Feels So Right Tour

The Feels So Right Tour was a concert tour in Japan by American recording Pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston.

The Feels So Right Tour was a month visit that started on January 1, 1990 and ended on January 24, 1990 to coincide with the release of her third album I'm Your Baby Tonight. Houston performed four new songs from the album; "Higher Love", "All the Man That I Need", "Takin' a Chance", and "Who Do You Love".

History

This sold-out concert tour of Japan, which saw Houston playing 14 dates in 9 cities, was a phenomenal success. Houston performed with her brand new band and included three then-new songs from her up-coming album I'm Your Baby Tonight.^[1]

The Japanese fans purchased all tickets to all the shows within hours. Even with the heavy concert schedule, Houston managed to enjoy the pleasures of the Far East nation, from riding its world-famous bullet train, which traveled up to speeds of 100 miles per hour from Tokyo to Osaka, to tasting the oriental culinary delights like sushi and tempura.^[1]

Whitney experienced the full pleasures of Japan. She even did something very Western when on her day off, she and her band members went bowling at the local lanes in Fukuoka. Everyone munched on pizza and had a great time. By the end of the tour, Whitney had picked up many words of Japanese and looked forward to her next voyage to the Far East.^[1]

Set list

1. "Overture 1990"
2. "So Emotional"
3. "Love Will Save The Day"¹
4. "You Give Good Love"
5. "Saving All My Love for You"
6. "How Will I Know"
7. Love Medley:
   • "All at Once" / "A House Is Not a Home" / "Didn't We Almost Have It All" / "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
8. "Takin' a Chance"
9. Gospel Medley:
   • "The Giver of Life" / "In Return"¹
10. "Wonderful Counselor"
11. "All the Man That I Need"
12. "Who Do You Love"
13. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
14. "Greatest Love of All"
15. "Higher Love"

¹performed only on select dates

Additional notes

• Houston performed four new songs at that time: "Takin' A Chance", "All the Man That I Need", "Who Do You Love", plus her version of "Higher Love" (by Steve Winwood) and a snippet of "A House Is Not A Home" (by Dionne Warwick) included in a love song medley blending three Whitney songs.^[1]
• "Takin' A Chance" was the new single in Japan. The single was released in that country only.^[1]
• Before singing "All the Man That I Need", Whitney said, "this song is going to be on my new album, which should be released very soon, we don't know when but we'll see." Arista Records released her new album, I'm Your Baby Tonight 10 months later.^[1]
• There was one costume change.^[1]

Band

• Musical Director: Rickey Minor
• Bass guitar & bass synthesizer: Rickey Minor
• Guitar: Ray Fuller
• Keyboards: Bette Sussman, Wayne Lynsey
• Saxophones/EWI: Kirk Whalum
• Drums: Ricky Lawson
• Percussion: Bashiri Johnson
• Background Vocalists: Gary Houston, Billy Baker, B.David Whitworth
• Dancers: Darrel Wayne Wright, Troy Burgess
• Choreographer: Khandi Alexander
• Assistant Choreographer: Darrel Wayne Wright

Tour dates

Broadcast / recordings

The Yokohama Arena show on January 7 was recorded and broadcast on cable TV in Japan.

References

External links

• WhitneyHouston.com
• FeelSoRight Japan Tour1990
• ClassicWhitney.com