Hundreds walk out of Whitney Houston concert as her voice fails

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=7409272

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...ts-London-latest-leg-troubled-world-tour.html

sad when the voice starts to go

 

she had bad reviews at her australian concerts as well

http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...n-on-aussie-tour/story-e6frfn09-1225835153466

Whitney Houston's strain on Aussie tour


Whitney Houston looking far less stressed only few months ago / Reuters Source: Reuters

• Whitney looking tired, strained
• Tour slammed by fans
• Fans payed up to $699 for tickets

SHOWING the strain of her disastrous Australian tour, Whitney Houston looked anything but an international superstar while eating a late lunch in Sydney yesterday.

Hours before hitting the stage before 12,000 paying fans at the Hope Estate Winery in Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley, Houston, 46, surfaced from her room at the Four Seasons hotel in The Rocks,The Sunday Telegraph reports.
She sat down with a few members of her entourage at 3.30pm and had a Coca-Cola, a bottle of water and a light meal.
Wearing a white singlet and long black shorts and looking extremely tired, despite not having performed since Wednesday night, Houston at times closed her eyes and rested her head against a wall and waved her arms.

After eating, a puffy Houston happily posed with a couple of fans in the hotel foyer before boarding a tour bus for the two-and-a-half hour drive to Hope Estate.
Two decades ago, Houston was the world's biggest pop star. Her magnificent voice pumped out a string of massive international hits, but her destructive relationship with drug-addicted husband Bobby Brown, himself a lower-level pop star, led her to a life of well-chronicled drug dependency.
In recent years she has split with Brown and kicked drugs, but her first tour to Australia since 1988 has been a disaster.
Houston's Brisbane show last week was slated by fans for forgotten lyrics and wobbly pitch.
After paying up to $699 for ticket packages, fans waited anxiously for her to come on stage at 9pm last night and were worried they wouldn't get their money's worth.
"I paid $250 and got a $350 package for the weekend, but I'm a bit concerned about it because I heard in Brisbane she only did a few songs, walked off throughout the show and her voice wasn't that good," said 20-year-old Jess Morton from North Sydney.
The show was not a sell-out, with noticeable empty spaces around the 168ha estate.
"I know she doesn't have the same voice that she used to but I still expect that she will go all right," said Malinda Polanski, 30, from Melbourne.

 

It's such a shame that all that talent has gone to waste cause of drugs.

 

Again? Put the pipe down, woman.

 

That's harsh. What did Whitney ever do to you?

 

I feel bad for her. She is such a talent and at one point seemingly had it all. I hope she can get back to somewhere near where she was........I don't think she is washed up.

 

I think she is. This is all supposed to be her comeback. If she still had it, we'd see it.

 

She has permanent damage.

She's not "coming back".

 

You are probably right. That would be a sad waste.

 

She made that "I have nothing without you" song, and my friend always sings it. But it's funny watching him do it, so I guess I can't complain.

 

I'm sorry, I really do love Whitney Houston, but that shit was just too funny.

 

Co-sign to all!

She's been in shambles for years. If she was healthy and had her voice still, this should be the time for it to show itself.

She's clearly not up to the task of this tour. I feel bad, because she made some great music back in the day and her voice was phenomenal.

It's sad to see this fiasco.

 

Just sad, she got screwed by drugs and Bobby.

 

This is symptomatic of a larger issue IMO. The Angel of R&B born into a music dynasty (Thelma and Cissy Houston) just couldn't say no to the bad boy and here we are. We are living in an era where all these women's choices are coming back to haunt them, and the shit is out there for all to see, hence their frustration.

 

ahhhhh....gonna haveta give a co-sign to the already co-signed...!!! agreee with all that was said and agree with you joanie bird...!!!!

 

Only had she not listened to those ignorant negroes who said her music wasn't "black" enough.

 

If only she didn't get together with that mess Bobby Brown. She made so many bad choices.

 

That's showbiz.

You strike while the iron is hot. Don't take it for granted.

Nothing is guaranteed in this industry, even when you are very talented.