set list

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. Medley: "I Love You" / "All at Once" / "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" / "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" / "Where You Are"
7. "Lover for Life"
8. "All the Man That I Need" (Removed for November 12 concert)
9. "My Name Is Not Susan"
10. "Queen of the Night"
11. "I Have Nothing"
12. "Touch the World" (Performed with Cissy Houston and Tu Nokwe's Amajika Performing Arts choir)
13. "Love Is"
14. "Amazing Grace"
15. "Wonderful Counselor" (Removed for November 12 concert)
16. "Master Blaster (Jammin')"
17. "I Will Always Love You"
18. "I'm Every Woman"
19. "Greatest Love of All"
20. "Home"
21. "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 ""

Personnel

• 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

External links

• The Bodyguard Tour | Whitney Houston Official Site

Notes and References

1. News: Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d ed. Whitney: South Africa Concert. Terrace. Vincent. June 6, 2013. McFarland & Company. 9781476612409.
2. News: Paeth, Greg. HBO Worth seeing. Cincinnati Post. 7B. November 9, 1994.
3. Web site: South Africa 1994. allwhitney.com. 2009-09-26.
4. Web site: List of Whitney Houston charity works. whitney-fan.com. 2009-09-26.