March 8-9, 2008 - Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Dome)

[CSCfan]

pffffff look at how freaking far the first row is...

 

the actual stage is even litte further away, because there is something around it...

 

i rather have a normal stage, or vegas

 

Anything else? You should open a new topic called "Robin's Wailing Wall"..

[Thomas]

More HQ pics:

 

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[kathy4]

great pictures. i love the stage i can't wait to see it in person when i go in september.

[fab]

http://img223.imagevenue.com/loc583/th_72717_51550998_122_583lo.jpg

 

i love this one.BIG thank you so much Thomas

[Julian]

Thomas is the best

[pol]

Great photos, thanks Thomas so very much!!

 

Any pics from the Sunday show?

[remykyes]

can anyone tell me if they show clips from titanic while celine is getting in her yellow dress for MHWGO???

[Ccile]

still thanks for those pics!!!

[Elaine]

Thank you lots Thomas!!! They're amazing!!!

[I Surrender]

all these pics were from last night right ?

[Lizzy]

Thanks for the review & the pics and it`s good to hear that Fading away is back. I hope she will sing it in Paris or Berlin too.

[one heart]

thank you so much

[vshchen]

I am back from tonight show in Tokyo. I must say, tonight's concert is much better than last night! The main reason is that my seat was better tonight. There's no strong spotlight shining straight to me. I could see Celine very clear tonight when she came to my side. My seat was on 19th from the stage.

 

Sorry that I didn't take any picture tonight. The audience were so high tonight. All the show, including Celine's talk, were the same as last night. But her duet with Yuna Ito was better tonight. Ito was too nervous last night.

 

I bought the super expensive Tour Book tonight too. I think all the concerts in Asia sell the same edition Tour Book because the first page has "Celine Dion" in Chinese, Arabic, and Japanese. I hope the Tour book will be cheaper in Macau......

 

At the venue they sold about 5 or 6 kinds of t-shirts, posters, keychain, badge, special album "Complete Best" and "Ultimate Box". Of course everything is very expensive.

 

I believe Celine sang every song live tonight. Her voice is so powerful as usual, and I really love how they presented the whole show with the videos.

 

Oh, there were TVs in front of the front rows. So don't worry about it.

Edited March 9, 2008 at 04:54 PM by vshchen

[roubaix]

More HQ pics:

 

 

Thanks Thomas!

[CSCfan]

I am back from tonight show in Tokyo. I must say, tonight's concert is much better than last night! The main reason is that my seat was better tonight. There's no strong spotlight shining straight to me. I could see Celine very clear tonight when she came to my side. My seat was on 19th from the stage.

 

Sorry that I didn't take any picture tonight. The audience were so high tonight. All the show, including Celine's talk, were the same as last night. But her duet with Yuna Ito was better tonight. Ito was too nervous last night.

 

I bought the super expensive Tour Book tonight too. I think all the concerts in Asia sell the same edition Tour Book because the first page has "Celine Dion" in Chinese, Arabic, and Japanese. I hope the Tour book will be cheaper in Macau......

 

At the venue they sold about 5 or 6 kinds of t-shirts, posters, keychain, badge, special album "Complete Best" and "Ultimate Box". Of course everything is very expensive.

 

I believe Celine sang every song live tonight. Her voice is so powerful as usual, and I really love how they presented the whole show with the videos.

 

Oh, there were TVs in front of the front rows. So don't worry about it.

 

Thanks for the update!!

[Your_Su_Phu]

I think she looks quite young and pretty during this tour <3 im surprised japanese fans are so reserved. in the (amazing quality) bootleg of AWTBI it was like church applause, no screaming lol

usually from other concerts japanese fans seem maniacal just as any other fans

[maxceline]

thanks again for these great quality photos

[vshchen]

I think she looks quite young and pretty during this tour <3 im surprised japanese fans are so reserved. in the (amazing quality) bootleg of AWTBI it was like church applause, no screaming lol

usually from other concerts japanese fans seem maniacal just as any other fans

 

Japanese audience are really reserved. But the audience were much higher in tonight's show than in last night's. When Celine asked the audience to sing "We'll rock you" with her, not many people sang it. Many people sitting in the front rows were also too lazy to stand up. I think that's because most of the audience in the front rows are elder people. Most young people couldn't afford the front-seat tickets.

[Shamrock_1982]

thanks for the review and the info. on the screens for the the seats in the first few rows, i can relax now,lol...

 

still hope celine adds 1 last song around the ''eyes on me'' section like ''a new day has come - radio mix'' or maybe ''naked'' or ''thats the way it is '' or ''i aint gonna look the other way'' i could go on and on and on....lol.

 

''andhc radio mix'' - would be perfect though, as it was big here in europe!!!

Edited March 9, 2008 at 06:16 PM by Ire23

[faris]

whats the short japanse song that celine sang .. i'm not talking about awtbi duet !!

[Your_Su_Phu]

I think she looks quite young and pretty during this tour <3 im surprised japanese fans are so reserved. in the (amazing quality) bootleg of AWTBI it was like church applause, no screaming lol

usually from other concerts japanese fans seem maniacal just as any other fans

 

Japanese audience are really reserved. But the audience were much higher in tonight's show than in last night's. When Celine asked the audience to sing "We'll rock you" with her, not many people sang it. Many people sitting in the front rows were also too lazy to stand up. I think that's because most of the audience in the front rows are elder people. Most young people couldn't afford the front-seat tickets.

 

you're right. celine probably draws an older audience. ive seen videos of japanese fans at boyband concerts. the teenage girls scream and SOB (and i mean SOB) like crazy

Edited March 9, 2008 at 06:19 PM by Your_Su_Phu

[mirage]

Anything else? You should open a new topic called "Robin's Wailing Wall"..

 

and you would be my first subject to talk about...

 

btw what kinda posters they sell? from her TC shoot, or also older shoots!?

[mirage]

I feel the round stage is kinda too huge too.

 

haha i know, looks soo huge and far away... but i remember the time before i went to vegas, i thought that stage was huge... but when i entered the colloseum i was like: this is it!?

 

cant wait to see some bootlegs of the stage, right now more curious about the stage than her singing

[tfreak]

I was at the concert too on Saturday night. I watched Celine practice during the afternoon through the windows of the doors at gate 30. I could see the giant screens from there. I know that she practiced at least from 3 o'clock until 5 for sure. When I got there at 3, she was practicing A World to Believe In. Ito Yuna was wearing the same black dress during rehearsals as she wore that night for the performance. Celine had her hair tied up in a bun in the back and had a yellow shirt cut off at the shoulders.

 

Before the concert started I saw Celine's family walk out and sat to the left of the stage, 5th row. I was very high up so I couldn't see very well but I did see her mother, sister, brother-in-law, Rene and Rene-Charles.

 

As for the show itself, great videos and visuals but on some songs the music was too loud and the echo too strong. A World to Believe In sounded really bad (Yuna's voice and the piano's echo did not blend well). When the first few notes of To Love you More started, the two couple next to me started stood up but sat back down when they realized that it wasn't Taro Hakase playing. There seemed to be a general feeling of disappointment. We (us foreigners that attended the concert together) also had a laugh when Celine tried to get the audience to sing We Will Rock You... it was all very quiet in Tokyo Dome... not surprising to me but she seemed a little shocked.

 

Very disappointed that Can't Fight the Feeling was cut. Also, watching the show from so far back was quite a buzz kill. The stage looked horrible because it seemed to be in the middle of no where, surrounded by boxes of equipment and cut-off cables. It seemed very inaccessible as the first row was so far away. The thing i noticed about the conveyor belts is that when you are far away, you can't see her move on them so you have to rely on the screens. But on the screens, they cut her off from the waste down so you never realize that she is walking on the belts. I did notice that all four corners have platforms that go up and down (at the end/beginning of the belts. Also, when the center part of the stage is all the way down in the pit of the stage, I could see the faces of the people working under the stage.

 

Someone asked earlier about PQTME, she did sing it, right before A World To Believe In. The 5000 Yen (48.75 USD - 31.80 Euros - 52.60 AUD - 24.21 GBP) tour book was really overpriced but there was a lot of info on people working with her on the show. It's funny that there is a lot of the credits that go to some of the choreographers that worked on A New Day... because a few bits here and there are the same choreographies. The lighting guy also used the ceiling of the Dome as a backdrop for special effects. He could have used it for video projection was kept it safe with regular light patterns. There were quite a few opportunities where the lights could have been better.

 

Generally, it was ok at best. The thing I can't get over is how far everyone was sitting from the stage. Not contact with the audience at all.

 

Looking forward for the concerts next summer!

[nano]

thank you for the review!!!

[Thomas]

Opening of the show:

 

 

IACBTMN, BYLM:

 

[Yentl Anchel]

Thomas THABNK YOU SOOOOO much for the HQ pictures!!!!!

[CSCfan]

Wow, it looks VERY impressive!! LOVE the screens..

[celinefanonline]

oh my thanks for the video it's so so cool!!!

[roubaix]

Wow, that is fantastic! Thanks!