Soul Divas Tour

The Soul Divas Tour is a co-headlining concert tour by American recording artists Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston.^[1] The tour was a one-month trek that started on July 7, in Hamburg, Germany. The tour was created and initiated by Felix Scheuerpflug and the team of the Welldone Agency. The exclusive promoter was Tchibo. Tickets were available on Tchibo.de only. Houston who was featured as the main headliner, also toured Thailand, Hong Kong, and China without Cole and Warwick, adding a few more dates through late July.^[2]

This marked the first time the three singers embarked on a tour together. Highlights of the tour, included duets with Warwick and Houston, also Cole and Houston duet on Cole's number-one R&B hit "This Will Be". After Whitney's set, all three ladies would appear together to sing Warwick's worldwide hit, "That's What Friends Are For". At the time of the tour, entertainment media mentioned that the tour would arrive in North America, but was soon postponed until further notice.

Setlist

Dionne Warwick

1. "They Long to Be Close to You"
2. "Walk On By"
3. "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
4. "This Girl's in Love with You"
5. "I Say a Little Prayer"
6. "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
7. "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
8. "HeartBreaker"

Natalie Cole

1. "Tell Me All About It"
2. "What a Diff'rence a Day Made"
3. "The Very Thought of You"
4. "Unforgettable"
5. "Miss You Like Crazy"
6. "Mr. Melody"
7. "I've Got Love on My Mind"
8. "This Will Be"

Whitney Houston

1. "If I Told You That"
2. "Get It Back"
3. "You Light Up My Life"
4. Medley: "Saving All My Love for You" / "The Greatest Love of All" / "All at Once" / "You Give Good Love"
5. "Superstar" / "Never Too Much" (Tribute to Luther Vandross)
6. "Step by Step"
7. Medley: "Wishin' and Hopin'" / "Alfie (performed with Dionne Warwick)¹
8. Medley: "Heartbreak Hotel" / "It's Not Right But It's Okay"
9. "My Love Is Your Love"
10. "I Go to the Rock"
11. "This Will Be" (performed with Natalie Cole)¹
12. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
13. "How Will I Know"
14. "I Will Always Love You"
15. "I'm Every Woman"
16. "That's What Friends Are For" (performed by Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick)¹

¹performed only in Hamburg, and Oberhausen.

Additional notes

• Houston's set included a tribute to close friend Luther Vandross, performing his classic tunes "Never Too Much" and "Superstar". Vandross at the time was in a rehabilitation center recovering from a stroke in 2003.
• July 7 and 11: Hamburg, and Oberhausen, Germany, Whitney and Dionne sang a duet of "Wishin' and Hopin'"; also for the closing finale, "That's What Friends Are For" was performed by Cole, Houston and Warwick.^[3]
• The tour included four additional dates in Asia. Due to scheduling conflicts, Houston performed the remaining dates without Dionne Warwick and Natalie Cole. Whitney performed shows in Thailand and China.
• July 19: in Bangkok, Whitney performed "Amazing Grace" followed by "I Go to the Rock".
• July 22 and 25: during the shows in Shanghai and Beijing she performed "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".

Tour dates

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

External links

• WhitneyHouston.com
• Avolites.org.uk
• SoulDivas Tour2004

References

Dionne Warwick Studio albums Presenting Dionne Warwick (1963) Anyone Who Had a Heart (1964) Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964) The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick (1965) Here I Am (1965) Here Where There Is Love (1966) On Stage and in the Movies (1967) The Windows of the World (1967) The Magic of Believing (1968) Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls (1968) Promises, Promises (1968) Soulful (1969) I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970) Very Dionne (1970) Dionne (1972) Just Being Myself (1973) Then Came You (1975) Track of the Cat (1975) Love at First Sight (1977) Dionne (1979) No Night So Long (1980) Friends in Love (1982) Heartbreaker (1982) How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) Finder of Lost Loves (1985) Friends (1985) Reservations for Two (1987) Dionne Sings Cole Porter (1990) Friends Can Be Lovers (1993) Aquarela do Brazil (1994) Dionne Sings Dionne (1998) Dionne Sings Dionne, Vol. 2 (2000) My Favorite Time of the Year (2004) My Friends & Me (2006) Why We Sing (2008) Only Trust Your Heart (2011) Live albums Dionne Warwick in Paris (1966) Hot! Live and Otherwise (1981) Christmas in Vienna II (1993) Compilation albums The Love Collection (2008) Singles "Don't Make Me Over" "Wishin' and Hopin'" "Anyone Who Had a Heart" "Walk On By" "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" "A House Is Not a Home" "Reach Out for Me" "Who Can I Turn To?" "Are You There (With Another Girl)" "Message to Michael" "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" "Alfie" "The Windows of the World" "I Say a Little Prayer" "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" "This Girl's in Love with You" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" "Make It Easy on Yourself" "The Good Life" "Then Came You" (with Spinners) "By the Time I Get to Phoenix/I Say a Little Prayer" (with Isaac Hayes) "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "I'll Never Love This Way Again" "Déjà Vu" "No Night So Long" "Heartbreaker" "All the Love in the World" "Run to Me" (with Barry Manilow) "That's What Friends Are For" (with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder) "Love Power" (with Jeffrey Osborne) "It's All Over" (with Dieter Bohlen as Blue System) "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (with TheHipHopNationUnited) Record labels Arista Concord Rhino River North Scepter Warner Bros. Related articles Discography Solid Gold (TV series) Book:Dionne Warwick

Natalie Cole Studio albums Inseparable (1975) Natalie (1976) Unpredictable (1977) Thankful (1977) I Love You So (1979) We're the Best of Friends (1979) Don't Look Back (1980) Happy Love (1981) Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole (1983) I'm Ready (1983) Dangerous (1985) Everlasting (1987) Good to Be Back (1989) Unforgettable... with Love (1991) Take a Look (1993) Holly & Ivy (1994) Stardust (1996) Snowfall on the Sahara (1999) The Magic of Christmas (1999) Ask a Woman Who Knows (2002) Leavin' (2006) Still Unforgettable (2008) Caroling, Caroling: Christmas with Natalie Cole (2008) Natalie Cole en Español (2013) Compilation albums The Natalie Cole Collection (1987) Live albums Natalie Live! (1978) Singles "This Will Be" "Inseparable" "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" "I've Got Love on My Mind" "Our Love" "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds "What You Won't Do for Love" (with Peabo Bryson) "Pink Cadillac" "When I Fall in Love" "Miss You Like Crazy" "Unforgettable" (with Nat King Cole) "A Smile Like Yours" "Day Dreaming" Filmography Cats Don't Dance (1997) Freak City (1999) De-Lovely (2004) Grey's Anatomy (2006) The Real Housewives of Miami (2011) The Real Housewives of New York City (2011) Related articles Discography Book:Natalie Cole