Whitney Houston takes on Russia
Singer to headline pair of concerts
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While the singer's label, Arista, could not confirm the dates, Houston's official website has listed the two engagements as the kickoff to a tour of Europe and Asia: Dec. 9 at the Olympisky Stadium in Moscow, followed by an appearance Dec. 12 at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg.
Concerts are the first ones scheduled by Houston since the Aug. 31 release of her first studio recording in seven years, "I Look to You." The Europe-Asia dates rep the first tour for Houston in 11 years, according to the singer's praisery, PMK HBH.
Thrush, who was scheduled to promote the album overseas in December, has apparently parlayed the trip into a testing ground for a possible U.S. tour; her more recent appearances were for a studio audience on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and a Central Park set for "Good Morning America."
Following the dates in Moscow, Houston's website lists five nights of perfs in Japan.
She'll then jet over to Europe for five dates in the U.K. beginning April 8 before playing in eight cities in Germany.
Houston disc "I Look to You" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard current-album chart with a first-week tally of 305,000 units. Sales have reached 750,000 to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
