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The Feels So Right Tour was a one-month concert tour in Japan by American recording artist Whitney Houston. The tour 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". The tour is named from a track "Feels So Good", that Houston recorded for her new album but was later used as the B-side for her "I'm Your Baby Tonight" single.

Background

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.

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.

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.

Setlist

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

Notes

1. ^ performed only at select dates in Japan

Notes

• Houston's set featured four new songs at that time—"Takin' A Chance," "All the Man That I Need," "Who Do You Love," and "Higher Love" (by Steve Winwood).
• "Love Will Save the Day" was often performed after the opening song "So Emotional." "A House Is Not A Home" (by Dionne Warwick) and "Say You Love Me" by (Jennifer Holliday) was included in a medley blending three Whitney songs.
• "Takin' A Chance" was the new single in Japan, and was released in that country only.
• Before singing "All the Man That I Need," Whitney announce, "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 ten months later.

Personnel

Band

• Musical Director – Rickey Minor
• Bass guitar / bass synthesizer – Rickey Minor
• Guitar – Ray Fuller
• Keyboards – Wayne Lynsey
• Keyboards – Bette Sussman
• Saxophone / EWI – Kirk Whalum
• Drums – Ricky Lawson
• Percussion – Bashiri Johnson
• Background vocalists – Gary Houston, Billy Baker, B.David Whitworth
• Dancers – Darrel Wayne Wright, Troy Burgess

Choreography

• Choreographer – Khandi Alexander
• Assistant choreographer – Darrel Wayne Wright

Tour dates

Broadcast and recordings

• The Yokohama Arena show on January 7, 1990 was recorded and broadcast on cable TV in Japan.

References

1. ^ "Feels So Right Tour, official fan club Tour info". allwhitney.com. Retrieved 2009-09-25.

External links

• feels so right tour 1990 - whitney houston

• 1990 concert tours
• Whitney Houston concert tours