List of Whitney Houston live performances
Date Event City Performed song ( s )
January 2 , 1986 An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr New York City Ai n't No Mountain High Enough ( with Ashford & Simpson and Al Jarreau )
July 4 , 1986 Liberty Weekend : Americana Concert New York City Greatest Love of All ( with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by John Williams ) America the Beautiful ( with the other guests )
June 11 , 1988 Freedomfest : Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Celebration London Did n't We Almost Have It All Love Will Save the Day So Emotional Where Do Broken Hearts Go How Will I Know He / I Believe ( with Cissy Houston ) I Wan na Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) Greatest Love of All
August 28 , 1988 United Negro College Fund Benefit Concert New York City Did n't We Almost Have It All ( You Make Me Feel Like A ) Natural Woman Love Will Save the Day You Give Good Love So Emotional Where Do Broken Hearts Go Love Is a Contact Sport How Will I Know Saving All My Love for You He / I Believe Wonderful Counselor ( You Make Me Feel Like ) A Natural Woman You Send Me When I First Saw You / Family ( with Cissy Houston and Gary Houston ) Greatest Love of All
March 17 , 1990 That 's What Friends Are For : Arista Records 15th Anniversary AIDS Benefit Concert New York City I Wan na Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) Greatest Love of All That 's What Friends Are For ( with Dionne Warwick and the other guests )
March 31 , 1991 Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Norfolk The Star-Spangled Banner I Wan na Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) Saving All My Love for You How Will I Know Did n't We Almost Have It All / A House Is Not a Home / Where Do Broken Hearts Go All the Man That I Need One Moment in Time ( Instrumental ) My Name Is Not Susan Anymore A Song for You Revelation Who Do You Love I 'm Your Baby Tonight Greatest Love of All The Battle Hymn of the Republic
May 12 , 1991 The Simple Truth : A Concert for Kurdish Refugees London My Name Is Not Susan Miracle Greatest Love of All ( live from Oakland , California )
January 27 , 1994 Commitment To Life VII Los Angeles Do n't Cry
April 9 , 1994 4th Annual Rainforest Foundation Concert New York City If It 's Magic I Will Always Love You La donna è mobile ( with Luciano Pavarotti , Elton John and Sting )
November 12 , 1994 Whitney : The Concert for a New South Africa Johannesburg Love 's In Need of Love Today So Emotional Saving All My Love for You I Wan na Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) How Will I Know I Love You / * All at Once / Where You Are Lover for Life My Name Is Not Susan Queen of the Night I Have Nothing Touch the World ( performed with Cissy Houston and TU NOKWE 'S AMAJIKA PERFORMING ARTS choir ) Love Is Amazing Grace Master Blaster ( Jammin ' ) I Will Always Love You I 'm Every Woman Greatest Love of All Home I 'm Every Woman ( Reprise )
October 3 & 5 , 1997 Classic Whitney : Live from Washington , D.C Washington , D.C I Will Always Love You I Know Him So Well ( with Cissy Houston ) Walk On By / A House Is Not a Home / I Say a Little Prayer / Alfie Baby I Love You / ( Sweet Sweet Baby ) Since You 've Been Gone / Ai n't No Way Mr. Bojangles ( feat . dance solo by Bobby Brown ) Abraham , Martin and John God Bless the Child / Endless Love ( with Gary Houston ) / Ai n't No Mountain High Enough / The Boss / Missing You 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
July 11 , 1998 UNICEF Summer Open Air Festival '98 Aschaffenburg I 'm Every Woman So Emotional All the Man That I Need I Wan na Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) Saving All My Love for You / Nobody Loves Me Like You Do / Did n't We Almost Have It All / Where Do Broken Hearts Go Queen of the Night Change the World I 'm Coming Out / Endless Love / Ai n't No Mountain High Enough / The Boss I Love the Lord I Go to the Rock I Will Always Love You Step by Step
Benefit concerts
American singer Whitney Houston embarked on 10 concert tours, 6 of which were world tours and 4 which were territorial tours. After becoming the opening act for singer Jeffrey Osborne and Luther Vandross on their US amphitheatre tour and playing at various American theaters, festivals, and clubs in 1985, she embarked on her first worldwide tour, the successful The Greatest Love Tour in 1986. With promoting worldwide mega hit album Whitney, her second world tour, The Moment of Truth World Tour started in North America during the summer of 1987 and continued overseas during 1988 in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, and Australia. Especially in Europe, Houston visited 12 countries, playing to over half a million fans including nine consecutive nights at Wembley Arena in London. She then followed this with sold-out concert tour, Feels So Right Japan Tour in 1990 and I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour in 1991. With the enormous success of the film, The Bodyguard, and its accompanying , Houston went on her most extensive world tour, The Bodyguard World Tour to support her projects during 1993-1994. Spanning two years, Houston played North America twice, Europe, Japan, and made her first appearances in South America and South Africa. In 1997, she embarked on The Pacific Rim Tour which had her visiting for the first time Thailand and Taiwan. After the success of Houston's first studio album My Love Is Your Love in eight years, the singer embarked on her first world tour since 1994 to promote it in 1999. My Love Is Your Love World Tour was the highest grossing arena concert tour of the year in Europe while playing to almost half a million people. In 2009, Houston started Nothing but Love World Tour, her first tour in over 10 years and supported her seventh and final studio album I Look to You. During her career, Houston has also made appearances at the various charity concerts such as Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebration (1988), A Benefit Concert for The United Negro College Fund (1988), That's What Friends Are For: AIDS Benefit Concert (1990), Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston (1991) and (1997).