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The Feels So Right Tour was the tour in Japan only by singer Whitney Houston. The tour started on January 1, 1990 and ended on January 24, 1990 before the release of her third album I'm Your Baby Tonight.

History

Whitney's sold-out concert tour of Japan which began January 1 and concluded January 24, playing 14 dates in 7 cities, was a phenomenal success. The show was really "hot" with a new band performing three new songs from her up-coming nearly completed album, and three all male back-up singers (including Whitney's brother, Gary).

The Japanese fans snatched up tickets to all her shows in just hours. Even with the heavy concert schedule, Whitney managed to enjoy the pleasures of Far Eastern living, from riding its' world famous Bullet Train which travels 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 looks forward to her next voyage to the Far East.

Setlist

1. Overture 1990
2. So Emotional
3. You Give Good Love
4. Saving All My Love for You
5. How Will I Know
6. Takin' A Chance
7. Monologue
8. Love Song Medley:
   • All at Once
   • A House Is Not A Home (by Gary Houston)
   • Didn't We Almost Have It All
   • A House Is Not A Home
   • Where Do Broken Hearts Go
9. All the Man That I Need
10. Who Do You Love
11. I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
12. Greatest Love of All
13. Higher Love (Encore)

The 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
• Choreographer: Khandi Alexander
• Assistant Choreo: Darrel Wayne Wright
• Dancers: Darrel Wayne Wright, Troy Burgess

Interesting Tidbits

1. She performed 4 new songs at that time: "Takin' A Chance", "All the Man That I Need", "Who Do You Love", plus Whitney's version of "Higher Love" (Steve Winwood's hit) and a few notes of "A House Is Not A Home" (by Dionne Warwick) included in a love song medley blending 3 whitney songs.
2. There was 1 costume changing.
3. "Takin' A Chance" was the new single in Japan. The single was released in that country only.
4. 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." They released the new album, I'm Your Baby Tonight 10 months later.

Tour Dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
January 1, 1990	Yokohama	Japan	Yokohama Arena
January 2, 1990
January 5, 1990	Sapporo		Tsukisamu Green Dome
January 7, 1990	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena
January 8, 1990
January 12, 1990	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall
January 13, 1990
January 14, 1990
January 17, 1990	Nagoya		Nippon Gaishi Hall
January 18, 1990
January 20, 1990	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Kokusai Center
January 21, 1990	Hiroshima		Hiroshima Sun Plaza
January 23, 1990	Sendai		Sendai Gymnasium
January 24, 1990	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena

Broadcast / Recordings

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

References

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

• 1990 concert tours
• Whitney Houston concert tours