Nothing but Love World Tour

Background

Public criticism

Opening acts

• Anthony Callea
• Azaryah Davidson,
• Waylon
• Alex Gardner
• Karima
• :de:Marc Sway|Marc Sway
• Moto Boy
• :fi:Axl Smith|Axl Smith

  Set list

Additional notes

• December 12: the concert in Saint Petersburg, Houston performed "Step by Step", in place of "Exhale ", concerts in Korea and Japan, Houston performed "When You Believe". The concerts in Australia, Houston performed "Hallelujah!", in place of "Missing You." Houston did not perform "Step by Step" and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" during shows in Dublin and select dates in England.
• March 1: the concert in Melbourne, Australia, Houston did not perform "I Didn't Know My Own Strength", "If I Told You That" and "Exhale." Additionally, she briefly performed "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Like I Never Left". The concert on March 4, at the Rod Laver Arena in Adelaide, Australia, Houston performed "Who Would Imagine a King" and "I Have Nothing" with a fan.
• April 13: the concert in Birmingham, England, Houston performed "I Am Changing." Additionally, Houston included the video interlude for "One Moment in Time".
• April 20: the concert at The O₂ in Dublin, Ireland, Houston was joined on stage by an audience member to perform "Greatest Love of All". On select tour dates in Europe, Houston performed "Stormy Weather" as a tribute to legendary singer/actress Lena Horne.
• May 1: at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, Houston did not perform "It's Not Right but It's Okay." The song was also not performed in Milan, Italy and in Zurich, Switzerland. May 3, the concert at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy and May 9, at Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, Houston began the encore with "I Wanna Dance With Somebody ", in place of "Million Dollar Bill".

  Shows

Critical reception

• Kathy McCabe was not impressed with Houston's performance at the Acer Arena. She states, "Her acoustic set of old favourites unfortunately could not hide the very obvious problems with her voice, the strain and those coughs that punctuated the Brisbane show were back. By the time she got to the gospel section of the show a steady stream of disappointed, saddened and angry fans started streaming out the doors."
• Cameron Adams gave Houston's performance at the Rod Laver Arena a positive review, despite media upset from her performance in Brisbane. He writes, "Houston is just a more human superstar in 2010, now with added flaws that give her character. She hits all the right notes in I Look to You, the new song about what she calls her 'down times'. Indeed every time she hits a huge note her devoted audience break into applause."
• Candice Keller states that Houston still has "it" after viewing her performance at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. She continues to write, "She knows how to engage a crowd and keep the fans eating from the palm of her hand. She'll tease with a knowing and tuneful hum, or tell a story about what brought her to today."
• Kim Dawson found the performance at the LG Arena "forgettable" stating, Boos and jeers of: 'Where are you' filled the arena. When Whitney returned in a much wiser choice of black sparkly frock she said: 'I heard you got a little pissed off while I changed my clothes and dried off. But I'm here now.'
• Morwenna Ferrier applauds Houston's concert at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham. She further writes, "She kicks off successfully with two ballads from her 2009 album, I Look to You, 'For the Lovers' and 'Nothin' But Love' The crowd, now warmed up, begins rattling with joy as she struts around all finger-clicky, black and proud during 'It's Not Right'. The songs include moments of genuine bonkersness."
• John Meagher praised Houston's backing vocalist and her brother, Gary Houston for the performance at The O₂ in Dublin. He continues to write, "She spends more time chatting to the audience than singing in the early stages, although her conversation rarely strays beyond the 'I love you, Dublin' type. At one point she fixates on a young girl in the front row, but what initially is charming tries the patience of the audience and eventually becomes tedious. Even the more tolerable songs -- 'My Love is Your Love', for instance -- are carried by the strength of her backing vocalists and the enthusiastic singing of the crowd. There are slivers of the super-talented young Whitney -- a high note here, a spine-tingling pause there on 'I Will Always Love You' -- but they arrive so infrequently it hardly matters. Instead, you are left with the memory of her botched attempts to wring some magic from 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody' and 'How Will I Know?'"
• John Aizlewood gave her performance at The O₂ Arena one out of five stars, stating "Where once she soared, now she wheezes and croaks, bludgeoning her perfect pop single I Wanna Dance With Somebody into karaoke submission; stripping the moving My Love Is Your Love of all emotion and inflicting grisly carnage on I Will Always Love You."
• Fiona Shepherd gave the show at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre two out of four stars. She writes, "It was obvious from this performance that she has lost her vocal agility, her stamina, her poise and her wits – or so it seemed from her nervous laughter, repetitive thank yous and rambling personal tributes. Her band were practiced at covering for her while she took time out to pat away the sweat, re-apply her make-up, impart another nugget of eccentric insight and generally procrastinate."

  Personnel

• Musical Director: Michael Baker
• Choreographer: Jeri Slaughter
• Assistant choreographer: Paul Monte
• Tour Manager: Tony Bullock
• Drums: Michael Baker
• Percussion: Bashiri Johnson
• Keyboards: Jetro DaSilva
• acoustic guitar: Jetro DaSilva
• Bass guitar: Matthew Garrison
• Keyboards: Shedrick Mitchell
• Guitar: Sherod Barnes
• Keyboards/Orchestrater: Adi Yeshaya
• Background vocalists: Gary Houston, Sharlotte Gibson, Cindy Mizelle, Valerie Pinkston
• Dancers: Dres Reid, Ryan Chandler, Tre Holloway, Shannon Holtzappfel