The singer’s dates were postponed after she was hospitalised to be treated for an illness.

But it appears the rest didn’t help Whitney. A review in The Sun said: “Time and crack addiction have not been kind to her once astonishing voice… Houston we have a problem.”

According to reports the star ran off stage after just 20 mins while backing singers covered for three songs.

The Telegraph said: “She could still very much hit those notes – even if they were not all the originals and her panting in-between sounded alarmingly wheezy. Houston is certainly a long way from washed-up. But it was a night that in the end still tasted of disappointment.”

A BBC online review said: “There were great moments… but not since I saw Bob Dylan in the late 90s have I been at a gig with so many angry punters” while The Times reported: “She still wasn’t quite right, but it was more than OK.”