Whitney Houston leaves a lot of questions after her Berlin concert

Even though there were moments when you thought she still has the power and strength of former years, her show at the very well-attended O2 World seemed like a nostalgia event with the main act a woman who's only 46 years old.

She was struggling to sing and kudos to her that she had the nerve and guts to try it. But she failed most of the time. There was not a single song she sang all the way through. With four keyboard sets, two heavy monster drum sets and four backing vocalists, you couldn't always tell if she was singing at all, her old tried and tested hits were just snippets, she was coughing all the time, stopped quite often for a pause before continuing, and talked a lot on stage. Her tributes to Michael Jackson and the great Lena Horne who died just recently, were not very inspiring and felt luke-warm.

What she really needs I think is a break. A loooooong break. She deserves better. Oh and whoever is responsible for her costumes should be fired immediately.

Ms. Houston is performing nine more shows in Germany until the end of May with stops in Hamburg,
Munich, Stuttgart, and Frankfurt.