# Pacific Rim Tour

The Pacific Rim Tour was a concert tour of arenas and stadiums by American Pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston. The tour included 10 concert dates in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia and the United States in 1997. The tour was in support of her 1996 multi-platinum album, The Preacher's Wife.

## Opening act

* Bobby Brown (Hawaii)

## Setlist

* "I'm Every Woman"
* "So Emotional"
* "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
* Medley: "All at Once" / "Saving All My Love for You" / "Greatest Love of All"
* "Queen of the Night"
* "Change the World" (performed by Gary Houston)
* "My Name Is Not Susan"
* "All the Man That I Need"
* "A Song for You" (performed by Bobby Brown)
* "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
* "Freeway of Love"
* "Count On Me" (with CeCe Winans)
* "In Return" (performed by CeCe Winans)
* "I Love the Lord"
* "I Go to the Rock"
* "My Prerogative" (performed by Bobby Brown), (contains elements of "Superstition" with Whitney)
* "I Will Always Love You"
* "Step by Step"
* "Something in Common" (with Bobby Brown)
Notes
* ↑ performed in Taipei, Bangkok, and at select dates in Japan
* 1 2 performed at select dates in Japan
* 1 2 performed in Hawaii, Taipei, and select dates in Japan

## Personnel

Band
* Musical director – Rickey Minor
* Bass guitar, bass synthesizer – Rickey Minor
* Keyboards – Bette Sussman
* Trumpet – Raymond Brown
* Keyboards – Wayne Linsey
* Drums: Michael Baker
* Percussion – Bashiri Johnson
* Guitars – Paul Jackson Jr.
* Saxophone, EWI – Gary Bias
* Trombone – Reginald Young
* Backing vocalists – Gary Houston, Pattie Howard, Sharlotte Gibson, Valerie Pinkston-Mayo
Dancers
* Carolyn Brown, Merlyn Mitchell, Shane Johnson, Saleema Mubaarak
Tour Management
* Manager – Tony Bulluck
Security
* Director of security – Alan Jacobs

## Shows

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| Asia ||||
| May 5, 1997 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka-jō Hall |
| May 7, 1997 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka-jō Hall |
| May 8, 1997 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka-jō Hall |
| May 13, 1997 | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome |
| May 14, 1997 | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome |
| May 20, 1997 | Bangkok | Thailand | Queen Sirikit National Convention Center |
| Oceania ||||
| May 21, 1997 | Melbourne | Australia | Palladium Crown Entertainment Complex |
| Asia ||||
| May 25, 1997 | Taipei | Taiwan | Taipei Municipal Stadium |
| Oceania ||||
| May 29, 1997 | Honolulu | United States | Aloha Stadium |

### Cancellations and rescheduled shows

| May 22, 1997 | Melbourne, Australia | Palladium Crown Entertainment Complex | Cancelled due to throat infection |

## Classic Whitney Live

Houston performed two special concerts, billed as "Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C." at the historic DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. Whitney performed a few of her greatest hits, as well as gospel favorites and songs saluting some of her influences including Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross. The second concert on October 5 was broadcast live on HBO cable channel TV. Whitney and The Whitney Houston Foundation for Children donated the proceeds, over $300,000 from ticket sales to the Children's Defense Fund, a national non-profit organization devoted to providing a voice for all children of America, particularly poor, minority and disabled children.
Set list
* "I Will Always Love You"
* "I Know Him So Well" (duet with Cissy Houston)
* Dionne Warwick Medley: "Walk On By" / "A House Is Not a Home" / "I Say a Little Prayer" / "Alfie"
* Aretha Franklin Medley: "Baby I Love You" / "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" / "Ain't No Way"
* Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.: "Mr. Bojangles" (feat. dance solo by Bobby Brown)
* Tribute to United States great men: "Abraham, Martin and John"
* Diana Ross Medley: "God Bless The Child" / "Endless Love" (duet with Gary Houston) / "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" / "The Boss" / "Missing You"
* Tribute to George Gershwin: "I Loves You, Porgy" / "Porgy, I's Your Woman Now" / "Summertime"
* "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
* "I Love the Lord"
* "I Go to the Rock"
* "The Greatest Love of All"
* "Amazing Grace" (saxophone solo by Kirk Whalum)
* "Step by Step"
* "I'm Every Woman"
Notes
* 1 2 "Missing You" and "I Love the Lord" was not performed at the October 3, show
* ↑ "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" featured Monica, Shirley Caesar and BeBe Winans at the October 5, show
Shows
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| October 3, 1997 | Washington, D.C. | United States | DAR Constitution Hall |
| October 5, 1997 | Washington, D.C. | United States | DAR Constitution Hall |

## Box office score data

List of concerts, showing date, venue, city, tickets sold, number of available tickets :
| Date | Venue | City | Attendance | Revenue |
| May 29, 1997 | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 29,118 / 29,118 (100%) | $1,634,370 |