Celine Dion Live 2017

 

After Dion's previously large-scale Taking Chances World Tour in 2008-2009 in support of her album Taking Chances, she began a new concert residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in 2011, with a contract through 2019. On 25 January 2017, Dion's official website announced sixteen shows in Europe to take place during the summer months of 2017.^[1][2] Tickets for those shows were available to the general public on 3 February 2017.^[1][2] Eight additional dates—in London, Paris, Lille, Manchester, Birmingham and Berlin—were later added.^[4] On 31 March 2017, The SSE Hydro posted an intimation of a concert in Glasgow, Scotland. Details for this show were announced during the first week of April 2017.^[4] Véronic DiCaire joined Dion as the opening act.^[5]

On 14 June 2017, it was announced that both shows scheduled to take place at Manchester Arena on 25 June and 1 August would be rescheduled due to ongoing investigation after the Manchester Arena bombing.^[6] The shows were rescheduled to be at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 25 June 2017 and 2 August 2017.^[7]

The tour received positive reviews. The Independent rated the concert five stars out of five, calling it "a flawless show with zero pretence" with Dion's "unstoppable vocals".^[8] The Guardian rated the concert four stars out of five.^[9] London Evening Standard also rated it four stars out of five, writing that Dion "didn't just crank out soulful power ballads" but she was also "a stage-strutting, air-punching, kiss-blowing bundle of fun, gratitude and good humour".^[10] Gay Times also praised the show, writing that Dion proved she's very much at the height of her career.^[11] In a positive review Metro wrote that Dion's "vocals can easily be considered the eighth wonder of the world".^[12] According to a positive review by the Official Charts Company, Dion's concert was "almost a religious experience".^[13] Her concert in Leeds, on 25 June, was given a five star rating by the Manchester Evening News. Performing on a stage with a backdrop of "Leeds in loving support of Manchester", Dion was praised for her boundless energy and note and pitch perfect performance.^[14]

Dion's team recorded two shows in Paris (8 and 9 July) as well as two shows in London (29 and 30 July.) However, there has been no confirmation regarding possible CD/DVD release. On 26 January 2018, a recording of "Encore un soir" was broadcast on TF1 as part of "Jean-Jacques Goldman, 40 years in music."^[15]

Dion sold-out all of her European concerts.^{[16][17][18][19]} She also broke records across the United Kingdom as the highest grossing artist at each UK venue where she performed.^{[20][21][22][23]}

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• Musical Director, Piano: Scott Price
• Drums: Dominique Messier
• Bass: Yves Labonté
• Guitars: Kaven Girouard
• Keyboards: Guillaume Marchand
• Percussion: Paul Picard
• Background Vocals & Tin Whistle: Élise Duguay
• Background Vocals: Barnev Valsaint, Dawn Cumberbatch
• Violins: Philippe Dunnigan, Jenny Elfving, Laraine Kaizer, Rebecca Ramsey, Svetlin Belneev, Lisa Dondlinger, Lenka Hajkova, John Arnold, De Ann Letourneau
• Violas: Jerome Gordon, Kaila Potts, Dmitri Kourka
• Celli: Lindsey Springer, Raymond Sicam III, Irina Chirkova, Judy Kang, Élise Duguay
• Woodwinds: Eric Tewalt, Philip Wigfall
• Trumpets: Matt Fronke, Kurt Evanson, Nico Edgerman, Don Lorice
• Trombones: Daniel Falcone, Nathan Tanouye

Additional Notes

• "I'm Your Angel", "My Love", "Treat Her Like a Lady" and "Misled" were performed only during the concert in Copenhagen
• "Loved Me Back to Life" was performed from 15 to 20 June 2017.
• "Ordinaire" was performed during the concert in Bordeaux.
• "The Reason" and "The Colour of My Love" were removed from the set list after six concerts.
• "The Show Must Go On" was not performed during the second concert in Berlin.
• "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" was not performed during the concert in Glasgow.
• Only during shows in France was "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" performed in an acoustic version only accompanied by a guitar.

Notes

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