Céline had PROBLEMS!?!?! Liar!

[Céline's Blues]

Nevada hotel tycoon DON MARRANDINO has leaped the defence of his new singing headliner TONI BRAXTON, after a negative response to her first week performing at the Flamingo Las Vegas. The R+B beauty's Revealed show opened at the hotel and casino resort on 3 August (06), but it has failed to impress critics. Las Vegas Review Journal's MIKE WEATHERFORD writes, "The debut was nothing short of a train wreck... Viewers complained the song lyrics were inaudible and the singer failed to project her likable personality onto the rigidly choreographed affair." However Flamingo president Marrandino insists it is still early days and Vegas success CELINE DION also started off uneasily at the Coliseum in Caesar's Palace three years ago (03). He says, "We took a ballsy move, but I think we have a winner. A month from now, it's going to be something special. "She shut it (her chart career) down to be a mother. She's trying to learn how to be a Las Vegas entertainer, and it's a hell of a lot different. "We're working on lighting, sound, song sequencing. Her fans love it. Critics would say it's not 'Vegasized' enough. It's going to get there."

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I mean go and eat some PEANUTS, Marrandino-Pariahandino!!!!! Would you PLEASE tell me where Céline had problems with her SOLD OUT SHOW from the night no.1!? Where did she have problems? Perhaps problem was that her album was a hit or that she had the highest rating TV special by CBS ever?

 

I'm so annoyed about hotel managers who will tell you anything to make this Toni Braxton Vegas flop look better. Yeah, they wish they HAD "problems" like Céline at the beginning - aka NONE at all!

[Koolan]

take a look at this article

 

 

MIKE WEATHERFORD: Braxton could have learned a lesson from Celine's Vegas debut

 

They listened to Celine, but they didn't learn from Celine.

 

It was Celine Dion who talked up a Las Vegas residency to Toni Braxton. But no one at the Flamingo Las Vegas remembered that Dion got a lukewarm response when her Caesars Palace show opened in March 2003 after only a handful of previews.

 

History repeated itself Aug. 3, when Braxton's new resident showcase invited celebrities and members of the media after only two ticketed performances. Reaction the next day came from various people but all reached the same conclusion: The debut was nothing short of a train wreck.

 

"Ouch! This is painful," one spouse text-messaged to the other outside the showroom.

 

"Everybody was looking at their watches a half-hour in," said another of the 90-minute show.

 

Other viewers complained the song lyrics were inaudible and the singer failed to project her likable personality onto the rigidly choreographed affair.

 

Some wondered if the singer had lost her vocal chops altogether during her four-year materinity leave. Or if she were lip-syncing, though one would think that would have resulted in perfect sound.

 

(Me? The day before the show, the Flamingo folk and I agreed I could see the show the next day, thus trading a high-demand seat on the night of the VIP party for one that better fit the domestic schedule at home. But the next day, the Flamingo folk called and asked if I might not be able to hold off a review to a time still to be determined.)

 

Braxton's manager, Aaron Walton, blamed technical issues with the sound system. "No one had to tell me, I heard it," he said earlier this week.

 

But he said many of the problems were resolved by the next night, if not by the end of the same show. Trouble came from two fronts, he said.

 

One was the difficulty in switching back and forth between Braxton's headset microphone and two handheld wireless mics, one of them a diamond-encrusted Shure model touted as a "million-dollar microphone."

 

Eventually, the singer and her technicians discovered "if you (touch) the antenna on the bottom, it will cut into the signal," Walton said.

 

The other issue was a reconfiguration of the showroom's seating. New seating areas were created, but new speakers aimed at these sections weren't installed by opening night, creating a dead acoustic space.

 

Walton denied any health problems for the singer who has a history of asthma and more recently battled a heart inflammation, pericarditis. "Her voice is really strong," he said.

 

But there are plans to add two new numbers that could perhaps add more depth and variety to the show: A cover of the Natalie Cole hit "This Will Be," and a segment in which Braxton plays piano to accompany video of her first audition for Arista Records.

 

The Flamingo has a lot staked on this, and I'm anxious to see if the technical fixes will put it on the right track or if a larger problem looms. There seems to be an inexplicable disconnection between the astonishing number of albums Braxton has sold -- more than 16 million for her first two titles combined -- and people's inability to remember more than three of her songs.

 

I had credited my own faulty memory to the fact that I was already in my 30s when Braxton hit big during the Clinton presidency. The songs didn't have the nostalgic impact of those tied to one's formative years. But getting the same vibe from people of various ages -- some younger, some not -- is starting to make me wonder if a hit song in the 1990s wasn't the same as a hit in the '70s or '80s, when radio's influence was starting to be diluted by the Internet and Gameboy.

 

If that's the case, this show will need more than a million-dollar microphone. ...

 

The Las Vegas Hilton is facing some empty showroom nights after Barry Manilow's announcement that he will undergo outpatient arthroscopic surgery on both of his hips, canceling Hilton shows between Aug. 19 and Nov. 8.

 

Manilow will make up those dates next year, but country and classic-rock acts such as fellow Hilton performers Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn are already booked on the state fair circuit during the fall season. "If something works, we'll do it," says hotel spokesman Ira Sternberg. "We're just looking around right now."

 

Mike Weatherford's entertainment column appears Thursdays and Sundays. Contact him at 383-0288 or e-mail him at mweatherford@reviewjournal.com

from Review Journal

 

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[Céline's Blues]

Tanks, it was a plasure reading! haha Wish it would be MAriah in the title of the article instead of toni, tho! hahahah Nonthelessbutstillofcourse Céline had almost ALL shows sold-out DESPITE lukewarm critics - she is always a winner and certainly doesn't need critics to go on.

[Bellamy]

Poor Toni.

[sweden]

They allways make things like that, I know in the swedish magazine they write something like "blahblah, Céline dion has got 100 million dollar for do a show 3 years and the show are going bad.... "

 

When I heard that I just laughft about it!!! it´s so annoying!!!!

Im like eerhmm??? her show is still selling out every night, whats the problem?

And in swedish magazines they allways rate> one star (of five) if she has a new album, and write bad things about it ( the people that work on the magazine )..... HATE IT!! It´s like they know that it´s going so well for her and they are jealous and everything so they have to push her down....

[smw]

Is it bad that I want Toni's show to fail?

 

I think it would just make Celine look EVEN more credible as an artist. Just to prove once again that she's got what it takes, and not just anyone can do it.

[Lawna]

Tanks, it was a plasure reading! haha Wish it would be MAriah in the title of the article instead of toni, tho! hahahah Nonthelessbutstillofcourse Céline had almost ALL shows sold-out DESPITE lukewarm critics - she is always a winner and certainly doesn't need critics to go on.

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yeah and remember Celine talked about those critics...she said you can't send critics who love rock, to her show, and expect them to write a good review!

[celinerific]

Ah well... Critics..

[Clari]

Umm... I don't EVER remember reading articles about Celine having problems with selling out shows. Stupid people!

 

Pretty sad that Toni is having problems, even with the discount coupons that they sent to frequent Flamingo visitors.

Edited August 20, 2006 at 09:56 AM by CelineSmiles

[thevoice]

well , u all know what i think about celine's show but commercially u cant ignore the facts - her show is the most successful one in vegas and eventho she is not touring , for the third year her "tour" is one of the most successful ones in the world . not to mention that she created this "fashion" of big artists coming to vegas.

eventho i dont like her vegas gig , her show is a huge success that broke many records so it's almost funny to read this bunch of bu*****

[Teodora]

I remember reading many good reviews of Celine's show in the begginning. She did have bad ones, but they were mainly written by invious people, because no critic in his right mind can call Celine show bad. You may not like the music, but the show is good, no matter your musical taste.

Anyway....poor Toni....must be hard for her. On the other hand I don't know who the hell told her she can pull a Celine Dion stunt in Vegas poor thing....

[Koolan]

I can see Celine's show still doing well every year even if it's extended for another 10 years

[beautyroses]

maybe they say this for toni consolation, poor toni. Edited August 21, 2006 at 03:30 AM by beautyroses

[Bambam]

Celine is great, but she also have great management. They would never have gone along if the show wasn't ready.

 

I hope this kind of failure won't put added pressure on Celine to sign a 75 years extension on her present contract with Ceasar.

 

Set her free you desert freak!

Edited August 21, 2006 at 06:03 AM by Bambam

[René 2]

I can see Celine's show still doing well every year even if it's extended for another 10 years

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what a nightmare for me...