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[CellyDee87]

Hmm question are there 2 different intro vids; one for the English shows and one for the French? Cos I noticed in these pics they say for example "Sydney, Australie" rather than "Sydney, Australia" or has it always been like that and I've never noticed

[Jacqui]

A review:

Celine Dion makes a satisfying world tour landing at HP Pavilion

By Shay Quillen

Mercury News
Posted: 02/21/2009 09:37:51 PM PST

Three months later than planned, the hottest tour in the world finally made its way to San Jose.

"Have you been here since November?" asked a chatty Celine Dion early in her sold-out show at HP Pavilion. "Have you been sleeping here every night?"

Though throat problems forced Dion to postpone a month's worth of shows in the fall on her massive "Taking Chances" world tour, there were no signs of them on Friday night. Say what you will aboutDion 's taste (or lack thereof) or her aggressively enthusiastic stage demeanor, but no one ever said the woman couldn't sing. And for nearly two hours,Dion's voice, for the most part, carried the show.

Pricey tickets

It was a big-ticket concert — seats down low were approaching $200 — that delivered serious production value without excessive glitz.Dion and her talented troupe — seven instrumentalists, three backup singers and eight dancers — performed at center ice on a square stage with moving sidewalks and platforms that raised or lowered the performers in a vast array of permutations.

But Dion herself was always the main attraction. Giant video screens delivered a nearly constant close-up of the diva, who often played to the cameras, even flashing what appeared to be Quebecois gang signs (the chest pound, the thumb kiss) at the end of particularly herculean vocal efforts.

When it came to the ginormous ballads with which she made her name — hits like "Because You Loved Me" and her take on Eric Carmen's "All By Myself" — you could just marvel at the powers ofDion's golden larynx.

But the set was conspicuously light on new hits. Since leaving the pop rat race in 1999 to devote time to her family, Dion has been unable to claw her way back in, at least in this country.

Though she remains a formidable concert draw — 11 of the 12 highest-grossing shows in the world last week were Dion concerts — one couldn't help noticing that the crowd's interest level declined precipitously when Dion ventured into material from this century.

After cranking out hits such as "The Power of Love" early, the show never completely recovered from its mid-set detour into more recent songs. Still, a late duet with a video version of Andrea Bocelli on "The Prayer" showed off some of the best singing of the night.

Hardworking woman

But an arena show cannot live on ballads alone, and when Dion tried to pump up the crowd late, the results were underwhelming. Unlike her Vegas rival Barry Manilow, Dion has no "Copacabana" to liven things up at the end. Instead, she let the band do a soul-music medley, which ended with Dion incongruously belting out James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World."

(The verdict? Dion is unquestionably one of the hardest-working women in show business, but Soul Sister No. 1, she ain't.)

The night wrapped up, appropriately, with one of the biggest hits of all time, "My Heart Will Go On." Most fans seemed to leave the arena satisfied, if not thrilled.

Detracting from the professionalism of Dion's show was a 30-minute set (it seemed longer) from musical impressionist and comedian Gordie Brown, a moderately talented mimic whose bland PG-13-rated jokes weren't helped by being about 15 years past their sell-by date. (Note to aspiring Vegas comics: When your set starts with a Hootie and the Blowfish parody before moving on to Willie Nelson's tax problems, "Forrest Gump" and "Achy Breaky Heart," it's time to work up some new material.)

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[binsk]

it's interesting how they messed up and put the french names for the countries

[autumnskies00]

binsk, on Feb 22 2009, 02:00 AM, said:

it's interesting how they messed up and put the french names for the countries

wow, good catch. I didn't even notice they did it in seperate languages.

[KimboCosmo]

Awesome pics everyone!

Glad you girls grabbed her on her way in!  I absolutely adore the pic of her plane in the air too!  We saw her plane landing in Birmingham, AL...but I didn't get a pic of it.    

Looks and sounds like it was an amazing show!!!!

[the power of celine]

Thomas, on Feb 21 2009, 04:50 PM, said:

Here they are in HQ:

thanks for the pictures  

[Ccile]

thanks for the pics and video!!!

I'm gonna miss this show when it is ended!!!

[Thomas]

Some nice pics from the show:











































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[Chellbie]

okay runway model on the third pic!!! =) HAWT! thanks thomas!

[shih-tzu]

thanks Thomas, amazing, great pics  

[kathy4]

great pictures thanks for sharing.

[Terre]

Awesome pics! Céline is so gorgeous!    Thank you for the pics and reviews!

[the power of celine]

Terre, on Feb 22 2009, 05:17 PM, said:

Awesome pics! Céline is so gorgeous!    Thank you for the pics and reviews!

fantastic pictures  

[browseceline]

those pics are amazing!!! she looks stunning and sexy together!

[celinevegas]

Wahoo!! Too attractive these photos!!!
Céline already misses me in a week after Quebec and Montreal.. For me, the tour knows finished on February 15th, I think for not bad also, the end is close now, moments magic still return to me and always! Thank you Céline and his team for all these moments unforgettable!     

[concertjunkie]

Fabulous pics, Thomas!  They are just amazing and she looks absolutely beautiful!  Thanks as always!  

Sandra

[CelineDionFan710]

great pics

[WendyB]

Yet more great photos - thank you for sharing!

[SuperLove4Celine]

I'll be posting a review of my trip soon.  I'll have a few photos as well that my partner, Robert, took.  All I can say is that I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy Celine got my Snoopy at the end of the show!  Andre (guitarist) is the nicest and coolest person.  I threw it up on the stage at the end of "My Heart Will Go On" and he threw it to Celine!  She was waiving it around and playing with it!        Anyway...I'll post more later.

- Joe

Edited by CelineFan10, 23 February 2009 - 08:57 PM.

[Celine4alwyz]

CelineFan10, on Feb 23 2009, 06:56 PM, said:

I'll be posting a review of my trip soon.  I'll have a few photos as well that my partner, Robert, took.  All I can say is that I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy Celine got my Snoopy at the end of the show!  Andre (guitarist) is the nicest and coolest person.  I threw it up on the stage at the end of "My Heart Will Go On" and he threw it to Celine!  She was waiving it around and playing with it!        Anyway...I'll post more later.

- Joe

That was you that threw Snoopy!?!? Awesome! I'm glad she got it

[I Surrender]

cant wait for ur review and pics snoopy is so cute.

[mirage]

Thomas, on Feb 22 2009, 02:52 PM, said:

SUPERMODEL...    

[nano]

ah..thank you for the pictures, Thomas!!

[Lymon]

Thomas, on Feb 22 2009, 08:52 AM, said:

The hottest woman on the planet

Thanks for the pictures Thomas

[celinedream]

Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore



JJG is an incredible French artist from France and is the biggest song of my French carrer

OK Celine we get it...French

[kidkidkidkid]

Celine's wonderful talk~

[SuperLove4Celine]

Review to come Saturday with pictures.  Stay tuned.  

- Joe

[nrcda88]

Thomas you're the best! Awesome pictures

[Thomas]

Some HQ's from the show:

[Koolan]

She looks so amazing this night.