{"id":1557,"date":"2019-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/whitney-houston-releasing-new-album-and-going-tour\/"},"modified":"2020-01-31T06:01:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T06:01:54","slug":"whitney-houston-releasing-new-album-and-going-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity\/whitney-houston-releasing-new-album-and-going-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Houston Is Releasing A New Album And Going On Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"Whitney Houston is a music icon.&nbsp;\n\nEvery time her songs come on at a party, the whole room erupts with cheering and off-key singing.&nbsp;\n\n<em>I Wanna Dance With Somebody<\/em> is a JAM.&nbsp;\n\nNot this kind:&nbsp;\n\n<img data-original=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/giphy-188.gif\" alt=\"jam toast GIF by Super Simple\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\">\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/giphy-188.gif\" alt=\"jam toast GIF by Super Simple\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\"><\/noscript>\n\nThis kind:&nbsp;\n\n<img data-original=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/giphy-189.gif\" alt=\"Feeling It Whitney Houston GIF\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\">\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/giphy-189.gif\" alt=\"Feeling It Whitney Houston GIF\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\"><\/noscript>\n\nSadly, Whitney passed away seven years ago, and the chance to see her perform live went with her.&nbsp;\n\nUntil now.&nbsp;\n\nThe icon\u2019s estate is reportedly planning on releasing a posthumous album and a hologram tour.&nbsp;\n\nAccording to The New York Times, Pat Houston &#8211; Whitney\u2019s sister-in-law, estate executor, and former manager &#8211; has a plan to re-brand the late pop diva.&nbsp;\n\n\u201cBefore she passed, there was so much negativity around the name; it wasn\u2019t about the music anymore,\u201d Pat explained to the Times.\n<blockquote>\u201cPeople had forgotten how great she was. They let all the personal things about her life outweigh why they fell in love with her in the first place.\u201d<\/blockquote>\nHence the decision to release new tracks from Whitney\u2019s vault.&nbsp;\n\nAnd the hologram tour? 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