Any idea who the opening act will be?

[Alex_Incognito]

...and Marilou's music is fun and fresh. It would make sense if she's the opening act since she's associated with Rene.

[Celinenvegas]

Well he's doing well in Vegas so hopefully he will be enjoyable, should be better than the opening act in London. It was some folk singer guy, nice but very boring.

 

Too bad she couldn't get Kathy Griffin!!!

[Prince Whiskers]

Too bad she couldn't get Kathy Griffin!!!

Too bad indeed.

[maceta_biloxi]

I would like Regina Spektor or David Archuleta

[celine_rox]

never heard of him too....

but ummm....

ok?!?!

[KimboCosmo]

Singing impressionist Gordie Brown has landed a five-month gig as the opening act for Celine Dion's North American leg of her "Taking Chances" tour.

 

http://www.gordiebrown.com/index_html.htm

Bleh

[ashleylovesceline]

I was hoping the speculation it may be Delta Goodrem would be true --- but it's going to be a comedian? Seriously?

[ThisTime]

She should get Kathy Griffin

That would be the best thing EVER

[KimboCosmo]

She should get Kathy Griffin

That would be the best thing EVER

Can you imagine?

[celine_rox]

kathy griffin would be funny

[KimboCosmo]

Celine would probably run out and punch her before it was over

[Jacqui]

That's strange, a comedian opening for a singer...oh well, I at least hope he's funny for you guys!

 

Our support act (Anthony) was actually good...I was kind of dreading him, but he was really talented and genuinely likes Celine so it was good. And even though my Mum loves him, she didn't behave too embarrasingly while he was singing, now that she knows he's gay...

 

It would've been cool if you guys had Delta, but I think she's coming home (as in, to Sydney) soon to promote her new CD and she's touring again here in a few months, so it wouldn't have worked

[CellyDee87]

New Article

 

MIKE WEATHERFORD: Brown 'taking chances' with Dion

 

MIKE WEATHERFORD

MORE COLUMNS

 

This is a summer when most local entertainers could use a break. Gordie Brown got a big one.

 

One door closed at The Venetian/Palazzo for the singing impressionist, but another opened when Celine Dion -- a superstar he has never met -- called him up to be the opening act on her five-month U.S. tour.

 

"Maybe all of this stuff was all meant to be," Brown says of his up-and-down year.

 

In February, Brown surrendered the 740-seat Venetian theater built for him in 2006 to Wayne Brady. A new Palazzo room was to be built for him within nine months, but it wasn't clear why Brown couldn't remain as Brady's roommate until it was ready.

 

Ultimately it didn't matter; the room still isn't ready. Brown says management decided four shows within the connected hotels were enough for current economic times. He's no longer holding out for a return.

 

While he waited for the room that never materialized, Brown took a 10 p.m. slot in buddy David Saxe's V Theater at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood. He sang to recorded tracks to keep costs down and to "become funnier and concentrate more on the comedy than on the music."

 

One day Saxe was telling him, "You need more national exposure." Four days later came the call offering him Dion's "Taking Chances" tour. Brown's name was one of several submitted by his talent agency.

 

Though Dion and Brown performed more or less across the street from each other, neither the singer nor husband-manager Rene Angelil ever caught his show. Still, they were aware of him, and when his name came up, they "naturally had a keen interest," says a Dion management contact.

 

It's a Canada thing too. After the deal was struck, they found out Brown is from Laval, Quebec, where Angelil lived for a long time.

 

The Angelils also have a soft spot for impressionists. They used another one, Andre-Philippe Gagnon, on tour in 1998 and bankrolled his Venetian run in 2000.

 

Brown closes here Saturday and opens the "Taking Chances" tour in Boston three days later. Though arena-sized audiences will greet him, his future after the tour isn't certain. After all, whatever happened to Gagnon? A variety act's goal isn't to sell albums or T-shirts, but tickets.

 

"It's definitely exposure, but it's not the same as television," Brown says. "But you never know. This may make it a lot easier to get on the late-night talk shows, (and both) give you more credibility.

 

"I think more doors will open by taking a chance and going out on the road again," he says.

 

It's not like there's a lot to keep him here.

 

Contact reporter Mike Weatherford at mweatherford@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0288.

 

http://www.lvrj.com/living/26218974.html

Edited August 3, 2008 at 12:54 PM by Denelle

[celineangel7]

Again?

Sure I love comedy and love to laugh and like GOOD impressions from time to time, but with a mega MUSIC star like Celine? This is just odd.

We did get that other comedian in 1998, but why can't they use these comedians

for artists who's ticket prices aren't so expensive? We pay a lot to see

a full exciting MUSIC show. I hope this is the last time it goes like this.

This new guy better be REALLY good!

The time is suddenly moving faster, but August does for me anyway.

My birthday was Monday, so I've had plenty to keep my mind on until October 30th

as well as other concerts.