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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 in November 1994.[1]

Venue

November 8, 1994
November 12, 1994
November 19, 1994

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over 200,000

History[edit]

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

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 ""

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Notes

Musical Director:

Rickey Minor

Bass guitar/Bass synthesizer: Rickey Minor

Guitars:

Paul Jackson, Jr.

Keyboards: , Wayne Linsey, Joe Wolfe

Bette Sussman

Drums: Michael Baker

Percussions: Bashiri Johnson

Saxophones/EWI: , Gary Bias

Kirk Whalum

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

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