The Concert For A New South Africa (Durban)
Whitney Houston
The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) is a posthumous live album by Whitney Houston, released on November 8, 2024 by Legacy Recordings to mark the 30th anniversary of her historic 1994 concerts in post‑apartheid South Africa. Recorded at Kings Park Stadium in Durban on November 8, 1994, the show made Houston the first major Western pop artist to perform in the country after Nelson Mandela’s election, and the album presents that full performance in newly mixed and remastered form, running just over two hours across 24 tracks. It serves as Houston’s second posthumous live release (following 2014’s Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances) and is positioned as both a musical document and a commemoration of a key cultural moment in South Africa’s transition to democracy.
The setlist moves through a broad cross‑section of her catalog and influences, opening with Stevie Wonder’s “Love’s in Need of Love Today” and then weaving in uptempo hits like “So Emotional” and “Love Will Save the Day,” early ballads “Saving All My Love for You” and “All at Once,” and blockbuster songs such as “I Have Nothing,” “I Will Always Love You,” and “I’m Every Woman.” It also includes a medley of lesser‑performed album tracks (“I Love You/All at Once/Where You Are”), a collaboration on Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Touch the World” with Cissy Houston and the Amajika Performing Arts choir, and the long‑vaulted song “Love Is,” originally written for her by Carvin Winans, presented both in its live debut and as a newly unearthed studio recording that closes the album. The release has been promoted alongside a 4K‑remastered concert film in cinemas, underscoring how the performance—filled with gospel flourishes, extended vamps, and spoken tributes—functioned as a celebration of freedom, unity, and spiritual resilience for a newly liberated nation.
The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) is a posthumous live album by Whitney Houston, released on November 8, 2024 by Legacy Recordings to mark the 30th anniversary of her historic 1994 concerts in post‑apartheid South Africa. Recorded at Kings Park Stadium in Durban on November 8, 1994, the show made Houston the first major Western pop artist to perform in the country after Nelson Mandela’s election, and the album presents that full performance in newly mixed and remastered form, running just over two hours across 24 tracks. It serves as Houston’s second posthumous live release (following 2014’s Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances) and is positioned as both a musical document and a commemoration of a key cultural moment in South Africa’s transition to democracy.
The setlist moves through a broad cross‑section of her catalog and influences, opening with Stevie Wonder’s “Love’s in Need of Love Today” and then weaving in uptempo hits like “So Emotional” and “Love Will Save the Day,” early ballads “Saving All My Love for You” and “All at Once,” and blockbuster songs such as “I Have Nothing,” “I Will Always Love You,” and “I’m Every Woman.” It also includes a medley of lesser‑performed album tracks (“I Love You/All at Once/Where You Are”), a collaboration on Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Touch the World” with Cissy Houston and the Amajika Performing Arts choir, and the long‑vaulted song “Love Is,” originally written for her by Carvin Winans, presented both in its live debut and as a newly unearthed studio recording that closes the album. The release has been promoted alongside a 4K‑remastered concert film in cinemas, underscoring how the performance—filled with gospel flourishes, extended vamps, and spoken tributes—functioned as a celebration of freedom, unity, and spiritual resilience for a newly liberated nation.
The Concert For A New South Africa (Durban)
Whitney Houston
The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) is a posthumous live album by Whitney Houston, released on November 8, 2024 by Legacy Recordings to mark the 30th anniversary of her historic 1994 concerts in post‑apartheid South Africa. Recorded at Kings Park Stadium in Durban on November 8, 1994, the show made Houston the first major Western pop artist to perform in the country after Nelson Mandela’s election, and the album presents that full performance in newly mixed and remastered form, running just over two hours across 24 tracks. It serves as Houston’s second posthumous live release (following 2014’s Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances) and is positioned as both a musical document and a commemoration of a key cultural moment in South Africa’s transition to democracy.
The setlist moves through a broad cross‑section of her catalog and influences, opening with Stevie Wonder’s “Love’s in Need of Love Today” and then weaving in uptempo hits like “So Emotional” and “Love Will Save the Day,” early ballads “Saving All My Love for You” and “All at Once,” and blockbuster songs such as “I Have Nothing,” “I Will Always Love You,” and “I’m Every Woman.” It also includes a medley of lesser‑performed album tracks (“I Love You/All at Once/Where You Are”), a collaboration on Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Touch the World” with Cissy Houston and the Amajika Performing Arts choir, and the long‑vaulted song “Love Is,” originally written for her by Carvin Winans, presented both in its live debut and as a newly unearthed studio recording that closes the album. The release has been promoted alongside a 4K‑remastered concert film in cinemas, underscoring how the performance—filled with gospel flourishes, extended vamps, and spoken tributes—functioned as a celebration of freedom, unity, and spiritual resilience for a newly liberated nation.
The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) is a posthumous live album by Whitney Houston, released on November 8, 2024 by Legacy Recordings to mark the 30th anniversary of her historic 1994 concerts in post‑apartheid South Africa. Recorded at Kings Park Stadium in Durban on November 8, 1994, the show made Houston the first major Western pop artist to perform in the country after Nelson Mandela’s election, and the album presents that full performance in newly mixed and remastered form, running just over two hours across 24 tracks. It serves as Houston’s second posthumous live release (following 2014’s Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances) and is positioned as both a musical document and a commemoration of a key cultural moment in South Africa’s transition to democracy.
The setlist moves through a broad cross‑section of her catalog and influences, opening with Stevie Wonder’s “Love’s in Need of Love Today” and then weaving in uptempo hits like “So Emotional” and “Love Will Save the Day,” early ballads “Saving All My Love for You” and “All at Once,” and blockbuster songs such as “I Have Nothing,” “I Will Always Love You,” and “I’m Every Woman.” It also includes a medley of lesser‑performed album tracks (“I Love You/All at Once/Where You Are”), a collaboration on Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Touch the World” with Cissy Houston and the Amajika Performing Arts choir, and the long‑vaulted song “Love Is,” originally written for her by Carvin Winans, presented both in its live debut and as a newly unearthed studio recording that closes the album. The release has been promoted alongside a 4K‑remastered concert film in cinemas, underscoring how the performance—filled with gospel flourishes, extended vamps, and spoken tributes—functioned as a celebration of freedom, unity, and spiritual resilience for a newly liberated nation.