Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa

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 and to celebrate a newly unified South Africa in November 1994.[1]

Whitney - The Concert for a New South Africa
Concert by Whitney Houston
VenueKings Park Stadium
Ellis Park Stadium
Green Point Stadium
TourThe Bodyguard World Tour
Date(s)November 8, 1994
November 12, 1994
November 19, 1994
No. of shows3
Attendanceover 200,000

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, set the stage for her much anticipated HBO televised performance on Nov. 12, at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.[2] These would make her the first major musician to visit the newly unified, post-apartheid nation following Mandela's winning election.[3] Houston performed to crowd of over 200,000 people in a special series of South African concerts. The concert from Johannesburg, was released on VHS in December, 1994.[1] All proceeds from the event were donated by Whitney Houston and her foundation to carefully selected South African children's charities including two children's museums, the President's Trust Fund (for the freed Nelson Mandela), the Kagiso Foundation and several orphanages.[1][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" / "Where You Are"
  7. "Lover for Life"
  8. "All the Man That I Need"
  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"
  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.
  • 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.

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

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