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 Sisters 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: Alfa Anderson, 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.

Tour dates

Box office score data

References

1988 concert tours
Anita Baker concert tours
Luther Vandross concert tours