At Future Love With Whitney Houston, Ray J Hints

R and B star RAY J has hinted he could rekindle his romance with WHITNEY HOUSTON, explaining the pair 'understand each other'.

In 2007 the stars shocked showbiz when it was revealed they were secretly dating - an on/off relationship that is rumoured to have continued until this year (09). Their separate ways for now the singer have gone, while Houston, 46, masterminds her return and Ray J, 28, promotes the second season of his dating gig For the Love of Ray J. But the star - who famously shot a sex tape with socialite Kim Kardashian - insists they're still close.He tells Us Weekly magazine, 'We still hang out, we're friends.'And he hints their close bond means a romance is always on the cards: 'We understand each other and always will.'

Whitney Houston — I Look to You

The queen of all big voiced songstresses is back, but unhappyly not in true diva form. Her voice hasn't totally crapped out on her after years of substance abuse and a tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown, but the same can't be said for her production crew. I Look to You takes a page out of R. Kelly's manual for generic R&B and the results aren't pretty.
The few successes on this mediocre album tend to be the dance songs — particularly the first track, “Million Dollar Bill,” written and produced by Alicia Keys. It's a solid callback to days of Earth, Wind & Fire and it's a hopeful sign that the real Whitney Houston is back and ready to retake the throne from the likes of Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson.
And she is — but not really.
She can still out sing 80 per cent of the population and she sounds so happy to be singing again that it tugs at the heart, but getting R. Kelly to produce her tracks — creating barf-inducing ballads instead of sultry guilty pleasures, and making her sound like Mariah Carey circa 2006 — overshadows it all. When you're copying the diva songstress who, a decade ago, was copying you, clearly something has gone terribly wrong.
But for many of Whitney's older fans (Hi Dad!), she'll likely sound as fierce as she did 10 years ago. The title track, “I Look to You,” might very well cause middle-aged mothers and fathers to uniformly mortify their children by leaping off their sofas and weeping at the overwrought vocals and 10,000-piece orchestra.
Suffice it to say, the queen is back. It's just too bad her throne reigns over a mound of mediocrity.

At X Factor Wardrobe Malfunction Whitney Houston ‘Furious’

The X Factor in Whitney Houston was left furious after her dress almost fell down during her appearance on Britain’s this past Sunday.
The pop superstar was belting out new song Million Dollar Bill when the strap on her long silver gown popped open.
Although Whitney quipped that “I sang myself out of my clothes”, the incident left her reeling — insiders say.
“She had steam coming out of her ears,” a source said. “One of her massive entourage covered her up in these enormous towels and took her away. It was odd, as though she couldn’t bear to be seen in the dress anymore.”
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL!
Whitters apparently had Simon Cowell – who’s a judge on the X Factor – quivering in his boots!
Apparently the pop diva gave little Si a little telling off about his choice of song for one of his contestants.
Cowell gave Danyl Johnson Houston’s song I Didn’t Know My Own Strength to sing — before she’d even had a chance to perform it live herself.
“You’d never guess that anyone could leave Simon speechless — he usually has contestants quivering in their boots. But he got a taste of his own medicine with Whitney,” a source told Britain’s Daily Mirror.
“They had a lot of playful chemistry and got on like a house on fire,"

Win front row tickets for Whitney Houston

Here’s your opportunity to bag yourself two front row tickets to watch superstar diva Whitney Houston at her first Birmingham concert in over a decade.
This Fridayticket go on sale but you can secure your premier seats in advance by entering our exclusive competition.
Whitney’s first major tour for more than 11 years will play LG Arena, Birmingham on April 13 next year She will perform classic hits such as How Will I Know and I Will Always Love You alongside tracks from her international chart topping album, I Look To You.
The Birmingham date is the third leg of a European tour that also takes in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium.
And, with only five UK dates, tickets are expected to sell out fast.
Whitney has sold more than 140 million albums worldwide since she recorded her history making debut album 25 years ago and is the most successful female artist in history, with 41 awards to her name.
The 46 year old singer, who has also lined up an appearance on The X Factor on Sunday, said: “This is my first full tour since 1999. I cannot wait to perform songs, both from my new album along with favourites.”
Her first studio album since 2002 was a US number one following its release there in September.
Her tour will start at Manchester April 8 and move to Glasgow before coming to Birmingham, Newcastle and London. Tickets are priced at £50 and £75 – but you can get two of the best seats in house courtesy of the Express & Star.
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First major tour of the UK in over a decade, ‘I Look To You’ singer Whitney Houston has announced

The UK tour to Whitney Houston for the first time in over a decade.The singer ‘I Look to You’ will play five arena dates starting next April in venues across England and Scotland.Whitney said: “‘My Love Is Your Love’ this is ny first full tour in 1999 and I am so excited to be performing for my fans around the world after all this time."I am putting together a great show and cannot wait to perform the songs from my new album ‘I Look to You’ along with some of your favourites."The 46 year old star will also make a TV appearance on talent show ‘The X Factor’ this Sunday (18.10.09) her first UK TV appearance in 12 years.Whitney who has sold over 140 million albums worldwide is making her long awaited musical return after overcoming drug addiction.Whitney’s UK tour will start in Manchester on April 8 before moving to Glasgow, Birmingham, Newcastle and London.The rest of her European dates will also see her perform in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium.

Whitney Houston Launches to Support Of Global Chart-Topping Album I Look To You

On the heels of her critically acclaimed, internationally chart topping album I Look To You, announced Whitney Houston today the first leg of an thirstily anticipated European tour, more than 11 yearsto her first major tour. The UK concerts will be the must look gigs of this decade as Houston comeback to the stage to perform classic hits alongside her latest songs. I Look To You will be released in the UK on October 19, just one day after a massive appearance on the hit program The X Factor."My Love Is Your Love this is my first full tour and I am so excited to be performing for my fans around the world after all this time. I am putting together a great show and cannot wait to perform the songs from my new album I Look To You along with some of your favourites," said Whitney Houston.Her European tour will look her perform in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium as well as the UK, with territories to be announced shortly.In the twenty five years since she recorded her history making debut album, Whitney Houston has become a superstar, a story, an icon. One of the bestselling female artists of all time, she has sold over 140 million albums worldwide and is the most awarded female artist in history with 411 awards to her name. Her longtime producer Clive Davis encouraged her to record her current release I Look To You which has topped charts across the world.

HOUSTON ANNOUNCES UK TOUR DATES: Singer to begin promoting new set in April.

*Whitney Houston is set to tour the UK and Europe for the first time in over a decade with five arena dates across England and Scotland beginning in April.
“This tour is my first full tour since the ‘My Love Is Your Love’ tour in 1999 and I am so excited to be performing for my fans around the world after all this time," Houston said in a statement. "I am putting together a great gig and cannot wait to perform the songs from my new album ‘I Look to You’ along with some of your favorites."
The UK jaunt will start in Manchester on April 8 at the Manchester Evening News Arena, then, move to Glasgow at the S.E.C.C. April 11; Birmingham at the LG Arena April 13; Newcastle upon Tyne at the Metro Radio Arena April 22 and London’s O2 Arena April 25.
A May 13th date is set in Leipzig, Germany at the Leipzig Arena. Other stops include Hannover at the TUI Arena May 16; Hamburg at the Color Line Arena May 17; Munich at Olympiahalle May 21; Stuttgart at Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle May 22; Oberhausen at Konig-Pilsener Arena May 26 and Mannheim at the SAP Arena May 29.
The 46-year-old star will also make a TV appearance on talent show "The X Factor" this Sunday - her first UK TV appearance in 12 years.

I am Tired Of Failin, Mike Tyson To Oprah

In an emotional interview with Oprah Winfrey, Mike Tyson claimed to be a new man - one focused on his family. The former heavyweight boxing champion feared that the erratic behavior that has dominated his life for two decades would kill him within two years if he returned to it. Tyson opened up about most of his headline-grabbing actions over the years, including his years in prison, his tempestuous eight-month marriage to Robin Givens, his long addiction to drugs, the $400 million fortune he squandered, the 1997 comeback match in which he bit Evander Holyfield's ear, and -- for the first time -- the death of his 4-year-old daughter earlier this year. The key development in Tyson's life stems from what seems to be a newfound self-awareness following his participation in the movie "Tyson," a documentary about his life filmed as he went through rehab two years ago. "If I'm not conscious of who I am, I'm just going to let myself run (wild), and I'm going to destroy my beautiful family, and I'm going to destroy myself, and I don't want to go down that road any more," he said.Tyson ranged from terse to surprisingly candid as Winfrey asked the fallen champion about his checkered past, and he delivered eye-opening quotes about Givens and Holyfield while remaining somewhat tightlipped about the specifics of his daughter's death.On choosing not to know the details of his daughter's accidental death: "I don't know. I don't want to know. If I know ... [then] somebody's to blame for it, and if somebody's to blame for it, there are going to be problems." The quote seems to insinuate that he doesn't want to be mad at his ex-wife or any of his other children who might be found at fault for the freak accident in which daughter Exodus was found unconscious and tangled in a cord hanging from an exercise machine.On the "20/20" interview in which he sat idly while Givens called him manic-depressive and said that life with Tyson was "pure hell" and "torture": Tyson explained that the marriage was abusive "both ways" -- that he battered Givens, but that she abused him emotionally.On the Holyfield incident: "I was pissed off that he was such a great fighter ... I was just mad at him." Tyson said that after the incident, "I didn't feel guilty at all," and that the apology he delivered "wasn't sincere."On why he hasn't spoken to Holyfield since: "I see him sometimes, I think he's a little leery of me." Tyson added, "I just want to apologize. I've known him for such a long time, and I was just undisciplined. I was in a very competitive mood and I wanted so desperately to beat him for my own self-aggrandizement, and I was just upset."On whether his recent family-oriented, monogamous life is boring: "I know I don't have two more years to live if I live this life." (By "this life," he means his former hard-living world of drugs, women, and bankruptcy.)In all, Tyson was more candid than most athletes are willing to be in today's professional-sports landscape. But then, Mike Tyson has a lot more baggage to unload, too.

Bill Debuts Strong On UK Singles Chart, Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston is swiftly making her way through the UK with not just a tour but a rising single. According to currently released chart data, Houston's new single "Million Dollar Bill" debuted at no.12 on the UK Singles chart over the weekend. Taken from her first album in over five years, titled "I Look To You," "Million Dollar Bill" was produced and written by Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. In related news, Houston will embark on her first major tour in several years this coming spring.Booked for at least five dates in Europe, Houston's tour is slated to kick off April 8.

Whitney Houston: Announce UK tour dates

Whitney Houston will kick off a European tour with five dates in the UK next year.
The singer, 46, whose return album I Look To You is released in the UK on 19 October, will start the tour in Manchester on Thursday 8 April.
She will also play in Glasgow, Birmingham and Newcastle before finishing the UK dates at London's O2 arena on 25 April.
Tickets for the dates will go on sale on Friday morning.
Houston is due to give her first UK TV performance in 12 years on Sunday night on ITV1's The X Factor.
Since 2002 I Look To You her first studio album its release there in September was a US number one following.
Last month, Houston told chat show host Oprah Winfrey she was now drug free but faced a daily struggle to stay clean.

Whitney Houston first major UK tour in more than a decade

Whitney Houston American singer is all set to make her first major UK tour after more than a decade.
Houston, 46, who will also sing on October 18 on the X Factor, will be playing five arena dates in April.“This is my first full tour since 1999,” the Sun quoted the diva as saying.“I cannot wait to perform songs from my new album along with favourites,” she added.The gigs start at Manchester’s M.E.N. Arena on April 8 before taking in Glasgow, Birmingham, Newcastle and London’s O2 on April 25.

Whitney Houston: To play first Newcastle show

Whitney Houston superstar is to play her first Newcastle show, we can break today.
The chart topping diva will appear at the city’s Metro Radio Arena on April 22, with tickets on sale from Friday.
The show is a major coup, with only four other cities being included on the singer’s British tour.
Houston’s the date will mark of her first live performances in this country in over a decade, and follow years of turmoil in her troubled personal life which has seen her battle the double demons of drugs and booze.
“My Love Is Your Love tour this is my first full tour and I am so excited to be performing for my fans around the world after all this time,” she said.
“I am putting together a great show and cannot wait to perform the songs from my new album I Look To You along with some of your favourites.”
Today’s announcement comes a week before she releases her new album, I Look To You, and days before her first UK TV appearance in 12 years on the X Factor this weekend.
As well as the UK her European tour will see her perform in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium as well as the UK.

HOUSTON TO HIT THE ROAD

WHITNEY HOUSTON pop superstar is to hit the road for her first tour in 11 years. The singer has returned to the spotlight this year (09) following a much publicised battle with drugs and the breakdown of her marriage to Bobby Brown. The U.S. album chart she stopped with her new release I Look To You and now she has announced she will follow up the record with a world tour her first since the My Love Is Your Love tour in 1999. Houston will begin her global trek in 2010 and has scheduled dates in the U.K., Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium, with the rest of the concerts set to be announced in the next few days. Houston says in a statement, "This is my first full tour since the My Love Is Your Love tour, and I am so excited to be performing for my fans around the world after all this time. I am putting together a great gig, and cannot wait to perform the songs from my new album along with some of your favourites I LOOK TO U."

First Tour In Ten Years, Whitney Houston look

Whitney Houston will venture on her first major tour since 1999's "My Love Is Your Love" tour in 2010 !"This is my first full tour since the 'My Love Is Your Love' tour in 1999 and I am so excited to be performing for my fans around the world after all this time," The "I Look To You" singer said in statement over the weekend. Houston will play five dates in Europe, including gigs in England and Scotland, during April of 2010. News of Houston's tour follows verification that she will indeed perform on 'The X-Factor'. Following in the footsteps of Beyonce and Britney Spears, Houston will take on 'The X Factor' stage October 18.Beyond being excited to perform for Simon Cowell on 'The X-Factor,' Houston says she's already planning for the European tour."I am putting together a great show and my new album 'I Look to You' i cannot wait to perform the songs along with some of your favorites."The tour kicks off in Manchester on April 8 before moving to Glasgow, Birmingham, Newcastle and London. She will also perform in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium.More information is expected to be announced this week. Latest album of Houston's is "I Look To You" debuted atop the charts in September. It has spawned the singles "I Look To You" and "Million Dollar Bill".

Whitney Houston return to UK tour

The UK tour to Whitney Houston for the first time in over a decade. The ‘I Look to You’ singer will play five arena dates starting next April in venues across England and Scotland. Whitney said: “‘My Love Is Your Love’ this is my first full tour, tour in 1999 and I am so excited to be performing for my fans around the world after all this time."I am putting together a great gig and cannot wait to perform the songs from my new album ‘I Look to You’ along with some of your favourites."The 46 year old star will also make a TV appearance on talent show This sunday ‘The X Factor’ her first UK TV appearance in 12 years. Whitney

who has sold over 140 million albums worldwide is making her long anticipated musical return after overcoming drug addiction. Whitney’s UK tour will start in Manchester on April 8 before moving to Glasgow, Birmingham, Newcastle and London.The rest of her European dates will also look her perform in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium.

Whitney Houston to perform on 'X Factor'

U.S. pop star Whitney Houston is to appear on "The X Factor," giving her first performance on British television in 12 years.
Houston, who has sold 134 million albums, is making a comeback after years spent battling drug addiction.
"I Look to You," her first studio album since 2002, was No. 1 on the U.S. album chart when it went on sale last month. It is to be released in the United Kingdom Oct. 19.
The BBC said the singer is scheduled to be a guest on "The X Factor," a popular British talent show, Oct. 18.
"It should be a fun night. I am a fan of Simon Cowell's and look forward to meeting him," the BBC quoted Houston as saying.