Giving You the Best World Tour

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. 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: Bill Summers
 * Saxophone: Everette Harp
 * Keyboards: Donn Wyatt
 * Background vocals: Perri and Gina Taylor


 * Vandross
 * Musical director: Nat Adderley Jr.
 * Keyboards: John "Skip" Anderson
 * Bass guitar: Eluriel "Tinker" Barfield
 * Guitar: Doc Powell
 * Drums: Ivan Hampden Jr.
 * Percussions: Steve Kroon
 * Backing vocals: Cindy Mizelle, Ava Cherry, Lisa Fischer, 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.