Pacific Rim Tour

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 United States in 1997. The tour was in support of her 1996 multi-platinum album, The Preacher's Wife.

Pacific Rim Tour
Tour by Whitney Houston
Tour Book Cover
Associated albumThe Preacher's Wife
Start dateMay 5, 1997
End dateMay 29, 1997
Legs4
No. of shows9
Whitney Houston concert chronology

Opening act

Setlist
  1. "I'm Every Woman"
  2. "So Emotional"
  3. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
  4. Medley: "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"[lower-alpha 1]
  12. "Count On Me" (with CeCe Winans)[lower-alpha 2]
  13. "In Return" (performed by CeCe Winans)[lower-alpha 2]
  14. "I Love the Lord"
  15. "I Go to the Rock"
  16. "My Prerogative" (performed by Bobby Brown), (contains elements of "Superstition" with Whitney)[lower-alpha 3]
  17. "I Will Always Love You"
  18. "Step by Step"
  19. "Something in Common" (with Bobby Brown)[lower-alpha 3]

Notes

  1. performed in Taipei, Bangkok, and at select dates in Japan
  2. performed at select dates in Japan
  3. performed in Hawaii, Taipei, and select dates in Japan

Personnel
Band
Dancers
  • Carolyn Brown, Merlyn Mitchell, Shane Johnson, Saleema Mubaarak
Tour Management
  • Manager – Tony Bulluck
Security
  • Director of Security – Alan Jacobs

Shows
Date City Country Venue
Asia
May 5, 1997 Osaka Japan Osaka-jō Hall
May 7, 1997
May 8, 1997
May 13, 1997 Tokyo 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
North America
May 29, 1997 Honolulu United States Aloha Stadium
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
May 22, 1997 Melbourne, Australia Palladium Crown Entertainment Complex Cancelled 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.[1] 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.[2]

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"[lower-alpha 1]
  8. Tribute to George Gershwin: "I Loves You, Porgy" / "Porgy, I's Your Woman Now" / "Summertime"
  9. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"[lower-alpha 2]
  10. "I Love the Lord"[lower-alpha 1]
  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. "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

Date City Country Venue
October 3, 1997 Washington, D.C. United States DAR Constitution Hall
October 5, 1997

Box office score data
List of concerts, showing date, venue, city, tickets sold, number of available tickets[3]
Date Venue City Attendance Revenue
May 29, 1997 Aloha Stadium Honolulu 29,118 / 29,118 (100%) $1,634,370

References
  1. Ester Iverem (October 4, 1997). "The Houston Belt Away". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 15, 2002.
  2. "Classic Whitney Concert". Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  3. Billboard Top Boxscore – Google Books. July 5, 1997. Retrieved November 18, 2009 – via Books.google.com.
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