Well, this is one tune that’s becoming part of an all too familiar song. Whitney Houston performed live at England’s O2 Arena over the weekend…and the critically-panned performance left mirrors cracking all over the UK.
The singing icon had another difficult night while performing to a sold out house on Sunday night. According to The Daily Mail’smusic reviewer Georgina Littlejohn, who had a front run seat for the foolery, hundreds of people walked out in the middle of a two-hour show which saw Houston reportedly missed multiple lines in multiple songs, panting excessively while performing, and randomly pausing without explanation.
Even Whit was startled by her bizarre performance, telling the disappointed concertgoers: “She don’t want to come, my soprano friend… Sometimes the old girl sings, but not tonight…I want to do it, but she doesn’t want to… She’s getting a little… temperamental, even.”
The singer reportedly blamed the air conditioning in the arena for the debacle (Insert rolling eyes here….Uh-Huh. It’s totally the air conditioner’s fault!) — critics, on the other hand, were far less forgiving.
Littlejohn wrote: “She struggled further with another of her classic songs, this time cutting short ‘Greatest Love Of All,’ only managing to pull of a couple of verses. And during much of the set she paused and panted for breath between songs while her backing singers did a great job of carrying her with their melodies. Her outfit also left a bit to be desired. She came on stage in tight leather trousers, a sequinned jacket that struggled to fasten at her middle and a bloated face. Whitney did manage to stay on stage for the majority of the two-hour gig, her first of three at the Docklands venue. But fans were still unhappy, with some even demanding their money back.”