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Last month we learned that after a few delays, Whitney Houston successfully kicked off the European leg of her Nothing But Love World Tour. Today we check in with our dear Whitney and learn that this week we brought her show to Germany. Here are photos from Whitney‘s concert stop Wednesday night at Konig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany:

I bet some of y’all had forgotten that Whitney is on tour. I had not … and I’m thrilled to see that she is still truckin’ along, bringing her show to sold out audiences around the world. I understand this particular show in Oberhausen was quite a hit … Whitney was treated to more than one standing ovation. I can’t be entirely sure but it sounds like Whit Whit may have finally hit her stride. There still have been no official announcements about Whitney bringing her Nothing But Love World Tour to the US (just yet) but I’m hopeful we’ll get to see her live on stage here at home sometime this year. Keep doing your thang, Whitney!

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Last week we learned that Whitney Houston was forced to postpone the start of the European leg of her Nothing But Love World Tour due to illness (an illness that continued to force the postponement of a few more shows in addition) but last night in Birmingham, England our dear Whitney took to the stage at the LG Arena to start up her tour once again. I think it’s safe to say that it wasn’t the smoothest show that Whitney has prolly performed in her storied career but overall I sounds like she held everything together … pretty much. Here are a few photos and some deets from last night’s show:

After canceling the first three U.K. dates of her comeback tour following her respiratory infection, Whitney Houston was back on stage at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England on April 13. Entering the stage in white shimmery outfit, she told the crowd, “I’m feeling pretty good myself. Thank you for asking.” When performing two songs from her latest album “I Look to You” in the beginning of the concert, Whitney got some trouble with her microphone, but one of her people was quick to hand her a replacement. “My head mic broke… but I always have a spare,” she joked. “It has been a long time since I’ve been to Birmingham but what a pleasure it is to be here,” she continued. “I thank you for your love and loyalty. Tonight I want you to enjoy yourselves, have a good look, do your thing. If you want to sing along to me, sing in the right key – I’ve seen ‘X Factor’. I know Simon [Cowell] too.” After around six songs were delivered, Whitney exited the stage to catch her breath, take a brief rest and change her clothes. “Thank you for being patient. I heard you got a little pissed off while I changed my clothes and dried off. But I’m here now,” she said upon her return. The set list of her “Nothing But Love” Tuesday concert included “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”, “I’m Every Woman”, “I Will Always Love You”, “All My Love for You”. Saved as the last treatment before the lights were off was “Million Dollar Bill”.

Dang … poor Whitney can’t seem to catch a break right now. I know she postponed a string of shows so that she could rest and be ready to hit the stage with a vengeance but I suspect technical problems coupled with some lingering illness proved to be her ultimate undoing last night. It may take a few shows for the dear lady to warm up again and hit her stride … but I’m glad to see that she is soldiering on. Keep doing your thing, Whitney … keep on, keepin’ on.

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Uh oh … it looks like the concert trail has finally taken its toll on our dear Whitney Houston. Whitney, who has been resting between tour stops for the last few weeks and was due to begin the European leg of her Nothing But Love World Tour has been forced to cancel tonight’s show in Paris, France due to a respiratory illness. Whitney, naturally, is very upset that she has been forced to postpone the start of the European leg of her tour but she vows that the show will go on … later in the week. Here is a report of tonight’s cancellation along with the text of her official statement:

U.S. pop diva Whitney Houston has postponed a concert in Paris on Tuesday night due to illness, delaying the European leg of a world tour that received a rocky reception in Asia and Australia. Concert organizers said the 46-year-old singer had been excited about opening her European tour in Paris at the Omnisport Bercy and regretted having to postpone the show. “Whitney is suffering from an upper respiratory infection and after a consultation with her doctors has been advised to postpone her performance,” said a statement from the concert’s organizers. “Whitney and her band apologize that the show has to be rescheduled on such short notice.” Her tour will resume as scheduled in Manchester, Britain, on April 8 and a new date for Paris will be announced shortly … Her publicist Kristen Foster issued a statement denying Houston was having health problems and insisted she was in great health and having a “terrific time on her tour and with her fans.” Houston’s tour began in South Korea in February with the singer performing in Japan then Australia. She is set to tour Britain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland by June.

Blah. I’m certain her critics will pounce on this cancellation like rabid dogs hungry for a bone. It is not out of the ordinary that things like this happen and the fact that she plans to perform later in the week AND make up this Paris date is proof that this cancellation is not out of the ordinary. It’s better that Whitney rest and get well while she can now rather than force herself to perform and risk having the cancel more shows down the line. Whitney Houston is a pro and pros know what they are doing. I fully trust that she will be back on the performance stage very soon … wowing her loyal fans with all the vim and vigor that is expected of a mega-superstar like Whitney Houston.

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A new 10-minute long interview video with Whitney Houston has made its way to the Internets and in this sit down, she talks at length about her Nothing But Love World Tour (which recently WOWed fans in Australia) and other various topics. Among the other topics she discusses, Whitney chimes in on the state of pop music these days where young artists feel they have to resort to wearing “Hallowe’en costumes” to get a little attention … a practice, she feels is totally unnecessary:

In an interview talking about her “Nothing But Love” tour, Whitney Houston opted to share her insight about today’s pop stars. And, she made it clear that she is not a fan of artists who put on “Halloween costumes” on their shows. “There are some extremely gifted and talented young women and young men out there who don’t have to really put on Halloween costumes, just be themselves,” she gushed. “A little extravagance, a little flair, a little sexiness or a sultriness is cool, but some of them are very dark. … To me, it’s not becoming.” Whitney Houston will resume the tour in support of her comeback album “I Look to You” on April 8 at MEN Arena in Manchester. The last stop, meanwhile, will take place on May 29 at SAP Arena in Mannheim.

You go girl! I’m so with you on this point, Whit. I’m so not impressed with “artists” who feel that style (and I use the term very loosely) should surpass substance. Wearing all kinds of gaudy crap just to look “different” is neither intriguing nor interesting to me. Clearly, my dear Whitney — DIVA SUPREME — agrees. After the jump, check out this new Whitney Houston interview in full …

After Whitney Houston faced tough criticism on her first few concert dates in Australia and after Whitney beat a hasty exit out of Sydney, homegirl performed a show in Melbourne which has — surprisingly — resulted in a RAVE review! Despite what some critics have been alleging, Whitney Houston proved in Melbourne that she’s still got what it takes to thrill an audience full of concert-goers:

REPORTS of Whitney Houston’s career-death have been greatly exaggerated. Given some of the post-show comments – by journalists and the public – after Houston’s Brisbane and Sydney shows you half expect her to collapse on stage or not sing a note. On the contrary – her sold out Rod Laver Arena show was – for the majority – pure superstar material. 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 ”down times.” Indeed every time she hits a huge note her devoted audience break into applause. I have rarely seen an audience so behind an artist, willing her on. Before that note in I Will Always Love You the audience give her a standing ovation, someone even yells ”You can do it” – and she does, 90 minutes into the concert. Those saying Houston should not be on tour are misguided – these are her people and they are thrilled to see her back on stage. And Houston knows she’s in her element. Perhaps all the haters (Houston referenced her bad Australian press) have spurred her on – there was no hint of trainwreck. Sure she’s eccentric – at times looking in her own world – but who wants normal stars? At one point Houston did her own make up on stage and occasionally giggled to herself. However there were no signs of excessive sweating, minimal holding onto towels and hardly any coughing. Houston belted out hits like The Greatest Love of All, All at Once and Step by Step with that spine-tingling voice in full effect. She chatted and engaged with the crowd, performed a Michael Jackson tribute and got well and truly in the vocal zone during her gospel segment. The only niggles were the talk-singing of I Wanna Dance With Somebody and How Will I Know at the end of the show, with the audience singalong and her amazing backing vocalists saving the day. But they’re minor gripes – if she keeps up this quality Houston we do not have a problem. Houston returns to Melbourne to play at the Plenary on Saturday.

Now this is more like it. While I fully believe that Whitney may not have sounded her best at some of her earlier shows, I never believed her performances were as tragic as her critics would like us to believe. A review like this is enough to wash away all the previous criticism … and if Whitney is using the “haters” to spurn her on, then I hope they keep the criticism coming. Whitney Houston is a survivor but, more importantly, she is a performer … and I LOVE that she is able to silence her critics in one fell swoop. Now, if she can just keep on going with that same fire, she will be just fine. She’ll be fine anyways … but I’m really looking forward to hearing more good things about Whitney‘s show … and I’m really looking forward to seeing her in person myself. You go, Whitney!! You keep on goin’!!

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Earlier this week, we learned that fans who ventured out to see Whitney Houston perform live on her Nothing But Love World Tour stop in Brisbane, Australia were less than impressed by her performance and today we learn that Whitney — thru her publicist — is firing back at the criticism. Despite the negative press she’s been receiving Down Under, Whitney‘s people insist that she is healthily and happily soldiering on tour … with no plans to stop:

Whitney Houston says her tour of Australia is going great, despite the swathes of fans and critics who have panned her performance. Houston has faced a barrage of complaints since embarking on a six-date tour of Australia in Brisbane on Monday, with some fans walking out of concerts, some demanding refunds and others complaining she was off key and looked exhausted. The backlash following Monday’s (Feb. 22) concert and a similarly criticized performance in Sydney on Wednesday (Feb. 24) prompted Houston’s publicist Kristen Stewart to release a statement, dismissing rumors that the 46-year-old singer is having health problems. “Whitney is in great health and having a terrific time on her tour and with her fans,” Foster said in a statement reported by Sydney newspaper the Daily Telegraph. “Her fans were dancing and singing along with her and Whitney appreciates their support.” But not everyone agreed that Houston was in such fine voice for her first tour of Australia in 22 years. After finishing her Australian tour in Perth on March 7, she heads to France and Britain in April with her “Nothing but Love” world tour … Disgruntled fans have backed up their complaints about Houston’s performance by posting video clips of the singer online, showing her struggling to hit some notes. Houston’s Australian promoter Andrew McManus said he was proud to be associated with such “an amazing talent” and people who wanted to hear Houston of 20 years ago should go and buy a CD. “All I can say is what happened to the Australian positive support of someone who has seen difficult times and is now up on stage, warts and all, presenting herself like an open book for the world to see,” he said in a statement on his company website.

Well, it would seem that “warts and all” Whitney will be moving forward with her tour which will, very likely, be making its way to the US sometime this year. Despite all that Whitney has accomplished to release her latest album I Look To You and to embark on this world tour, it would seem she still has many obstacles left to overcome. I fully support the woman and am very much looking forward to seeing her live on stage here in the US, hopefully soon. Keep your chin up, Whit! If you can survive a marriage with Bobby Brown, this tour criticism should be a piece of cake.

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Whitney Houston continues to tour the planet with her Nothing But Love World Tour and has recently made her way to Australia (after performing shows in South Korea and Japan) and has hit a huge snag along the way. Whitney performed her first show in Oz this week (Brisbane, to be exact) and completely failed to impress her audience there. According to Aussie news reports, Whitney Houston‘s live performance on this tour has not been living up to expectations:

Whitney Houston’s Australian comeback is under fire after fans criticised the opening night of her Australian tour claiming the singer sounded ‘croaky and appeared ‘disorientated’. The American star struggled through the opening night of her first Australian tour since 1988, and was left breathless and exhausted after just two songs at her show at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, it was claimed. And even more bizarrely, the 46-year-old took a 20 minute break to catch her breath mid-way through the show. After half a dozen songs she left the stage for twenty minutes to take a break, bringing on her brother, Gary Houston, to sing in her absence. The band and backing singers then performed an energetic version of one of her biggest hits, Queen of the Night, from The Bodyguard soundtrack. One fan interviewed on Australian TV after the show said: ‘It was a disgrace. She can’t sing. She didn’t sing one song properly. She was disorientated and she needed a 20-minute break. It was the first concert I have walked out of in my life.’ Another fan said: ‘She couldn’t entertain a dead rat, to be honest.’ Other fans took to Facebook and Twitter to complain about the ‘croaky’ quality of her voice. ‘ ‘We just got back from Whitney Houston concert in Brizzy and I feel so sorry for her. She sounded croaky,’ fan Rick Crystal said on Facebook. ‘#whitneyhouston should have toured 15 years ago. Voice not what it used to be,’ adavidholloway said on Twitter after the concert. Some fans said they would be demanding their money back. ‘The multi-award winning singer appeared disoriented and failed to properly name some of her backing band as she introduced them to the audience, ‘ wrote the Australian Associated Press’s music reviewer. ‘But the final act faltered at the finale when she croaked her way through I Will Always Love You, pausing to get a drink and towel herself down just as she was about to hit the song’s epic high note, which she turned into a soft coo,’ he added … the singer’s spokesman Andrew McManus said Whitney was ‘surprised’ by the negativity and rejected tabloid rumours that she was seriously ill after the performance. U.S. tabloid the National Enquirer claimed the 46 year old had collapsed due to a drug and alcohol binge, and that her health has declined in recent months, with family members begging the star to postpone her planned concerts. ‘It was not a train wreck,’ McManus said. ‘She was hitting most of the notes, yes her throat was a little croaky. ‘Her health is fine but she’s also not 22 years of age anymore.’ The Australian concerts are part of her comeback “Nothing But Love” tour which kicked off at the end of last year. ‘She was not fit to perform,’ wrote one on the Courier Mail newspaper’s website. ‘She seemed to be on another planet and the concert was laughable.’

Yikes! Those Aussies and their concert reviews … they’re quite vicious, no? You may recall that the folks in Oz unleashed this kind of ire towards Britney Spears last year when she performed her Circus tour there … but, in their defense, they may be right about Whitney‘s lackluster performance this time around. After the jump, check out video of Whitney‘s performance of I Will Always Love You and judge for yourselves whether or not Whit was up for the task of performing …

Last weekend Whitney Houston kicked off her Nothing But Love World Tour in Seoul, South Korea and just last night performed a show at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan … and she was lookin’ faboo, y’all … check out these photos from her show last night:

I understand that last night’s show was just the first to be performed in Saitama … Whitney is scheduled to perform there thru Valentine’s Day on Sunday. From Saitama, Whitney will make her way to Osaka, Japan on the 17th to perform a string of shows there. Go on with your bad self, Whitney!! You are lookin’ great … and I got nothing but love for you!!

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Last week we saw photos of the fabulous Whitney Houston arriving in Seoul, South Korea ahead of the first two dates there of her new Nothing But Love World Tour and today we get to see some video from those sold out performances. From the accounts that I’ve read of her performances, Whitney put on two fantastic (and memorable) shows and she looked and sounded great … tho, it’s obvs she still has some kinks to work out of the show. Here is a photo of Whitney Houston performing on the first night of her Nothing But Love World Tour in Seoul, South Korea last weekend:

Pop diva Whitney Houston kicked off her first world concert tour in 10 years in Seoul, Saturday evening. Approximately 11,000 fans flocked to Olympic Gym #1, Olympic Park for a chance to see the six-time Grammy winner perform in Korea for the first time, as part of her “Nothing But Love” 2010 world tour. A few minutes past 7 p.m., Houston emerged clad in an all-black outfit: a turtleneck, leather pants and a floor-length coat. She sounded shaky at first, performing fast-paced songs “For the Lovers” and “Nothing But Love.” Her entrance was marred by audio and technical problems, with the backing tracks appearing to overshadow Houston’s own voice. “Good evening, Korea. Welcome to the Whitney Houston show. This is the first show of our world tour and we’re starting here. We’re working out a lot of details, but hopefully you’ve come here to hear me sing. I’m going to sing to you from my heart. It’s hard for me to lip synch. I tried to do it, but I can’t,” she said. The 47-year-old singer appeared to need some time to warm up her voice, which obviously was not the same powerful voice that fans remember from her memorable hits in the ’80s and ’90s. But after the slow start, Houston sang the ballad “Didn’t Know My Own Strength,” showing that she can still hit the high notes. “It’s been so long, 10 years since I’ve been on tour … You’ve been so kind to me, so loving, caring and warm, even though it’s so cold. Thank you so much,” she said. Houston still has a charismatic stage presence, giving fans a glimpse of the pop diva that reigned the music world in the late ’80s and ’90s and has sold over 200 million records. However, it was obvious Houston and her concert staff were still trying to iron out the kinks of the tour. There were awkward silences between songs, last-minute changes to the set list and on two occasions, Houston suddenly stopped singing and asked the band to start over. During “My Love,” she stopped to pick up a piece of her shoe from the floor and re-attached it … During the break, the band performed “For the Love of You,” while the back-up singers and dancers got the crowd excited with “Queen of the Night.” Two of the dancers had formerly worked with the late pop superstar Michael Jackson. Houston later re-emerged in a white floor-length coat for the “unplugged” segment of the concert. She reminded the crowd that this year is the 25th anniversary of her debut album. “Can you believe that? I don’t want to tell you this but I’ve been in show business for 30 years now. I can’t believe it myself. It seems like it was only yesterday,” she said, looking emotional. Her voice sounded strong as she performed “Saving All My Love,” “The Greatest Love of All,” and “All At Once,” although the songs had new arrangements. Houston had the crowd grooving to the hit song “Dance with Somebody,” then slowed down the pace once more with the gospel song “I Love the Lord,” from her 1996 film “The Preacher’s Wife.” Houston looked like she was cold on stage, as she tightly belted her coat to keep her warm. “For some reason, there’s a breeze on stage. I don’t like singing in the cold, but for you I will continue singing,” she said. She sang the deeply personal title track from her latest album “I Look to You,” while taking sips from a mug in one hand. Then with renewed energy, Houston sang, danced and ran from one side of the stage to the other for “Step by Step.” The concert would not be complete without Houston performing her trademark song “I Will Always Love You,” and she didn’t disappoint. Throwing kisses and bowing, she graciously thanked the crowd and left the stage. After a nearly two-hour show, Houston returned for an encore, singing her latest single, “Million Dollar Bill,” and receiving loud cheers from the audience. Houston gave another concert in Seoul on Sunday evening, then hit the road again for concerts in Japan, Australia and Europe.

Work out those kinks, girl. I know it’s been far too long since you’ve been on stage performing live in front of sold-out audiences … it’s all good. I know you still got it in you and I know I won’t be disappointed when you finally bring your Nothing But Love World Tour here to the US :) After the jump, check out some video from Whitney‘s 2-night stint in Seoul this past weekend — including performances of I Didn’t Know My Own Strength, a medley of Saving All My Love for You & The Greatest Love of All and I Will Always Love You …

Last October Whitney Houston teased that she would be hittin’ the road with a world tour titled Nothing But Love and today we get our first look at the first promo photo that will be included in the Nothing But Love tourbook!

As you may already know, Whitney announced the tour by saying:

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.

Our dear Whitney looks FANTASTIC! I understand the Nothing But Love World Tour begins Feb 6th in South Kore and continues onto Japan, Australia and Europe. She should be making her way to our sunny shores later on in the year. People, get ready, Whitney is coming back to the live performance stage!! I cannot WAIT!! Does she not look fantastic in this photo?

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