she was one of the biggest stars in the history of music, and her songs were extremely popular among listeners around the world. She also had crowds of loyal and devoted fans in Poland. It’s no wonder that when information about her performance at the Sopot Festival appeared, tickets sold out in the blink of an eye.
Whitney Houston performed in Poland only once. The concert received wide coverage in the media
There is probably no need to emphasize that the diva’s concert was a huge event for Poles, which they were looking forward to. The singer was supposed to perform on August 22, 1999 as part of a tour organized to promote her fourth studio album “My Love Is Your Love”. Earlier, however, she met with the then president of TVP, Robert Kwiatkowski, and the president of Sopot, Jacek Karnowski, who presented her with a gold record for the mentioned album.
On the day of the event, although it was the middle of summer, the weather was not favorable. It was only 12 degrees Celsius, it was raining and windy, but this did not constitute any obstacle for the fans and many of them gathered in front of the stage in the early morning hours. however, she had a completely different attitude. She said she would not sing in such conditions because she was afraid of losing her voice. She finally demanded that blowers be set up to warm the air, which the organizers hurriedly did, but even that didn’t quite convince her.
After Houston’s concert in Sopot, a scandal broke out. Fans were outraged by the diva’s behavior
Just a few minutes after installing the blowers, the temperature on the stage was around 18 degrees, but the star made us wait for over an hour. When she finally decided to emerge from behind the scenes, the audience went wild with delight, but the enthusiasm quickly cooled her unusual appearance. Instead of a stage outfit, Houston was wearing a turtleneck, a coat, even a scarf and… gloves. Warm clothes, contrary to expectations, did not improve her comfort and throughout the performance she made it clear that she was still cold. To make matters worse, she only performed a few songs, leaving out the biggest hits from her repertoire that fans were counting on the most.
The outrage was getting bigger by the minute and reached its peak when the singer’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, appeared on stage. The girl was also wrapped in a thick winter jacket and had a woolen hat on her head, which was completely inappropriate for the weather at that time. Although their joint performance of the song “My Love Is Your Love” caused a huge stir, it still left a bad taste. The controversy did not subside even after , because the artist, contrary to previous announcements, did not honor her presence at the press conference organized mainly with her in mind. It turned out that she was so afraid of missing the plane that she forgot to notify the organizers about the change of plans and went straight from the Opera to the airport.
Source: Gazeta
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