Posted May 1, 200817 yr Reviews, Pics and Vids will be posted as soon as they become available B) Edited May 2, 200817 yr by SuuS
May 1, 200817 yr Author Cool, can't wait. Not too long for your show now Suus :D 15 days and counting :lol:
May 2, 200817 yr Author Nope she already did one in Japan. Have fun and let us know everything when you get back ;)
May 2, 200817 yr Author Arena set for glam Céline Sarah Walters 1/ 5/2008 IF there's a name in the pop encyclopaedia that splits music lovers without hesitation, it's Céline Dion. On one hand, she's the biggest-selling female artist of all time and SonyBMG's star earner with album sales of around 200m; on the other, she faces a whole host of detractors who struggle to tell her plethora of chart-topping pop-rock tunes from a lump of steaming gorgonzola. One thing these sworn enemy sides can't go to war over, though, is the girl's determination. Born in the backwater of Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion was the youngest of 12 children in a modest but musically gifted family. Her mother - now 80 and still part of Dion's entourage - spotted her daughter's potential early and wrote her a song, which 12-year-old Céline dutifully sang. They mailed it to renowned music manager René Angélil, a man credited on her mother's favourite record, and were soon summoned to the big lights of Montreal to talk over a deal. One chat led to a remortgage (René literally staked his house on Dion's success) and before Céline knew it, she was a big star in her home country with several commercially successful French language albums. Switzerland But, a chance opportunity to enter the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, on behalf of Switzerland, was the gig that changed the course of her fortunes. Her song, Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi (Don't Go Without Me) scraped a one-point win in the final vote from Yugoslavia over UK hopeful Scott Fitzgerald - despite two 'nul points' - and gave Céline an audience of hundreds of millions. And in all the excitement, it resulted in an after-show 'pash' with her manager, starting one of pop's most enduring (and, on the surface of it, unlikely) relationships. Céline underwent something of an image turn around - her natural looks and tight curls tamed and styled. For the first time, people started calling her a diva (talk of her being a badly behaved prima donna continues, although apparently without just cause). Her fledgling career in northern Europe took off, eventually scoring her over 160 hits in 14 territories over the next two decades and recognition around the world. René, now 66, is significantly older than Céline (she's a sprightly 40), but they've remained a firm couple with a miracle son, René-Charles - a strong-willed seven-year-old. IVF It's a family unit Céline is keen to add to, and she's already revealed that she plans to take another career break after her UK tour - which brings her to the M.E.N. Arena until Saturday - to try for another IVF baby. And heck, it's not like she can't afford a couple of years off. She's just completed a five-year run in Las Vegas performing her massively success hit show, A New Day. Originally a three-year deal worth £70m, A New Day was expected to be so popular that legendary casino Caesar's Palace built a 4,000 seat theatre to house it. The two year extension (according to business magazine Forbes) is believed to have netted her a personal fortune of £250m for the five-year run- a pretty delicious cherry on top of the an already absurdly lucrative career. Her latest album, Taking Chances, is one of her slowest shifting to date, but since it's her 35th album, she might expect a more modest reception than in her high flying pop days. Songs like Beauty And The Beast and Think Twice made her an international star back in the day. The theme from the film Titanic, My Heart Will Go On, transformed her into a force to be reckoned with. And yet, that fact puts us right back in the ring. Because while there'll be a whole bunch of people who swayed their way through their wedding dance to the pan-pipes of her 1997 number one single, the mere sound of that tootling flute sends millions of us running for the hills. Taste, then, remains a matter of choice, but there's no doubting that René's gamble paid off. And Céline Dion? Well, how can 200 million people be wrong{hellip}? Céline Dion plays M.E.N. Arena on Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3. £45 - £125. Click here to buy.
May 2, 200817 yr Author http://www.celinedionforum.com/index.php?s...st&p=971244 Celine leaving her hotel in Manchester april 30th. Love the hair :wub: More pics: http://picture.belga.be/belgapicture/edito...age/476982.html & http://picture.belga.be/belgapicture/edito...age/478205.html
May 2, 200817 yr Author New costumes people :w00t: A purple dress for MHWGO :o Cant wait to see some pics. And someone has recorded most of the concert with a high def camera so we will have some great vids and mp3 soooooooooon :wub: Think twice is back on the setlist and so is Fade Away, No ANDHC unfortunately :( Edited May 2, 200817 yr by SuuS
May 3, 200817 yr Author First fan pics are up: :wub: I just love the new outfits I have to say. http://www.celinedionforum.com/index.php?s...st&p=973328 & http://www.celinedionforum.com/index.php?s...st&p=973427 & http://www.celinedionforum.com/index.php?s...st&p=973528 Vids: Show must go on lSAk_G6TQAA My heart will go on V3byby6u2GA The stage looks incredible I must say and these candles with MHWGO :wub: One word: WOW. Press Pics: http://www.celinedionforum.com/index.php?s...st&p=973623 Edited May 3, 200817 yr by SuuS
May 3, 200817 yr Author There are lifts, revolving pedastals, treadmills and some AMAZING projections! :o
May 3, 200817 yr Author I drove all night yvjQQ04fAWw Celine Dion @ M.E.N. Arena WHOEVER said "less is more" reckoned without Celine Dion. For her, more is never quite enough.There is always another crashing chorus or cataclysmic change. As two 20,000-strong crowds at the MEN Arena discovered, she can do a Jim Steinman song more beefily than Meat Long and a Queen song more histrionically than the late Freddie Mercury. Celine does not so much sell a song as ram it down your throat and staple the bill to your forehead. All of which has helped her shift over 200m albums and made the 40-year-old Canadian the biggest-seling female artist in the world. It's been almost ten years since Dion ventured out into the wider world. Half of that time was given over to motherhood and the other half to a 600-show residency in Las Vegas which made even Elvis seem like a slouch. She arrives back in the UK with her titanic pipes in fine fettle and with an in-the-round show whose non-stop visuals and choreography has the high-gloss meaninglessness of Cirque du Soleil. Big-lunged It's easy to criticise her as hammy and overwrought. You could say much the same of great dramatic divas like Barbara Streisand and Liza Minelli. But there are many moments when even the sceptic is wowed by the voice which, for big-lunged power and control, has no present-day peer, with the possible exception of Christina Aguilera. There was some so-so new material to wade through. Eyes on Me is like one of Shakira's leftovers. Taking Chances is a by-the-numbers big ballad. But Dion's reading of Steinman's It's All Coming Back To Me Now was a towering pile of kitsch with a glace cherry on top. All By Myself was one part Eric Carmen, one part Rachmaninov and three-parts schamltz, but delicious with it. When the band stopped and Dion emoted her way to the high-risk key change, it was less a feat of singing and more like an Evel Knievel stunt. Finale Think Twice remains a turbo-charged power ballad, and the Titanic theme My Heart Will Go On - which should by rights now induce global seasickness - was an impressively staged finale with Dion raised up on a plinth surrounded by candles. Queen's The Show Must Go On might have been made for Dion, though her version of James Brown''s It''s a Man's Man's Man's World was about as odd a choice as Tom Jones singing Stand By Your Man. Celine is a curious figure. Stick-thin, it seems as if all the nourishment goes to sustaining that monster voice. Her strange range of facial expressions mean that songs conclude either with a Peter Beardsley-like gurn or a looked of pained weariness which says "I've given my all". But like her or loathe her, there is no denying that Celine Dion is one of a kind. Did you go to the show? Why not tell us what you thought by entering our Reviewer of the Month competition. (Source: Manchester Evening News)
May 3, 200817 yr Wow, looks like an amazing show :wub: I'm sure this will help with the sales of her new CD :yahoo:
May 3, 200817 yr Author Try and spot her at her hotel. Lots of peeps managed to meet her this way. When I know which hotel she's is I will let u know :)
Create an account or sign in to comment