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 United States in 1997. The tour was in support of her 1996 multi-platinum album, The Preacher's Wife.

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Pacific Rim Tour

Tour by Whitney Houston
Tour Book Cover
Associated album	The Preacher's Wife
Start date	May 5, 1997
End date	May 29, 1997
Legs	4
No. of shows	9
Whitney Houston concert chronology
Whitney: Brunei The Royal Wedding Celebration (1996) Pacific Rim Tour (1997) The European Tour (1998)

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• Bobby Brown (Hawaii)

1. "I'm Every Woman"
2. "So Emotional"
3. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
4. Medley: "All at Once" / "Saving All My Love for You" / "Greatest Love of All"
5. "Queen of the Night"
6. "Change the World" (performed by Gary Houston)
7. "My Name Is Not Susan"
8. "All the Man That I Need"
9. "A Song for You" (performed by Bobby Brown)
10. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
11. "Freeway of Love"^{[lower-alpha 1]}
12. "Count On Me" (with CeCe Winans)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
13. "In Return" (performed by CeCe Winans)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
14. "I Love the Lord"
15. "I Go to the Rock"
16. "My Prerogative" (performed by Bobby Brown), (contains elements of "Superstition" with Whitney)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
17. "I Will Always Love You"
18. "Step by Step"
19. "Something in Common" (with Bobby Brown)^{[lower-alpha 3]}

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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

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Set list

1. "I Will Always Love You"
2. "I Know Him So Well" (duet with Cissy Houston)
3. Dionne Warwick Medley: "Walk On By" / "A House Is Not a Home" / "I Say a Little Prayer" / "Alfie"
4. Aretha Franklin Medley: "Baby I Love You" / "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" / "Ain't No Way"
5. Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.: "Mr. Bojangles" (feat. dance solo by Bobby Brown)
6. Tribute to United States great men: "Abraham, Martin and John"
7. Diana Ross Medley: "God Bless The Child" / "Endless Love" (duet with Gary Houston) / "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" / "The Boss" / "Missing You"^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8. Tribute to George Gershwin: "I Loves You, Porgy" / "Porgy, I's Your Woman Now" / "Summertime"
9. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10. "I Love the Lord"^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11. "I Go to the Rock"
12. "The Greatest Love of All"
13. "Amazing Grace" (saxophone solo by Kirk Whalum)
14. "Step by Step"
15. "I'm Every Woman"

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Shows