Hi all! I come today bareing awesome news. In today's Weekend section of
USA Today, on the front page no less, are the tour dates for Whitney's
upcoming tour. 

The articles reads as follows:

Whitney Houston taking her 'Love' songs to intimate places:

Pop diva Whitney Houston says she's hoping to "reach out and touch
someone"  on her first concert tour in four years. The tour kicks off in
Chicago June 22; tickets for several dates will go on sale May 21. More
dates are likely to be added to the initial cities. 

Houston, who has sold 2 million copies of her latest album "My Love Is
Your Love" in the USA (and 3 million more internationally), says she plans
to play more intimate venues this time around and promises a mix of songs
from her new album and past hits. 

"I've turned down a lot of arena dates because I've done the big-arena
thing", says Houston. "Now I want to do something where people can feel me
and I can feel them. This show is going to have a jam-session kind of
feel". 

Article by Steve Jones
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I think these cozier concerts will be awesome. Just two complaints though 
from me:

1.) Why Does It Hurt So Bad - Whitney was going to open in Milwaukee,
where I live, according to her first set of dates that were later
cancelled. Now she's not coming here at all. Oh well... Chicago, Detroit,
and St. Louis aren't too far - and I'll be at all 3 (at least). 

2.) How come I had to read about this in USA Today and not hear it from
the Platinum Club?!? This is probably news to them to - they SUCK! 

There.. I did that on purpose so that you would have to read my rantings 
before seeing the tour dates.. (yes, I am evil). OK.. here are the "Initial 
Tour Dates":

Chicago - June 22
Detroit - June 25
Toronto - June 29
Albany, N.Y. - July 2
Washington D.C. - July 5
Boston - July 7
Hartford, Conn. - July 11
New York - July 14
Philadelphia - July 17
University Park, PA - July 18
Atlanta - July 20
St. Louis - July 23
Denver - July 26
Los Angeles - July 29
San Francisco - Aug 1

(Is it just me, or is this like a total opposite of her last scheduled 
line-up? There are very few midwest and only one southern date in Atlanta. No 
Florida or Texas! Well, let's all hope for more dates like the article said)

Peace :)

Patrick 
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