Read/Post Concert Reviews!

Why Does it Hurt So Bad:
CONFIRMED... on ET tonight! Whitney is teaming up with Mariah for a song for a soundtrack... produced by Babyface!! (submitted by: Carlos C.)

Well-- it's official -- Rachel is contemplating suicide.

Yahoo! Internet Life are getting together with the Intel New Music festival to create the first annual Online Music Awards. It's like a wired version of Music Video Awards. They want to know who your favourite artist is and who has the best website. I know Celine may win because of her enduring popularity (Titanic), but I want Whitney to give her a run for it. I need your help. There is a Surfer's Choice Award and your vote is what counts. Tell the world that Whitney is your favourite musical arist by voting at http://www.yil.com/musicpoll The deadline is July 8, so go nuts! Winners will be announced on July 15 at the awards ceremony. (taken from: The Team Celine Mailing list)

Whitney will give an interview on wednesday july 1st to the french radio NRJ. I think it will be in the evening around 8. (submitted by: Julian S.)

ONLINE VOTING BOOTHS:
The first booth is called "Favorite Female Singers". WH is currently ranked #5.
The second booth is called "A Weekly Music Survey". WH is currently ranked #1.

The site allows up to ten votes per day per voter (the 2nd of the above sites only allows 5); the booths are incredibly easy to set up, so I created 2 booths for Nippy:

WH's charity activities page has been updated. (Thanx to Chip H.)

Fan Asylum's website has been revamped. They detail their mission statement, which includes , courteous customer service, as well as other lies. Why is this company thriving?

«Providing state-of-the-art, creative, innovative and informative fan club materials and services that reflect the personality of the artist and respond to the desires of the fans » Yeah. Have you seen The Platinum Club Website? "state-of-the-art"? Puh-lease! I once ordered an item from the Platinum Club thru their website. ONE MONTH after I ordered it, it still wasn't mailed to my house. I called the PC and after being on hold for 20 minutes, -- long distance -- they told me that they hadn't checked thier online orders, yet. [i.e. at least 4 weeks w/o checking thier e-mail]. Efficient? my a$$.

« Providing friendly, courteous customer service which consistently exceeds expectations and builds customer loyalty. » After I signed up with the fanclub, I only recieved 3 fanclub letters in 8 months. I called to ask what the hell was going on, since other fans had told me about their fanclub letters. After being on hold for 20 minutes, long distance, the women on the other end didn't give a rat's a$$ that I never got any letters. They said they have "problems" in their mailings and they tried to blame it on the postal service. Funny how I get mail from fans all over the world and never has anything gotten 'lost' in the mail EXCEPT for every letter the PC club has sent me. Coincidence? puh-lease!

New Whitney Webpage at Beautiful Black Women Online! (submitted by: Big Lou)

It seems to be confirmed that Whitney's supporting artist is Connor Reeves (for the UK concert). Connor is a blue-eyed soul boy from the UK, having written for the likes of Tina Turner and Anita Baker in the past. He released his debut album last year. When interviewed by VH-1 a few months ago, he sadi he learned to sing by listening to Whitney on his walkman, in the park, and emulating her! I am pretty sure he will at least present Whitney a song he has written for her. Whether she accepts is a different matter. (submitted by: Sadiq V.)

Whitney is going to collaborate with Missy Elliott, in ther next album: MTV's 1515 music news program featured a brief interview with Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, who said that she will be writing some songs for Whitney's new album. First, Clive Davis' people approached her, then Whitney called her, saying, "What's up, girl?". At first, Elliott thought someone was playing a joke on her, but said Whitney was cool. She says the songs will still be the same Whitney, but she'll be giving it more of a street sound. (submitted by: Lisa D.)

Rachel is not sure about this collaboration. Missy's album is OK, but sometimes, Missy says some nasty things, such as dissing Patti LaBelle as well as other sexual inuendos which don't bare repeating, you need just see the lyrics.

Rachel got hate mail today. Please feel free to respond to this hate-mailer.

The concert in Holland is cancelled (july 1, in Rotterdam). There won't be another concert in Holland. (submitted by: Eric L.)

Best Selling Soundtracks of all time: NeoSoul's listing. (submitted by: Alan M.)

"Blitzlicht" Tuesday , June 23rd at 18:55 C.E.T. on SAT 1. This iterview was cancelled. I don't know why. (submitted by: Nadine B.)

The Official Tourbook of the European tour confirms: "Following the tour she has plans to record a new album and to do a film project with Will Smith, which will have its own soundtrack album." (submitted by: Klaus-Peter)

Several new articles added to the Bad Boy Bobby Brown section.

There will be an interview with Whitney on SAT 1 . Theyīll show a part of Nipīs Berlin-concert-rehearsal and talk to her backstage . Theme : Superstar Whitney Houston in Berlin (Believe me, this is German , but I think I donīt have to translate it to you , do I ?) "Blitzlicht" Tuesday , June 23rd at 18:55 C.E.T. on SAT 1. (submitted by: Nadine B.)

From the German Music TV station VIVA:

The video-tape of Pamela Anderson and her husband Tommy Lee is the most popular one of his kind. Will there soon be a competition in the racks of the shops?
Such a tape seems to exist of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, too. "We are searching for this film" admits the dutch Porno-king Barney Nygaard. "Stuff like this is very in demand" - rumours about the marriage Houston-Brown were not confirmed - Whitney mysteriously: "My music should speak for itself."

There will be more news about Bobby and Whitney. They will be on Entertainment Tonight(ET) at 7:30pm. Check your local TV listings. (submitted by: Gregory A.)

OHMIGOD! People Online has a new section about Weddings. They list the best wedding songs. You'll never guess what songs are on the list. It is unbelievable that after all these years, that song is still popular even tho it was never a big hit.

What wedding reception would be complete without an unabashedly romantic ballad by Celine or Whitney or even the Carpenters? Silly, sappy, overplayed and inarguably haunting, Wedding Songs That You Hate But Can't Get Out of Your Head are as mandatory as a toss of the bouquet. Don't believe us? Listen to our Audio Clips of 1998's Top Ten Most Requested Wedding Songs.

TODAY! In the morning news on the radio, they said that WH *is* divorcing Bobby. Their jokes started: TOP 3 REASONS TO DIVORCE BOBBY:

1. Whitney would have to do 3 movies a year in order to pay for Bobby's laywer bills.
2. Whitney was no longer being invited to the A-list events because ppl feared that WH would bring him along.
3. I didn't catch the last reason!

The Wall of Sound reports about WH's divorce.

"Whitney Houston is not commenting Today on published reports that she and husband Bobby Brown are divorcing. The couple have been married nearly six years and Houston is busy getting ready to kick off a European tour which starts saturday."

The Mr. Showbiz website is having a "Water Cooler" poll about WH's divorce. According to a Mr. Showbiz poll asking "Should Whitney and Bobby separate?", the overwhelming majority voted "yes, they no longer amuse me". The other choice was "no, marriage is a lifelong pact". I wish they had a choice that went "yes, he is a creep". More that 2700 people have responded so far. You can vote on the Mr. Showbiz homepage. (submitted by: Arunesh R.)

Chart Info page has been updated.

Ford of Germany is sponsoring WH's Unisef concert in Aschaffenburg. I used AltaVista to translate the contest rules. Translation is not perfect, but good enough to understand..

Thursday, June 18th 1998 at 1:00 pm on TLC: "On The Inside". Clive Davis, president of Arista Records, tells about the recording business, including discoveries of Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston. TLC = The Learning Channel. (from: http://www.rockontv.com)

As you know I work at a newspaper and I had the opportunity to call Arista headquarters in New York yesterday. The woman I talked to said Whitney was definitely in the studio, although no relase date was scheduled for sure. She also said that when Whitney does drop something, I could interview her. I wouldn't know what to say! I'd be dumbfounded! (submitted by: Patrick)

FORD contest: VIP tickets for Aschaffenburg!
FORD Germany (http://www.ford.de) started a great give-away: they present Whitney's concert in Aschaffenburg. You can win Whitney CDs and a "Ford Mondeo Festival" + 2 VIP tickets... even better: the winner receives the car from Nippy personally!!!!!!!!! You can also order tickets via Ford-Hotline (0180/5 30 11 30) for only 65 DM each. Oooooooh, who will be the lucky winner? (submitted by: Klaus-Peter)

FYI: Rachel has just finished 4.5 new Whitney videos. New videos are entitled "The Exhale Years", "Complete Videography pt. 1", "Complete videography vol.2/1997-98 TV apperances", and 1 hour of "Old School pt. 3" and "IYBT Years".

Rachel was offered many rare WH items which she already had (or could not afford). I am sure someone will want to grab some of these posters, press kits, LPs, cassette singles, etc., so I've listed them here. Many items added on June 8/98.

Friday, June 12th 1998 at 12:00 am. VH1 Top 10 Countdown "Hav Plenty" - top 10 break-up videos hosted by Babyface and his wife Tracey Edmunds; includes videos by Babyface & Eric Clapton, Whitney Houston and Madonna. (from: http://www.rockontv.com)

Sunday, June 14th 1998 at 8:00 am. VH1 Top 10 Countdown "Hav Plenty" - top 10 break-up videos hosted by Babyface and his wife Tracey Edmunds; includes videos by Babyface & Eric Clapton, Whitney Houston and Madonna. (from: http://www.rockontv.com)

Can you help make Real Audio files for this webpage? Rachel is looking to have every WH song that is NOT ALREADY ON HER REGULAR CD's. Live recordings, award shows, etc. [I *just* saw the WH appareance at the first ever "Soul Train Music Awards", 1987. That is the kind of thing I'd like to have online so all the fans can hear how great WH is!]. More info Here.

Songwriters Hall of Fame in which Whitney performed tribute to Diana Ross was last night in NYC. If you have any news on this, please submit it!

I was watching a program called FAX 57 on MUSIQUE PLUS (the French version of MuchMusic/MTV) and they showed 3 minute footage of the Prince Of Egypt SOUNDTRACK. They mostly showed Nashville artists recording in the studios. They said that it will be a country oriented soundtrack. The country artists that were interviewed said that they loved the movie. They said that although the movie will be out in the winter around december, the soundtrack will be released earlier this fall. At the end, it was written: Other featured artists include Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, others... It didn't say that it was a duet but they are both OFFICIALY on the soundtrack. This is a really reliable source. (submitted by: Sam N.)

Whitney is featured w/ her mom on the Jet magazine and Cissy H. is talking about the gift that she gave her children espically Nippy. She said she gave her kids 2 things. The gift of God and something else... Cissy H. is saying she gave Nippy 2 special gifts- a love 4 God & a gospel music foundation. She also said she told Whitney and kids "Unless you love God and yourself, you can't love anyone.They have an old pic. of Whitnye singing with Luther Vandross, her cousin Dionne, and her mom. Also Nippy starts singing his eye is on the sparrow.. (submitted by: Andrea)

New date for the european tour: Verona (Italy) on the 29th June (hope I'll be there...) This one only to keep you updated. (submitted by: Francesco C.)

Tomorrow Wednesday, June 10, The Rosie O'Donnell show is having it's second year reunion bash. The show will contain many clips from pervious shows and Whitney was shown in the perviews for this show as being one of the clips that will be shown tomorrow. So if you want to catch of glimpse of one of her old Rosie apperances tune in tomorrow. (submitted by: Erin)

News found on MusicNewsWire: Whitney Houston returns to Europe for a select ten date tour this summer which includes just one UK appearance at Manchester's Nynex venue on Thursday July 9.

Meanwhile, Whitney is preparing a new album and is about to commence work on a new movie project with Will Smith. (submitted by: )

Read some reports on WH's apperance on the Magic Hour!

Anderz told me that Billboard Mag did NOT 'confirm' the duet. Only confirmed that it was a possibility. Read rest of info. (submitted by: Anderz)

Thursday, June 11th at 8:25 pm and 2:45 am: The Disney Channel will aire "The Preacher's Wife", a 1996 drama film starring Whitney Houston; cast also includes Lionel Richie. (from: RockOnTv)

I just saw the commercial on Magic's new show and Arnold Schwartzenagger and WHITNEY are the guests... not what TV Guide reported. It also airs on WTSN-LP here in Indiana, USA. (submitted by: Larry A.)

Cece to join WH in Diana Ross tribute. More details here.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame in which Whitney will perform tribute to Diana Ross is June 10th at the New York Sheraton. Does anyone know how to get tickets to this event? (submitted by: Rob P.)

Is anyone planning on bootlegging any of the European Concerts? If so, then please e-mail me! Also, does anyone know where to get that kind of stuff in Europe?

The New York Post reported that the "The Magic Hour," hosted by former basketball great Earvin "Magic" Johnson, launches Monday, June 8, from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on WNYW/Ch.5. NOTE: this is the NYC channel. It airs on different channels/times in different cities.

TV Guide hans a big article on Magic Johnsons and his new show. Start reading here. Apparently, many US viewers can tune in to this TV show in UPN. For the rest of us, I dunno if we'll get to see this new TV show or not. (submitted by: Quita L.)

You know I told you about a tribute to Diana Ross coming up this month. Well here are more details. The upcoming "Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards" in which the fabulous Whitney Houston will share the stage with Cece Winans, in a tribute to Diana Ross (from a press release from 'Rogers and Cowan', June 1st, 1998) (submitted by: Rob P.)

TODAY: 7:00 pm on VH1: Women First: "Divas" features videos by Madonna, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston.

Dave was watching the Rosie O'Donnell Show today and she had Magic Johnson on the basket ball player for the Lakers. Well he said that Whitney and Arnold Shwarchennegger are gonna be his first guests on his show The Magic Hour that debuts next Monday!!!! I don't know the time but I THINK that the station is FOX. I wonder if she is gonna perform or talk about a new album??? (submitted by: Dave N.)

Rachel wants to know if anyone can find out what channel and what time this new TV show airs. [e-mail me so I can post it here].

WH + Mariah duet idea is confirmed! Yes, we thought it was a rumour, but the movie studios actually did want WH and Mariah to sing a duet for a movie soundtrack. Whether or not it will actually materialze is still not determined. Read all the Mariah duet reports. (submitted by: Sieraaj)