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[CelionDion]

Looking at those pictures makes me feel excited      

Oh, and I love this:

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According to Desjardins, the music in the show is more uptempo and has a stronger rock and roll element than her previous tours

[nature boy]

Sounds fantastic!!  Let's hope we get a few TC tracks!

[Lindah1984]

Celine sounds great in the middle.
And the runs around a lot.
It's just like Let's talk about love tour.
That was SUPER.  
I can't believe that was almost 10 years ago.
Can't wait to see Celine and the band of course.




I'm hooked on a feeling
A natural high
You better believe it
And the reason why
Is a thing called love
It makes me feel so alive
And I can't fight the feeling

[max24]

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Celine Dion and her family will finally arrive in South-Africa tomorrow. Reporters from all over the world will meet her at 12:00 p.m. (local time) in a press conference organized in Johannesburg. The Quebec newspaper Le Journal de Montreal will be there too. In the meantime, it reveals few new details about Celine's forthcoming World-Tour.

Jamie King, the artistic-director, said: "Celine will be more ROCK and will DANCE more than EVER! The show lasts two hours and it's divided in four segments. There will be the soul segment, the rock one, a segment where Celine will act the part of a fashion-victim and another one inspired to the gipsy, spanish and arab cultures. Celine will be supported by eight dancers (4 male and 4 female) and she learned all the coreographies last November and December in Primm (Nevada).

The tour-settings include about twenty LED-screens, among which one that will orbit on the stage, few tapis roulants and elevators. As announced months ago, Celine taped few videos for her show. In the intro-video we will be able to see Celine driving high-speed. Another video will show Celine with different fashion-looks. Jamie King will join the tour on May 2nd in Manchester. Before that date, the show will not be on a central scene for logistic-matters. After two months and half, Celine will rehearse again to settle the show at four sides.

She and her band rehearsed about SIXTY tracks, both in english and french. Among those ones, about 20-25 songs will be performed in a show. Pour que tu m'aimes encore will be performed in the whole World-Tour. She will also make several NEW numbers - Mégo reveals - and few cover-songs that she never performed on stage.

Celine and her family will remain THREE weeks in South-Africa so that they will take the occasion to tour the coutry and make a SAFARI. She will also visit several Nelson Mandela's centres and maybe Oprah Winfrey's school... another Oprah TV-Special coming soon??

[Source: Le Journal de Montreal]

Edited by max24, 09 February 2008 - 08:40 AM.

[Krys]

i soo cant wait to go to see her in concert

thanks for the article Max!

[Celinenvegas]

I wish we could get a pic of the WHOLE stage set up, but it looks amazing.  I'm so excited that she's gonna be singing some material that she's never done live before.        My shows don't come til Sept, it's gonna be a long wait.      

[pepillo90]

Woooha!!! sounds fantastic!! A video intro where Celine's driving high speed?!!?!

Sounds freaking amazing! Can't wait!!!

[anewdayhascome]

60 song!!!!!!!! I envy the knowledge which ones!!!!
It's huge number i wonder if all of them included somehow in tour.... can't wait! and as we know now concert to May will be different than  the later ones

[CelionDion]

max24, on Feb 9 2008, 09:37 AM, said:

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Celine Dion and her family will finally arrive in South-Africa tomorrow. Reporters from all over the world will meet her at 12:00 p.m. (local time) in a press conference organized in Johannesburg. The Quebec newspaper Le Journal de Montreal will be there too. In the meantime, it reveals few new details about Celine's forthcoming World-Tour.

Jamie King, the artistic-director, said: "Celine will be more ROCK and will DANCE more than EVER! The show lasts two hours and it's divided in four segments. There will be the soul segment, the rock one, a segment where Celine will act the part of a fashion-victim and another one inspired to the gipsy, spanish and arab cultures. Celine will be supported by eight dancers (4 male and 4 female) and she learned all the coreographies last November and December in Primm (Nevada).

The tour-settings include about twenty LED-screens, among which one that will orbit on the stage, few tapis roulants and elevators. As announced months ago, Celine taped few videos for her show. In the intro-video we will be able to see Celine driving high-speed. Another video will show Celine with different fashion-looks. Jamie King will join the tour on May 2nd in Manchester. Before that date, the show will not be on a central scene for logistic-matters. After two months and half, Celine will rehearse again to settle the show at four sides.

She and her band rehearsed about SIXTY tracks, both in english and french. Among those ones, about 20-25 songs will be performed in a show. Pour que tu m'aimes encore will be performed in the whole World-Tour. She will also make several NEW numbers - Mégo reveals - and few cover-songs that she never performed on stage.

Celine and her family will remain THREE weeks in South-Africa so that they will take the occasion to tour the coutry and make a SAFARI. She will also visit several Nelson Mandela's centres and maybe Oprah Winfrey's school... another Oprah TV-Special coming soon??

[Source: Le Journal de Montreal]

OMG now Im so totally very (as Celine would say) excited!      

[Bellamy]

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Jamie King will join the tour on May 2nd in Manchester. Before that date, the show will not be on a central scene for logistic-matters. After two months and half, Celine will rehearse again to settle the show at four sides.

That explains the blank between Beijing and Manchester concerts.

[Costa Santos]

CelionDion, on Feb 9 2008, 01:53 PM, said:

max24, on Feb 9 2008, 09:37 AM, said:

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Celine Dion and her family will finally arrive in South-Africa tomorrow. Reporters from all over the world will meet her at 12:00 p.m. (local time) in a press conference organized in Johannesburg. The Quebec newspaper Le Journal de Montreal will be there too. In the meantime, it reveals few new details about Celine's forthcoming World-Tour.

Jamie King, the artistic-director, said: "Celine will be more ROCK and will DANCE more than EVER! The show lasts two hours and it's divided in four segments. There will be the soul segment, the rock one, a segment where Celine will act the part of a fashion-victim and another one inspired to the gipsy, spanish and arab cultures. Celine will be supported by eight dancers (4 male and 4 female) and she learned all the coreographies last November and December in Primm (Nevada).

The tour-settings include about twenty LED-screens, among which one that will orbit on the stage, few tapis roulants and elevators. As announced months ago, Celine taped few videos for her show. In the intro-video we will be able to see Celine driving high-speed. Another video will show Celine with different fashion-looks. Jamie King will join the tour on May 2nd in Manchester. Before that date, the show will not be on a central scene for logistic-matters. After two months and half, Celine will rehearse again to settle the show at four sides.

She and her band rehearsed about SIXTY tracks, both in english and french. Among those ones, about 20-25 songs will be performed in a show. Pour que tu m'aimes encore will be performed in the whole World-Tour. She will also make several NEW numbers - Mégo reveals - and few cover-songs that she never performed on stage.

Celine and her family will remain THREE weeks in South-Africa so that they will take the occasion to tour the coutry and make a SAFARI. She will also visit several Nelson Mandela's centres and maybe Oprah Winfrey's school... another Oprah TV-Special coming soon??

[Source: Le Journal de Montreal]

OMG now Im so totally very (as Celine would say) excited!      

So am I!

[shasti]

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Before that date, the show will not be on a central scene for logistic-matters. After two months and half, Celine will rehearse again to settle the show at four sides.

what does that really mean? Scene????

Shasti

[remykyes]

keep the news coming!!!! less than a week!!!! YAY!

[ahmed]

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Celine will act the part of a fashion-victim and another one inspired to the gipsy, spanish and arab cultures.

oh i wanna be in Dubai maybe she will sing 2 or 3 lignes in arabic

[nano]

whoooa...thanks for the update! I'm so exited.

[ahmed]

shasti, on Feb 9 2008, 04:15 PM, said:

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Before that date, the show will not be on a central scene for logistic-matters. After two months and half, Celine will rehearse again to settle the show at four sides.

what does that really mean? Scene????

Shasti

it will be a simple and normal scene

[Bellamy]

ahmed, on Feb 10 2008, 12:22 AM, said:

shasti, on Feb 9 2008, 04:15 PM, said:

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Before that date, the show will not be on a central scene for logistic-matters. After two months and half, Celine will rehearse again to settle the show at four sides.

what does that really mean? Scene????

Shasti

it will be a simple and normal scene

Not simple. It just means not a four sides stage.

[one heart]

mirage, on Feb 7 2008, 03:15 PM, said:

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Céline Dion Performs In-the-Round with Meyer Sound MILO on "Taking Chances" World Tour


"People come to hear Céline's voice first and foremost. The sound quality of the vocals is of course the most important thing. Meyer Sound products deliver incredible vocal quality and high intelligibility; they faithfully reproduce the human voice in a way no others can."
- Francois "Frankie" Desjardins
FOH Engineer, Celine Dion

On February 14, Céline Dion will embark upon her "Taking Chances" world tour of over 100 show dates, following her record-shattering, multi-year resident show in Las Vegas. The tour opens with a benefit concert for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, and will bring the world's best-selling female artist to 85 cities in North America, Asia, Australia and Europe before the final stop in Florida in January 2009. The tour includes a stop in Tokyo, which features the largest Meyer Sound MILO system with a record 168 MILO line array loudspeakers.

The system design for the elaborate, in-the-round production is handled by Dion's long-time head of audio and first-time FOH engineer, Francois "Frankie" Desjardins, whose sound design credits include the Beatles-inspired REVOLUTION Lounge in Las Vegas's Mirage Hotel and the Cirque du Soleil®'s Saltimbanco® touring show.

Having used Meyer Sound loudspeakers since 1992, Desjardins is quick to point out the quality of the products made the choice an obvious one: "People come to hear Céline's voice first and foremost. The sound quality of the vocals is of course the most important thing. Meyer Sound products deliver incredible vocal quality and high intelligibility; they faithfully reproduce the human voice in a way no others can."

The logistics of the year-long, four-continent tour also influenced the decision. "We needed something that was compact and powerful," adds Desjardins. "This is where the advantages of Meyer Sound's self-powered system really come into play, as it's easily reconfigured. With fewer variables and Meyer Sound's tight quality control, the system can sound the same around the world, even when we're relying on local rental companies to provide equipment."

While 360-degree productions create a unique audience experience, they present significant challenges from a technical perspective. "It really increases the overall reverb time, so it's a bit more complex to mix," says Desjardins.

The touring system is provided by Montreal, Canada-based Solotech, which is also the sound provider for various Cirque du Soleil productions and Dion's resident show. The basic in-the-round arena system comprises dual main left-right arrays covering two sides of the square stage, each with 17 MILO loudspeakers and one MILO 120 loudspeaker per side. At each of the four corners is an array of 18 MICA loudspeakers for side PA.

The seamless integration between the MILO and MICA helps provide even coverage to the various venues on the tour. "MILO can easily carry the high energy all the way to the last seat of the arena," says Desjardins. "On the other hand, MICA sounds especially good from medium to short distances and has a wide horizontal pattern to complement the MILO. The transition zone between MILO and MICA is exceptionally smooth."

According to Desjardins, the music in the show is more uptempo and has a stronger rock and roll element than her previous tours. As a result, 24 700-HP subwoofers are flown and 32 groundstacked to provide the deep bass required. "The 700-HP creates the impact that I want. It is simply the most powerful subwoofer for its size," says Desjardins. "And we like the flexibility of being able to fly it or groundstack it."

On stage, 20 M'elodie line array loudspeakers are used as front fills and four CQ-2 loudspeakers provide monitoring.

A Galileo loudspeaker management system with five Galileo 616 units handles system drive and processing, including a "Master" Galileo with AES outputs. "Since the new Galileo 616 AES unit is digital in and out, we don't have to convert to analog for another unit," says Desjardins. "With the huge number of loudspeakers at long distances, we need a superior processor like Galileo. I think it's one of the best sounding speaker processors on the market."

Desjardins also highlights the benefit of using Meyer Sound's RMS remote monitoring system for extensive status and performance data of the system. "I can't hear the other side of the stage, so I rely on RMS to let me know if there are any problems."

On tour with Dion is a technical team comprised of notable sound veterans including Denis Savage who oversees the entire production, Mario St-Onge who handles the technical aspect of the sound system and tunes it using Meyer Sound's SIM 3 audio analyzer, Jean-Charles Ethier who is in charge of monitoring for Dion and the band, along with Desjardins who mixes the show.

Demand for tickets has been overwhelming, with the first dates selling out in mere minutes. "Céline's fans know they get a tremendous show," says Desjardins. "She always delivers her best, and she demands the best from us, and from her equipment. That's what we deliver."

thanks for pics.... thank you so much           

[martin]

OMG found this on youtube:

Must be some footage from the tour rehearsing !!

[pepillo90]

Woha!!

But the dresses are a bit awful! LOL

[Thomas]

Wow that footage is so cool! Love the elevators! And look how close she is to the seats! She must be on one of the platforms.

Edited by Thomas, 09 February 2008 - 11:19 AM.

[Bellamy]

Don't know where he got the rehearsal footages. Looks like bootleg?

[Thomas]

Must have been recorded by a crew member secretly. I wonder if the costumes are final? The red dress and long black gloves combination looks really interesting.

[Bellamy]

According to the Le Journal de Montreal article, Celine would only start rehearsalling for four sides stage before Manchester concert. So I think this is like the stage in SA, China...

[Thomas]

I made some caps of the rehearsals:

Edited by Thomas, 14 June 2009 - 06:04 AM.

[Bellamy]

The third image looks quite like the Millennium concert. I like the last yellow dress.

[stevo]

She's gonna kick off with IDAN for sure!! High speed driving!! Can't wait!

[nano]

whooa...that's frigging amazing. Great find!!!!!

[stevo]

I'm not gonna look at anything else- I want it all to be a surprise. Not even the playlist. But I love that black gloves and red skirt/trouser thing. SO DIVA!!!

[Costa Santos]

I think I'll have a heart attack even before it starts... All the costumes are... ... PRETTY AMAZING... As Oprah said once...: "I want to see thE SHOWS...".

Edited by Costa Santos, 09 February 2008 - 12:16 PM.