Concert date: 10/23/99 Vienna, Austria

Review of the show:
Hi Whitney-Fan !!!

...Weeks passed and I was really looking forward to see and hear the one and only Whitney Houston.Last Saturday the waiting found an end:...

...This was Whitney`s second concert in Vienna and I think it was the better one !!!? My parents,my best friend and me arrived at "Wiener Stadthalle" at about 7 o`clock and after we had bought the fantastic Tour-Book we heared Amanda Marshall: She was really good...starting with Believe In You and some songs from her new album she welcomed the audience and lighted the volcano...

8:50...The lights went out and the band came on the stage.They played a little introduce and then they went over to the wicked rythmics of *GET IT BACK*.The four pretty dancers started to swing and the phenomenal spots went through the hall.Then on the top of the stair Whitney appeared.She was as beautiful as I`ve never seen her before...her Dolce e Gabbana outfit consisted of black trousers and a black shirt with a glittering belt and a golden jacket..WOW!I have to say that during Get It back they had some problems with the sound and so it was a little bit unclear,but really good.After welcoming Vienna she went over to *HEARTBREAK HOTEL*-she did it quite well,it sonded like on the album(The background-vocals-perfect!) At the end they went over to a kind of a rewix which sounded very cool.*IF I TOLD YOU THAT* was ready to start with good piano-drive and it went on really loud and with good choreography.Afer that Whitney told us about the album and that she wanted to take us back to 1986 and started to sing an a-capella-version of *SAVING ALL MY LOVE*.Her voice was so so so so strong and clear...she did some short breaks and then she held the high notes very very long!Without stopping she went over to *UNTIL YOU COME BACK*-sounded really good and the bad did a good job.(Very impressive ligts!)Then everything turned to red and to *I LEARNED FROM THE BEST* which was simple perfect...THen we all heared the beginning of chart-breaking *STEP BY STEP* with a cool dancing and a clear sound.Whitney`s voice was now also in louder songs as strong and clear as in slow(!!!).Then she went up the stairs for her costume change.The music went on abit and then...

Gary Houston came in the middle of the stage to sing *CHANGE THE WORLD*(Stevie Wonder)-sounded like the original!!!

...When the crowd heared the rythm of incredible *MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE* they started to shout.Whitney came back in a long long black-leather dress with a green cape and green high-heels.All the people sang along with her and when she finished the band turned the song to a wild wild dance hit...Bobby (he was standing on the side of the stage before)came out to explode the audience.Furious lights started the danc mix of *I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY*...Whitney danced with Bobby and there was such a good feeling that all people jumped arond like mad-they went even more active when she performed *HOW WILL I KNOW*.WOWWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!!!!!...Then the sweating Whitney asked us if she could take us to church and started her gospel-part...*THE LORD IS MY SHEPERD*,*JESUS LOVES ME* and *I LOVE THE LORD* were so beautiful that one could cry...The background singers were so good!Whitney seemed to speak to the Lord and like she was not here at all.Then she pesented *I GO TO THE ROCK* with a lot of joy and power.During this phenomenal song she introduced her new band very very personal... They all earned a lot of applause!After drinking some tea she sat down to sing some love-songs from her movies...*I BELIEVE IN YOU AND ME*, *WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD* and *IT HURTS LIKE HELL*.She did it with a lot of charme and contact to the fascinated audience.But then she started her best ever song *I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU* which was as good and strong as I`ve never heared it before.She did a long break and a booooooooming end with a lot of glory!The audience was at the top.Whitney kneed in the middle of the stage and cryed...She thanked a lot and went behind the stage and finished the official part of her concert.But never think she leaves without an encoure:...

...The band brought again full power and the lights and dancers glowed and a pink,black and glittering proud and cool Whitney sang *IT`S NOT RIGHT ,BUT IT`S OKAY* which was the best new song at the concert...JUST SUPER!!!!!!!But this was the end of the concert...

...This was so amazing.Whitney was areal Diva and she had so much fun and nice contact with the audience.She is the best of all!!!I will never forget this event and hope to see her again. You will miss athing if you don`t go to a concert of this tour...My Love Is Her Love !!!!!!!!...

Thank you Mom and Dad and Johnny,my friend-this was everything.

Thanx for reading

Yours

RUDI F. (16)(Salzburg)...