In a few days, Celine Dion back on stage at the Colosseum in Las Vegas, after an absence of one year. Since its debut on the Strip in 2003, the Quebec diva has experienced several outstanding moments.
Before 2003 the artists who were to play in Las Vegas were often late career. A little because of the "specter of Elvis", the Strip was not seen as an attractive place for singers. Few people dared move there for a few days.
But that year, Celine Dion changed everything. While many doubted the success of such an adventure, a theater of 4,000 seats was built for her and a show was conceived, with staging by Franco Dragone.
The premiere at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, March 25, 2003, was run by several stars, including Tim Allen, Guy Laliberté, Dick Clark, Luc Plamondon, Garou, Josh Groban, Paul Anka, Kathy Griffin, David Hasselhoff and Jane Seymour .
Still, many critics thought that Quebec will not last more than two months in Las Vegas.
"But the year after, we signed for two more years and we made five, recalled the singer Journal interview in 2013. Michael Jackson, Prince and many others came to see us. There are many who wanted to know if it really worked, because they would like to do that too. "
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A few months after its debut at Caesars Palace, Celine Dion lived a hard blow on the death of her father Adhemar. Although she was grief-stricken, the singer, then aged 35, had wanted to make her show at the Colosseum that evening for her father.
"Tonight is a very special night for me, 'she said to the people. It is also a very hard day. I lost my father this morning. I insisted on coming. My father was, still is, my biggest fan since I was little. And I know my father would have wanted me to be here tonight on stage with all those I love, to do what you love. We always believed that loud. But I know it's there. And tonight, I will give the best of myself. I will give everything I have. I would like to dedicate this show to my father. "
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With breakneck speed of about 165 shows a year, Celine Dion topped the 500 performances in Las Vegas in 2006. This was somewhat of a consecration to that which belies its detractors.
To mark this achievement weapons, Caesars Palace had unveiled a wax statue in the image of the singer just before the performance. The statue was intended as an almost exact copy of the one we could see in the Musee Grevin in Paris. It was the first time that the famous French museum sewed a second statue of the same person.
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The December 15, 2007, Celine Dion was ending her first residency shows in Las Vegas. At that time, almost three million people had seen A New Day ... over 717 performances.
After this first successful adventure, the singer embarked on the grueling world tour Taking Chances. With its central stage, eight dancers and energy rocks, the tour would experience a huge worldwide success, sold out for 235 performances.
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Yes, we must put on this list a moment occurred in Quebec in 2008. Celine's show on the Plains of Abraham for the 400th anniversary of the Old Capital had an immediate impact on the rest of his career Las Vegas.
In the Journal interviews, Rene Angelil had confided that the initial plan was that the singer returns to Las Vegas in 2011 to the spectacle of the Taking Chances tour.
"But when we mounted the unique show [in Quebec], it was found so good with 31 musicians on stage we changed the whole plan for Las Vegas," said the impresario.
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On March 15, 2011, nearly eight years to the day after her debut in Las Vegas, Celine Dion was back on the Strip. This time, exit the blazing spectacle of Franco Dragone with several dancers, the singer was back in a more refined concert, simply titled Celine.
Celine was also required to make less shows per year, merely 70 performances instead of the 165 annual for A New Day ....
In an interview to the Journal, in 2013, Rene Angelil announced that the new contract to star in Las Vegas took her until 2019.
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In March 2013, Celine Dion celebrates its tenth anniversary on the Strip. A very important time her team had wanted to emphasize the scenes at Caesars Palace.
Ten years is pretty awesome, "the singer told the Journal, minutes after her concert. "One wonders where it went, all that. It goes so fast. It just makes us realize that we must enjoy each day intensely. Ten years passed, it also means that Rene-Charles has grown, he has aged 10 years. Already there are dreams that have passed. It's a big piece in a lifetime. "
"To see that the years passed quickly like that, it's a good sign, she added. But it's scary too. I hope it has enjoyed. "
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Last year in June, Celine Dion highlighted the 200th performance of her new show, Celine. At that time, the counter of her concerts in Las Vegas since 2003 was 917 and was already thinking mark the 1000th show in the following weeks.
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