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Whitney Houston Nothing But Love Tour

The Nothing but Love World Tour was Whitney's ninth and final concert tour. It was her first tour in over a decade and was used to promote her seventh studio album, 2009's "I Look to You".

Prior to Houston performing two dates in Russia in mid-December 2009, the official tour started on February 6, 2010 in Asia and also visited Australia and Europe. The tour was the 34th highest-earning of 2010, grossing over $36 million with 46 shows.

The tour was announced on October 12, 2009 on Houston's official website. By way of introduction, she stated:

“This is my first full tour since the My Love Is Your Love tour and I am so excited to be performing for my fans around the world after all this time. I am putting together a great show and cannot wait to perform the songs from my new album 'I Look To You', along with some of your favorites.”

The tour began with two rehearsal dates in Russia, under an unadvertised title. At the end of the rehearsal, the tour's title was changed to "Nothing But Love World Tour" with an "official" commencement in February 2010. Houston explained the meaning behind her tour's title is how she overcame her tough times. "I chose this title because what I had under any circumstance was love […] I wouldn't have overcome tough time without my mom and my daughter. My daughter is especially like a friend who supported me and stayed with me at the studio when I was working on the album."

On February 22, the opening night of the Australian leg of the tour suffered bad reviews from critics. Her performance in the Brisbane Entertainment Centre was poorly received, and some fans reportedly left. Houston's vocal condition was described as hoarse. Another action which came under fire from fans was when she paused from singing her song "I Will Always Love You" for many moments while she took a drink of water.

Houston's promoter commented that Houston smokes cigarettes and stated "It is what it is. She's comfortable with the show she's performing. She knows she's not hitting every note like she used to. But it's value for money; it's Whitney Houston warts and all." Houston received a similar response during her concert at the Forum Copenhagen. Some spectators stated the performance was not up to par on what they had expected; others stated that the singer is a legend, has been on the music scene for 25 years at the time, and considering what she had been through, the performance was fine. Having grossed over $36 million, the tour itself was a financial success; however, the promoter, Andrew McManus, lost $2 million bringing her to Australia.

Despite upsets from spectators, the tour received mixed to negative reviews from critics for the Australian and European legs of the tour.

Kathy McCabe (The Daily Telegraph) was not impressed with Houston's performance at the Acer Arena. She states, "Her acoustic set of old favourites unfortunately could not hide the very obvious problems with her voice, the strain and those coughs that punctuated the Brisbane show were back. By the time she got to the gospel section of the show a steady stream of disappointed, saddened and angry fans started streaming out the doors."

Cameron Adams (Herald Sun) gave Houston's performance at the Rod Laver Arena a positive review, despite media upset from her performance in Brisbane. He writes, "Houston is just a more human superstar in 2010, now with added flaws that give her character. She hits all the right notes in I Look to You, the new song about what she calls her 'down times'. Indeed every time she hits a huge note her devoted audience break into applause."

Candice Keller (The Advertiser) states that Houston still has "it" after viewing her performance at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. She continues to write, "She knows how to engage a crowd and keep the fans eating from the palm of her hand. She'll tease with a knowing and tuneful hum, or tell a story about what brought her to today."[39] Kim Dawson (Daily Star) found the performance at the LG Arena "forgettable" stating, Boos and jeers of: 'Where are you' filled the arena. When Whitney returned in a much wiser choice of black sparkly frock she said: 'I heard you got a little pissed off while I changed my clothes and dried off. But I'm here now.'

Morwenna Ferrier (The Observer) applauds Houston's concert at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham. She further writes, "She kicks off successfully with two ballads from her 2009 album, I Look to You, 'For the Lovers' and 'Nothin' But Love' (love really is a theme with Houston.) The crowd, now warmed up, begins rattling with joy as she struts around all finger-clicky, black and proud during 'It's Not Right'. The songs include moments of genuine bonkersness."

John Meagher (The Independent) praised Houston's backing vocalist and her brother, Gary Houston for the performance at The O2 in Dublin. He continues to write, "She spends more time chatting to the audience than singing in the early stages, although her conversation rarely strays beyond the 'I love you, Dublin' type. At one point she fixates on a young girl in the front row, but what initially is charming tries the patience of the audience and eventually becomes tedious. Even the more tolerable songs -- 'My Love is Your Love', for instance -- are carried by the strength of her backing vocalists and the enthusiastic singing of the crowd. There are slivers of the super-talented young Whitney -- a high note here, a spine-tingling pause there on 'I Will Always Love You' -- but they arrive so infrequently it hardly matters. Instead, you are left with the memory of her botched attempts to wring some magic from 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody' and 'How Will I Know?'"

John Aizlewood (Evening Standard) gave her performance at The O2 Arena one out of five stars, stating "Where once she soared, now she wheezes and croaks, bludgeoning her perfect pop single I Wanna Dance (With Somebody Who Loves Me) into karaoke submission; stripping the moving My Love Is Your Love of all emotion and inflicting grisly carnage on I Will Always Love You (if she is late-period Judy Garland, this is her Over The Rainbow)."

Fiona Shepherd (The Scotsman) gave the show at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre two out of four stars. She writes, "It was obvious from this performance that she has lost her vocal agility, her stamina, her poise and her wits – or so it seemed from her nervous laughter, repetitive thank yous and rambling personal tributes. Her band were practiced at covering for her while she took time out to pat away the sweat, re-apply her make-up, impart another nugget of eccentric insight and generally procrastinate."

• Musical Director: Michael Baker
• Choreographer: Jeri Slaughter
• Assistant choreographer: Paul Monte
• Tour Manager: Tony Bullock
• Drums: Michael Baker
• Percussion: Bashiri Johnson
• Keyboards: Jetro DaSilva
• Bass guitar: Matthew Garrison
• Keyboards: Shedrick Mitchell
• Guitar: Sherod Barnes
• Keyboards/Orchestrater: Adi Yeshaya
• Background vocalists: Gary Houston, Sharlotte Gibson, Cindy Mizelle, Valerie Pinkston
• Dancers: Dres Reid, Ryan Chandler, Tre Holloway, Shannon Holtzappfel

"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" "How Will I Know" "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" "My Love Is Your Love" "Saving All My Love For You" / "Greatest Love of All" / "All at Once" "Man in the Mirror" (contain elements from "Missing You") "I Will Always Love You" "Revelation" / "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" / "I'm Every Woman" (performed by backing vocalists) "I Love the Lord" "I Look to You" "Million Dollar Bill" (Freemasons Radio Edit)

Asia/Australia

"Video Sequence" (contain elements of "For the Lovers", "Queen of the Night", "I'm Every Woman" and "How Will I Know") "For the Lovers" "Nothin' But Love" "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" "My Love Is Your Love" "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" "If I Told You That" "It's Not Right but It's Okay" "Video Sequence" (contains elements of "One Moment in Time") "For the Love of You" (performed by Gary Houston) "Queen of the Night" (performed by backing vocalists) "Saving All My Love for You" / "Greatest Love of All" / "All at Once" / "I Learned from the Best" "I Love the Lord" "Missing You" (contain excerpts from "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and "The Way You Make Me Feel") "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" "How Will I Know" "I Look to You" "Step By Step" "I Will Always Love You" "Million Dollar Bill" (Freemasons Radio Edit)

"Video Sequence" (contain elements of "For the Lovers", "Queen of the Night" "I'm Every Woman" and "How Will I Know") "For the Lovers" "Nothin' But Love" "I Look to You" "My Love Is Your Love" "It's Not Right but It's Okay" (contain excerpts from "Like I Never Left") "Step By Step" "For the Love of You" (performed by Gary Houston) "Queen of the Night" (performed by backing vocalists) "A Song for You" (contain excerpts from "The Way You Make Me Feel") "Saving All My Love for You" / "Greatest Love of All" / "All at Once" / "I Learned from the Best" "I Love the Lord" "I Will Always Love You" "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" "How Will I Know" "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" "Million Dollar Bill" (Freemasons Radio Edit)

December 12: the concert at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia; Houston performed "Step by Step" in lieu of "Exhale (Shoop Shoop.)"

During concerts in Korea and Japan, Houston performed "When You Believe".

During concerts in Australia, Houston performed "Hallelujah!" in lieu of "Missing You."

Houston did not perform "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" and "Step by Step" in Dublin, and select nights in England.

March 1: the concert at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, Houston did not perform "I Didn't Know My Own Strength", "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" and "If I Told You That." Additionally, she briefly performed "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Like I Never Left."

March 4: the concert at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, Australia, Houston performed "Who Would Imagine a King" and "I Have Nothing" with a fan.

April 13: for the concert at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England, Houston performed "I Am Changing." Additionally, Houston included the video interlude for "One Moment in Time".

April 20: the concert at The O2 in Dublin, Ireland, Houston was joined on stage by an audience member to perform "Greatest Love of All".

On select tour dates in Europe, Houston performed "Stormy Weather" as a tribute to legendary singer/actress Lena Horne.

May 1: at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, Houston did not perform "It's Not Right but It's Okay." The song was also not performed at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy and Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland.

May 3: the concerts at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy and May 9, at Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, Houston began the encore with "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)".

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The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour is a tacky reproduction of the singer's work: Review

The audience isn't here to be reduced to a hushed awe. They're here to sing and dance and recover the smiling, unpained vision of Whitney they have crystallized in their memories.

SHEFFIELD — In 2010, two years before her death, Whitney Houston took to the stage for the Nothing but Love World Tour, which served to promote her seventh album as well as the beginning of a general comeback. While the 38-city trek brought in $36 million in ticket sales, according to PollStar , it was still deemed a flop. Critics lambasted her for her hoarseness and fans departed as she coughed between and during songs. The world could only allow themselves a flawless and unharmed vision of Whitney.

At An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour, which opened here on Tuesday evening, that’s exactly what they got. Fans paid upwards of 93 dollars (and an optional 25 dollars extra for a show program) to see Houston projected onto a screen, courtesy of a military-grade digital laser, and the cutting-edge technology of VFX company Base Hologram, which recently treated Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly to a similar kind of resurrection. While those shows received middling sales, Whitney’s could be the company’s greatest success so far. “They understand how important it is to produce a phenomenal hologram,” Pat Houston, Whitney’s sister-in-law and CEO of the Whitney E. Houston estate said of Base Hologram in a press release. “They also know that engaging her fans with an authentic Whitney experience would resonate worldwide because of the iconic status that she created over three decades.”

But the atmosphere and audience dynamic on a hologram tour is obviously different than one you’d usually find at a live show. The agonizing anticipation of a pre-curtain call — knowing that a huge presence is about to share the same space with you; wondering what they’re doing in their dressing room until then — is gone. In Houston’s case, particularly in the latter part of her career, that sense of anxiety before her live sets was heightened. As her voice threatened to strain, it felt like coming to see a once-confident tightrope walker who’d lost their balance. On this tour, there’s no chance of a fall, nor is there any relief in the not-falling. The focal point of danger has shifted; the onus is now on the technology. The audience isn’t here to be reduced to a hushed awe, they’re here to sing and dance and recover the smiling, unpained vision of Whitney they have crystallized in their memories.

When Houston’s hologram first showed up onstage at Sheffield City Hall, she looked golden, like a vision of a memory. Gone were any signs of age, wear, or deterioration. She opened with a cover of Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love,” the previously unreleased track that was sampled by Kygo for the producer’s 2019 hit single. But despite the hologram’s three-dimensional technology, this was a 2D duplicate of Whitney in every other sense. While Houston appeared in a few different costumes, and covered the hits from her debut (“How Will I Know?,” “Saving All My Love For You”) up to her movie days (“I Have Nothing”) in a doggerel, non-chronological order — one audience member told her to “get on with it” when the hologram assured it would cover the Bodyguard fanbase — this Whitney never aged past her straight-haired My Love Is Your Love era.

Though the show’s audio is lifted from previously digitally remastered recordings, Houston was accompanied by a live band and real backup dancers (as choreographed by Fatima Robinson, who previously worked with Whitney). But that only made the hologram seem more flat in comparison. Some clever tricks, including pouring rain and her toying around with the real-life microphone stand helped to temporarily suspend disbelief. Yet this could never be mistaken for a live Whitney Houston show. With tacky and outdated graphics — blue smoke, clouds, thunder, flames — the design and production value was more befitting of a cruise ship singer than one of the greatest performers of all time.

While the hologram has some of the visual cues of Houston — flailing her handkerchief around, tapping at her hips with a syncopated rhythm — it wasn’t as visibly possessed by her own music as she was. During her live shows, Whitney was enraptured. Her eyes were often closed as though she was in communion with God. None of that spiritual ecstasy was present during the Sheffield set. Meanwhile, scattered applause from the audience accompanied the end of each song, while one man jokingly screamed “Get off the stage!” to the unresponsive hologram just before her rendition of “I Will Always Love You.”

That’s not to say the audience didn’t love it, only that they intuited a new way to interact with something that couldn’t interact back. Of all the audience members I spoke to after the show, none of them had any serious criticisms. “I wanted to go up there and shake her hand. It was faultless,” said one. Another wished the hologram was “fatter,” adding that “surely she was never that skinny.”

In that way, An Evening with Whitney Houston is a successful misremembering of the late Grammy winner. The hologram projected a fantasy of a woman unmarred by fame, abuse, drugs, the pressure to uphold an unstable vision of perfection. It was everything we wanted Whitney to be, as we temporarily allowed ourselves to forget the consequences of such eulogistic thinking.

“Higher Love”

“Saving All My Love”

“All the Man I Need”

“I Have Nothing”

“I Wanna Dance With Somebody”

“It’s Not Right But It’s Okay”

“I Believe In You and Me”

“Run to You”

“Step by Step”

“How Will I Know”

“My Love Is Your Love”

“The Greatest Love of All”

“Shoop Shoop”

“I Will Always Love You”

“Queen of the Night” (Dancers Only)

“I’m Every Woman”

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Hozier wraps US tour after love and support 'like nothing I’ve experienced before'

Hozier has shared his appreciation for audiences in the US as he wraps up his American tour . The Irish singer played his final gig of the tour in Forest Hills stadium in New York City last night.

Hozier has been enjoying great success in the US lately. Recently, he became the fourth Irish musician to ever top the Billboard Hot 100 chart as his track Too Sweet shot to number 1 .

The Co Wicklow native has been playing a number of concerts across the US with the show in New York last night marking the end of the journey. Hozier took to social media to express his appreciation and revealed that the love and support he has received in America is like "nothing I've experienced before".

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The musician wrote: "The last night at Forest Hills Stadium marked the end of this US run of shows, I can’t believe it came in so quick. The love and support I’ve felt across the run is like nothing I’ve experienced before, and touring with Allison Russell has been a true gift, I feel honored, lifted, and blessed to have shared the stage with her these nights.

"Thank you so much to Allison and her incredible band. To everyone who bought a ticket and came to a show (or even tried to!). Thank you. Thank you for sharing your evening, your voices, your ears and your hearts. I can’t wait to do this again."

Hozier was met with a standing ovation at a recent New York concert as he made an impactful speech about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East . Hozier openly expressed solidarity with those suffering due to the conflict.

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Although the majority of the crowd cheered him on, some attendees were so incensed by his remarks that they stormed out before the concert ended. In the lead-up to performing his renowned track, 'Nina Cried Power', Hozier declared: "And we wouldn't want to see anybody subjected to the kind of violence that and indiscriminate bombing that we are seeing on our TV screens.

"The kind of assault in Rafah's face and the genocide and violence. And in that same way that people are showing up at the moment saying we would want to be represented to our democratic representation - we want to be represented in that compassion, and in that human witness and in that law."

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