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Well it would be a shame if she had to cancel dates. She has been struggling with her voice before too, and this tour is very demanding and has soooo many dates. Hopefully she manages to pull through. I kind of had the idea that this might happen due to her already having similar problems before, but not this early in the tour cycle.
I have received many gifts from God,
but this is the first time I have ever received a gift from a goddess.
Also - she sold out both lower and upper level seating in Croatia. Only floor seating tickets are left (which are the most expensive ones and definitely at least 2 or 3 times more expensive for the market than they should be, but I guess some people do have the money). They do seem to be selling at a very regular pace. Only 3 seats left in the cheapest section. I think this should be sold out by the end of the month.
They have some VIP packages available, but not much:
I have received many gifts from God,
but this is the first time I have ever received a gift from a goddess.
I would be very disappointed if she had to cancel shows.
When she gets poorly, she really gets poorly - you saw it so many times in Vegas, it was never 1 show she cancelled but a whole batch. I feel sorry for her, she really takes the burden of disappointment that her fans will feel on her shoulders and she tries her best to move on.
The new additions for the first US show are That's The Way It Is, If You Asked Me To, Love Can Move Mountains, The Prayer (solo version), The Reason, To Love You More and she kept Tous les blues sont ecrit pour toi.
Watching videos from Cleveland and I sometimes think it is the 90s again. What a voice!! Crystal-clear and so strong! She is still on a league of her own that’s for sure.
Tickets available for North American dates - some hefty numbers in there!
North America
20th Oct - Schottenstein Center - Columbus, OH - 1,081 22nd Oct - KFC Yum! Center - Louisville, KY - 1,080 24th Oct - U.S. Bank Arena - Cincinnati, OH - 1,055 26th Oct - Enterprise Center - St. Louis, MO - 1,060 28th Oct - Sprint Center - Kansas City, MO - 801 30th Oct - FargoDome - Fargo, ND - 1,168 01st Nov - Target Center - Minneapolis, MN - 466 03rd Nov - Fiserv Forum - Milwaukee, WI - 742 05th Nov - Little Caesars Arena - Detroit, MI - 453 18th Nov - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - 31 19th Nov - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - 93 21st Nov - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - 37 22nd Nov - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - 9 01st Dec - United Center - Chicago, IL - 601 03rd Dec - Bankers Life Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN - 1,695 05th Dec - KeyBank Center - Buffalo, NY - ??? 07th Dec - Times Union Center - Albany, NY - 207 09th Dec - Scotiabank Arena - Toronto, ON - 627 10th Dec - Scotiabank Arena - Toronto, ON - 316 13th Dec - TD Garden - Boston, MA - 929 14th Dec - TD Garden - Boston, MA - 557 08th Jan - VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena - Jacksonville, FL - 604 11th Jan - State Farm Arena - Atlanta, GA - 772 13th Jan - Bridgestone Arena - Nashville, TN - 1,659 15th Jan - Amalie Arena - Tampa, FL - 1,038 17th Jan - American Airlines Arena - Miami, FL - 1,030 18th Jan - American Airlines Arena - Miami, FL - 882 21st Jan - Spectrum Center - Charlotte, NC - 1,216 30th Jan - AT&T Center - San Antonio, TX - 1,033 01st Feb - Toyota Center - Houston, TX - 554 03rd Feb - American Airlines Center - Dallas, TX - 1,430 05th Feb - BOK Center - Tulsa, OK - 1,796 07th Feb - Smoothie King Center - New Orleans, LA - 763 09th Feb - FedExForum - Memphis, TN - 1,737 11th Feb - PNC Arena - Raleigh, NC - 1,409 18th Feb - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - 0 19th Feb - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC - 0 22nd Feb - Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall - Atlantic City, NJ - 1,026 24th Feb - Royal Farms Arena - Baltimore, MD - 1,919 26th Feb - Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA - 2,013 28th Feb - Barclays Center - Brooklyn, NY - 986 29th Feb - Barclays Center - Brooklyn, NY - 1,137 03rd Mar - NYCB Live, Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, NY - 494 05th Mar - Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY - 7,144 07th Mar - Prudential Center - Newark, NJ - 1,464 08th Mar - Prudential Center - Newark, NJ - 3,320 11th Mar - Capital One Arena - Washington, D.C. - 1,395 13th Mar - PPG Paints Arena - Pittsburgh, PA - 1,284 24th Mar - Pepsi Center - Denver, CO - 2,728 26th Mar - Vivint Smart Home Arena - Salt Lake City, UT - 275 29th Mar - Gila River Arena - Glendale, AZ - 3,231 31st Mar - Pechanga Arena - San Diego, CA - 779 02nd Apr - STAPLES Center - Los Angeles, CA - 2,586 03rd Apr - STAPLES Center - Los Angeles, CA - 1,835 07th Apr - Golden 1 Center - Sacramento, CA - 1,629 09th Apr - Oracle Arena - Oakland, CA - 4,767 10th Apr - Chase Center - San Francisco, CA - 1,627 13th Apr - Moda Center - Portland, OR - 4,132 15th Apr - Tacoma Dome - Tacoma, WA - 7,716 17th Apr - Rogers Arena - Vancouver, BC - 2,399 18th Apr - Rogers Arena - Vancouver, BC - 2,149 21st Apr - Rogers Place - Edmonton, AB - 1,140
[B]22nd Apr [/B - Rogers Place - Edmonton, AB - 2,551 25th Apr - SaskTel Centre - Saskatoon, SK - 919 27th Apr - Bell MTS Place - Winnipeg, MB - 1,206
There's 92,782 tickets in North America still to sell, mostly the higher priced tickets - and a significant number of which are across a half-dozen dates. Unsurprisingly, Canada is doing awesome.
Her voice is a bit shaky still, and a lot of lipping. She does a nice job with Courage but Lying down does not sound great live, she is very strained.
A lot of lipping 4 songs (+ the big note in ABM) out of 23? That's more than 80% of the show live. I've seen many divas in concert lately and the rate is usually 60% lipping and I'm being generous.
Agree with Lying Down, a hard song, even the studio version sounds strained to me.
A lot of lipping 4 songs (+ the big note in ABM) out of 23? That's more than 80% of the show live. I've seen many divas in concert lately and the rate is usually 60% lipping and I'm being generous.
Agree with Lying Down, a hard song, even the studio version sounds strained to me.
she does 19 songs, the medley counts as one. Yeah im not really a fan of lying down. Didnt like that other song that Sia wrote for her for the last album either.
she does 19 songs, the medley counts as one. Yeah im not really a fan of lying down. Didnt like that other song that Sia wrote for her for the last album either.
Still much much better and more songs live than many of her peers who sing and not just move around the stage with the backing track on.
And yes, Lying Down doesn't sound so good live. Same thing happened with 'Shadow of Love' and 'Fade Away' during the Taking Chances Tour as the oomph those studio versions had, didn't translate well in the live setting.
Dans ce convoi de larmes
Je te dédie ma mort
Et je saigne, saigne encore...
Why would a 12 minutes medley count as one song when nowadays most of songs last not much more than 3? Counting length of songs her live rate would still be above 80% and quite above average in any pop concert.
So happy that she is singing "Tous les blues sont écrits pour toi" as the French song of her anglo setlist
It's a great change from "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (in the sense she has been performing this song so many times in her English concerts). Loved her performance in 2016 and 2017. And this Cleveland video is very good.
She is made to sing blues (instead of jazz). Her voice would suit greatly a blues album
Celine Dion Comes Alive With Stunning First Stop in U.S. of 'Courage' World Tour: Here Are the 6 Best Moments
Celine Dion has certainly earned a break. The iconic singer recently ended her 16-year run in Las Vegas, but now she's back on the road and showing no signs of slowing down. For our sake, let's hope she doesn't.
In support of her upcoming album, Courage, Dion began a tour of the same name in Quebec this past September. On Friday (Oct. 18), she made her first stop in the United States, bringing her set to the newly christened Rocket Mortgage Field House in Cleveland, Ohio.
"We started this world tour a few weeks ago up in Canada, but this is a very special night, because Cleveland is our very first show in the USA. And that is because we hear that you guys know how to let it all hang out," Dion told the audience.
Despite recently having to reschedule several Canadian shows after doctors put her on vocal rest, the "My Heart Will Go On" singer stunned the crowd with her exquisite prowess. After two hours of power ballads sprinkled with her whimsical attitude, Dion had fans begging her to stay.
She commands the stage while making easy, friendly conversation with her band (which included horns, a saxophone, several guitarists and bass players, a drummer, strings, and backup singers) -- allowing her quirky personality we've come to know and love through the years to shine.
Here are the six best moments from the Courage World Tour in Cleveland.
Song choices: With of 30-years-worth of discography to choose from, Dion did an impressive job seamlessly mixing older hits ("Beauty and the Beast") with her new singles ("Courage" and "Lying Down"), leaving no fan of her work disappointed. And her one-two encore punch of "My Heart Will Go On" and John Lennon's "Imagine" struck an extraordinary chord.
Sartorial statements: She wore five different outfits in all. The first was pure sultry chanteuse -- a red, sequined dress with a short slit up her thigh. Then, she donned a tuxedo-like fit accompanied with huge puffy sleeves she would later discard because "it's a little hot in here." (But "don't worry, doctors' orders. I will keep my pants on," she promised.) Next up -- a nude and black-laced gown with another, even higher slit up the thigh. For her medley of covers that began with David Bowie's "Just Dance," she wore a Ziggy Stardust-esque sparkly suit, complete with other-worldly shoulders. (She'd add a red arm reminiscent of Freddie Mercury for "Another One Bites the Dust.") And finally, for her encore -- an iceberg of a dress with layers upon layers of tulle for "My Heart Will Go On" and "Imagine."
The banter: At the beginning of the show, Dion lamented how long it had been since she performed in Cleveland, setting a playful tone that would pervade throughout the night. "It's been more than 10 years since we were here the last time. What is that? I can't even count to ten. Ain't doing that no more," she joked. "Maybe it's because they locked me up in Vegas a little bit. But I escaped. And I came to Cleveland and it feels fantastic."
Audience participation: When introducing the John Farnham song "You're the Voice," Dion really wanted everyone in attendance to help out -- so she and her backup vocalists taught the audience a special part of the tune, encouraging people to sing with her. Then, during "Because You Loved Me," she told the audience join her once again "because you know the words." Of course, everyone was already singing with her the whole time.
Her vocals: You'd never know the 51-year-old singer was recently put on vocal rest, forcing her to reschedule parts of her tour. Her voice was spot-on fantastic the entire show.
The drones: Yep. There were drones emulating stars, water, and even the "heart of the ocean" diamond for "My Heart Will Go On."
Overall, Dion reminded everyone why she's one of the world's biggest stars with a forceful, engaging showstopping concert.
See the full set list below:
1. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
2. "That's The Way It Is"
3. "I'm Alive"
4. "If You Asked Me To"
5. "The Power of Love"
6. "Love Can Move Mountains"
7. "Beauty and the Beast"
8. "The Prayer"
9. "You're the Voice"
10. "Tous Les Blues Sont Écrits Pour Toi"
11. "To Love You More"
12. "Courage"
13. "All By Myself"
14. "Lying Down"
15. "The Reason"
16. "Because You Loved Me"
17. "Let's Dance"/"Another One Bites the Dust"/"Kiss"/"River Deep, Mountain High"/"Lady Marmalade"
18. "My Heart Will Go On"
19. "Imagine"
Celine Dion Returns to Cleveland After 10 Years and Slays
After Celine Dion hits one of those ungodly notes in her repertoire, she often does something a little unexpected — she celebrates.
Just like a football player who scores a touchdown in the most spectacular of fashions and then poses and screams with his teammates, Dion belts out the most eye-watering of decibels on stage and then pumps her fist, as if to say, "Hell yes, I just did that."
But what makes this diva even more of a unicorn is that these movements come off as endearing, rather than too self-admiring. And at last night's sold-out Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse show, the first American stop on her recent Courage World Tour, Dion was in the most celebratory of moods, gladly sharing her talents with the people of Northeast Ohio.
Entering center stage from a trap door in a bright red Jessica Rabbit-esque dress, Dion quickly rolled into the power ballad "It's All Coming Back to Me Now." Her voice was every bit as strong as when the cover came out in the mid-'90s. She unfortunately did not perform the entire 7-minute album version, instead, and understandably, choosing to move on with the show.
A large video screen box then lifted up into the air to reveal an entire band, complete with a horn section, a string quartet, two drum kits and three backup singers. She got right into one of her more recent hits, 2007's "That's the Way It Is," electrifying the crowd.
"You're looking so good tonight," Dion said after finishing the song. "It's been more than 10 years since I've been to Cleveland. What is that? I can't even count to 10. Way too long. Maybe they locked me up in Vegas. But I escaped, and I came to Cleveland, and it feels fantastic."
And truly, she looked fantastic and healthy with a brand new shoulder-length blunt bob haircut. Throughout the show, Dion had five costume changes, all achieved in mere minutes. In the downtime, her band excelled at keeping everyone entertained while various videos showed Dion putting on makeup, dancing and moving through water.
Rest assured Dion came armed with all of her hits. Her "The Power of Love" rendition was transcendent of time and space with her "All By Myself" not too far behind. She beautifully sang the "Beauty and the Beast" duet with one of her backup singers, while choosing to do "The Prayer" as a solo rather than a duet (originally performed with Andrea Bocelli, who as Dion pointed out, was not there).
But it was on the mostly French-language song "Tous Les Blues Sont écrits Pour Toi" that Dion went nuts. Not only did she show off her flexibility, hitting a standing back bend, but she also sang a note so high in the stratosphere it's still unclear if she didn't just make it up.
As she does have a fresh album out now, Dion, of course, was required to sing a couple of the new ones, too. And none of them were bad. The album's title track, "Courage," was especially moving.
What was so glorious about last night's performance was that you could tell she was singing live because it wasn't always 100 percent perfect. Not to say Dion ever missed a note because that's probably not possible, but every now and then she'd toy with the timing of a phrase or noodle around a little too much.
The final song of the night (before the encore, obviously) was a mash-up medley that included Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" and Prince's "Kiss," among others. And while these tunes offered her an opportunity to get the crowd pumped up — she doesn't have a whole bunch of upbeat songs in her repertoire after all — that part of the show felt like a leftover from her Caesars Palace residency in Vegas. She could have easily dug into her own catalog of songs here.
After she left the stage for one last costume change, we all knew there was one song she hadn't performed yet — her biggest worldwide hit "My Heart Will Go On." Arriving back in the fluffiest fairy godmother dress of all time, Dion obliged her fans by singing the Titanic heart-stopper with every ounce of passion she could give. The song was made even more magical with a beautiful drone light display flying around her head.
With the final "my heart will go onnnnnnnnnnnn and oooonnnn," she lifted her hand to the sky in celebration. And if you had the power to make women and men weep in their chairs from just the sound of your voice and your presence, you would probably celebrate too. It's a power that Dion has chosen to use for good.
Finishing out the night, she sang a song "you all know well," John Lennon's "Imagine." It was delicate and sweet.
We all could have listened to her sing for a couple more hours.
Concert Review: Celine Dion: Singer stuns with unrivaled vocal performance
In 2017, Disney released a live-action adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast," the 1991 animated classic. Since then, multiple remakes have been released or announced, garnering lukewarm reviews. Banking on nostalgia may pay off financially, but often the original magic is lost.
Celine Dion does not have that problem. As she sang "Beauty and the Beast" at the Schottenstein Center on Sunday, she showed no sign of vocal wear or emotional staleness that may have set in nearly 30 years after she made it a hit. The Canadian singer may represent a bygone era of chart-ruling ballad queens and "Titanic"-mania, but she has the ability to make the songs we've heard a million times sound fresh and exciting. That is no small feat after more than 1,000 performances at her Vegas residencies, not to mention multiple world tours.
"Courage," the name of the tour, was shown on the video screens before Dion took the stage, showing off a resplendent, ruby red dress and sleek blonde bin. She opened with the powerful "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" — a courageous choice.
But then again, almost all of Dion's songs require daring vocal acrobatics.
Her extensive band, including a string section, appeared during "That's The Way It Is," which, though infectious, still sounds too much like a Backstreet Boys song (thank pop songwriter Max Martin).
In addition to her iconic voice, Dion is also known for her eccentric personality. At the Columbus show, she fully embraced her quirks in extended monologues. During the first, she lamented about being away from the city for over a decade.
"I can't even count that far," she said. "Maybe it's because they locked me up in Vegas and I escaped. Get me out, get me out!"
Her humor and showmanship kept her ballad-heavy set entertaining. She punctuated her songs with fist pumps and poses. She cracked jokes in between songs and changed into several costumes—one of which included tear-away, puffy sleeves. And she directed the audience in a singalong to "You're the Voice" by Australian singer John Farnham.
Dion puts such a signature spin on material, it's easy to forget that some of her biggest hits are covers (e.g. "The Power of Love," "If You Asked Me To"). And, during one segment of the show, she performed hits by acts like Queen, Prince and Tina Turner, just for the fun of it. She also sang John Lennon's "Imagine" as a plea for peace and harmony.
Still, she made time to sing a couple new songs from her new album, "Courage," due out next month.
Despite selling hundreds of millions of albums, Dion's music has been criticized for being everything from melodramatic to emotionless.
But live, Dion was fully connected to her songs, delivering moving performances. "The Prayer," originally recorded as a duet with Andrea Bocelli, was especially touching. And "My Heart Will Go On" was performed intimately and earnestly, as if it were her first time.
Dion may not be remembered as a legendary songwriter, or someone who constantly pushed artistic limits, but she doesn't have to be. Her flawless voice and interpretation of songs have cemented her in history. And, among the artists from the great diva era of the '90s still performing, she is, arguably, unrivaled. Her instrument is in impeccable shape.
As we continue to take nostalgia-fueled trips back in time, her dedication to her craft should serve as a point of influence for the next generation.
Superstar Celine Dion absolutely slays in first-ever Louisville performance
Thank you.
I can't count the number of times Celine Dion said that to a packed and energetic crowd at the KFC Yum Center on Tuesday night, but each time, it was heartfelt, earnest and real.
Thanking her legions of fans, who packed into the downtown Louisville arena for Dion's first ever-performance in the city in her 30-year career, was a constant theme of the jaw-dropping show, one of her first U.S. stops in her "Courage World Tour."
For about two hours, in between thanks, Dion slayed each and every song she sang from her three-decades-long catalog that ranged from some of her earliest hits to two new songs off her upcoming "Courage" album being released nationwide Nov. 15.
Dion is an anomaly in the modern music industry, where auto-tune is often a substitute or disguise for performers who may vocally fall flat on a track. But Dion is in a league of her own. Her vocals were spot on all night and after she continued to hit note after incredible note over and over again, you were left wondering at some points "is she even real?"
But she is. And that's what's so incredible about this 51-year-old woman who was first discovered at age 12. She's truly that gifted. Her entire show was a masterclass in stage presence and vocal performance.
Not to mention how genuinely thankful she seems when people applaud and how much she clearly loves interacting with the audience and performing. Oh, and she looks incredible on stage, too. It was hard not to be mesmerized by her five incredible outfits — six, really, if you count a quick on-stage costume change — each one more dramatic and breathtaking than the last.
It's hard to say when Celine was at her best — truly everything was that good — but it was her incredibly powerful — read sexy — performance of the bluesy "Tous les blues sont écrits pour toi," sung mostly in French, where Dion further proved her mastery, stirring the crowd into a frenzy that had one friend declaring they were most certainly "with child" after that performance.
Big Dion energy.
But perhaps the most incredible moment came very early in the evening when Dion took the time to talk about how she had never performed in Louisville before, even though it was home to a very special friend whom she had the pleasure of getting to know alongside her late husband, Rene.
In that moment, three larger-than-life images of Dion and her husband with Louisville's own Muhammad Ali were shown on the screen. As Dion turned and looked back at her friend on the screen, the crowd erupted into cheers and chants of "Ali, Ali, Ali!"
"The Champ. Your champ," she said to thunderous applause.
It is pure gold.
This other version from Louisville is fantastic too. So soft and strong at the same time. Angelic.
And her face and smile at the end. She is so humble.
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