The Heat (also known as The Heat: Luther & Anita Live!) is a co-headlining concert tour by American recording artists Anita Baker and

Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his sweet and soulful vocals, Vandross has sold over 40 million records worldwide. He achieved eleven consecutive P ...

. The tour primarily played over 50 shows in the United States during the fall and winter of 1988. Shows in New York City, Los Angeles and Rosemont were instant sellouts. Baker has a brief promo tour mere weeks before this tour started. She later toured internationally with George Benson, for shows in Europe and Asia, under the title "Anita Baker in Concert". Following the conclusion of this joint tour, Vandross launched his "Any Love World Tour" in January 1989.

Opening act

* Sinbad

Band

;Baker * Musical director/guitar: Ray Fuller * Keyboards: Darrell Smith * Drums: Rayford Griffin * Bass: Sekou Bunch * Percussions:

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* Saxophone:

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* Keyboards: Donn Wyatt * Background vocals: Perri Sisters and Gina Taylor ;Vandross * Musical director:

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* Keyboards: John "Skip" Anderson * Bass guitar: Eluriel "Tinker" Barfield * Guitar:

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* Drums:

Ivan Hampden Jr. Ivan Hampden Jr. (born April 1, 1958 in New York, New York) is an American jazz and R&B drummer, composer, and record producer. He was Luther Vandross’ tour and session drummer from 1987 to 2003. Biography Ivan Hampden grew up in the New ...

* Percussions: Steve Kroon * Backing vocals:

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, Paulette McWilliams and Kevin Owens

Setlists

The following setlists were obtained from the concert held on September 28, 1988, at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. They do not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

Tour dates

Box office score data

, $332,505 , - , Omni Coliseum , Atlanta , 33,660 / 33,660 (100%) , $804,575 , - , BJCC Coliseum , Birmingham , 18,511 / 18,511 (100%) , $394,493 , - , Louisiana Superdome , New Orleans , 17,699 / 20,000 (88%) , $360,730 , - , San Diego Sports Arena , San Diego , 9,649 / 14,578 (66%) , $225,700 , - , Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena , Oakland , 26,816 / 26,816 (100%) , $603,360 , - , Riverfront Coliseum , Cincinnati , 14,416 / 17,474 (82%) , $360,400 , - , Civic Arena , Pittsburgh , 15,892 / 15,892 (100%) , $379,307 , - , Bradley Center , Milwaukee , 12,300 / 18,000 (68%) , $287,875 , - , Rosemont Horizon , Rosemont , 68,284 / 68,284 (100%) , $1,792,430 , - , colspan="2", TOTAL , 407,534 / 439,167 (93%) , $9,998,377 , -

References

{{Anita Baker 1988 concert tours Anita Baker concert tours Luther Vandross concert tours