Whitney Houston Under Fire For Concert Disaster Down Under
Crack kills vocal cords? Say it ain’t so, Nippy!
Singing legend Whitney Houston has been criticized for struggling through a lackluster two-hour concert at the Brisbane Entertainment Center in Australia on Monday. Fans stormed out of the arena as Houston cooed and coughed through her set, and most notably, struggled to hit the high notes that are a signature of her once illustrious career.
But concert promoter Andrew McManus insists the show, the first of Houston’s “Nothing But Love” Tour Down Under, was a success.
“I saw the whole show. Was it an A? No, it was probably a B+. It was not a train wreck. She was hitting most of the notes. Yes, her throat was a little croaky,” he says. “Her health is fine but she’s also not 22 years of age anymore. She was on stage for two-and-a-half hours dancing, singing, running. Was she a little out of breath on a couple of songs? Yes, she was. But I don’t apologise for that, she had a red-hot go.”
And McManus admits Houston was “surprised” by her fans’ disappointment – because she put her best effort into the gig.
Whitney hasn’t performed live in Australia since 1988.
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On February 24th 2010, Scott Phillips wrote:
When I watched the Whitney Houstons concert in Brisbane I couldn’t help thinking no matter how much you accomplish in entertainment ,your only ever as as good as your last performance. Did she just Finnish a tour? I’m not sure. It still doesn’t warrant using a mobile phone with a recording capability of a outer Mongolian with a lisp and broadcasting it all over the world, He’s a terrorist! Love the bit where he goes wooo wooo wooo through a moment ,Once again proving he’s a idiot. (and no doubt to Whitney as well), just when it does means something, an Aussie who thinks there at an ACDC concert goes woo woo)! You could tell how much the audience listened by the sound of continuing ooowing in the middle of some really wicked notes. If I were Whitney I’d be thinking, “My voice is shot, I’ll treat it like a rehearsal they don’t have any idea.Maybe If I walk over here and use the towel for a while they’ll stop woo hooing, no……there idiots!” Audiences want their memories exactly like the original, no adlibbing, no blues type song lengths cause everyone’s getting to used to Idol where every song is 2 and a half minutes!
‘ I will always love you’ at the end of a set of Whitney’s vocal push is an effort. Have a bit of patience, enjoy the variation. This crown would bebe thrown out of Montreal jazz festival cause every time a solo would come up you’d hear some idiot Australian going ” Woo Hoooo” Whitney set the heights high vocally, It would be a challenge for anyone and her audience live for those high notes! Whitney’s older now and has lived hard, she deserves some recognition for her achievements, but like vultures the Aussie audience hover over the star waiting for that mistake so they can justify buying that magazine that said Whitney’s washed up, instead of listening to the music and letting it take you to Whitney now. The audience want to relive their youth, so it has to be exactly like the CD! I think there’s character to her voice now, the songs have a reality about them that says to people, I’m human…your no longer 20, get over it and give me my money! Whitney should have had a 1900 number that the audience vote before coming in. Will Whitney make all the notes? yes or no!
It would remind them of idol ( so they’d feel at home) and Whitney would make millions of dollars,Refund their tickets (so they’d shut up) and buy a new voice box! Every time ‘I will always love you” gets performed, Dolly Parton buys a new house.
Look Whitney stuffed up, you were there. To walk out, not to stay and support her, who the hell are we becoming! Judges, critics and experts! try singing one of her songs yet alone 2 hours of them. You’ll get your pound of flesh, I’t something cool to tell your Grand-kids, pass on the good Vibe ” I walked out when Whitney stuffed up” !
If I was a kid, I wouldn’t want those grandparents coming to the school musical!
On March 3rd 2010, sujah wrote:
Whitney is done. She needs to to just sit it on DOWN!
On April 15th 2010, toscani wrote:
SHE SUCKS A$$ AND THE CRACK PIPE!!!