Celine 将携 150 人的豪华团队到南非展开巡演

[Bellamy]

Celine 将携 150 人的豪华团队到南非展开巡演。

Céline brings her own dentist on tour to SA

 

Once dubbed Canine Dion, she’s taking no chances.

 

Singing sensation Céline Dion is used to making people smile with her melodious voice and heart- wrenching lyrics. More difficult is maintaining the smile on her own face during her forthcoming tour of South Africa: Dion will travel with her own personal dentist.

 

One of the world’s biggest-selling female artists, Dion is clearly still sensitive about dental problems after being dubbed “Canine Dion” in the late ’80s, before she had her front teeth capped.

 

She will also have her own physiotherapist and an entourage of 150 dancers, acrobats and concert personnel. In addition, on performance days she requires a voice or throat specialist to be on call from 7am until 7pm.

 

These are some of the requirements in Dion’s 67-page contract with the concert promoter Kusasa, which is organising Dion’s long- awaited tour of South Africa in February, part of her “Taking Chances” world tour.

 

The Canadian singer arrives on her private jet, accompanied by her seven-year-old son René-Charles, his nanny and an assistant to look after him.

 

Her husband, René Angélil , is also her long-time manager, who she married in 1994.

 

Eleven security guards must be on stage while she is performing, eight of them on chairs that can swivel 30 degrees.

 

Her “medium-sized” dressing room must be in a convenient, well- lit place, heated to 22°C and with a “connected, cleaned and turned-on” telephone line.

 

Bavarian figs, French cherries and watermelon are among her catering requirements, which also include one mixed bowl of two kinds of potato chips, a pack of mint chewing gum, three lemons, a kettle and three large bottles of mineral water at room temperature. Her choices in order of preference are Figi, Naya or Evian.

 

Dion will be sipping water in one of six water glasses in specified colours of white, black or navy.

 

While her seven-member band are only allowed to drink beer and wine after a performance, the pop queen ensures that they toast the show’s success with only the finest champagne beforehand — Veuve Clicquot Brut Yellow Label or White Star or Moët & Chandon.

 

Afterwards, 24 Budweiser Lite beers and 12 domestic beers, along with bottles of “good quality” French and Italian wines must be sent to the dressing rooms.

 

Two hundred large bath towels must be provided for each performance.

 

Dion requires three local menus each day to be approved by her management before catering is confirmed.

 

At hotels, the star will stay in presidential suites while 75 “premium hotel rooms” must be reserved for production crew.

 

Ticket Connection financial director Darren Ebb said Dion’s world tour was among the biggest music events ever hosted in South Africa, with more than 300000 tickets on sale.

 

The previous local record was held by Michael Jackson, with more than 200000 tickets sold.

 

“Ticket sales (for Dion) are exceeding expectations, with the most pre-sales ever done,” Ebb said.

 

Additional tickets will be released at some of the venues shortly to cater for extra demand.

 

“We are expecting 313 international fans from the Team Celine fan club to come to South Africa and attend every concert.”

 

The online members-only VIP Club offers Dion fans special privileges and ticket prices.

 

Ticket Connection has received strange requests from over-eager fans, such as “Jaine” from London who said she planned to attend shows in three cities and wanted backstage passes to speak to Dion about a business idea.

 

 

Another fan, Bianca, said it would be a great pleasure to finally meet Dion in person.

 

“I know that I am close to Céline Dion in spirit and have dreamt about her often,” she wrote.

 

 

She wanted to know which seats were closest to the stage at any South African venue.

 

Dion, winner of multiple Grammy awards, will perform at eight South African shows in 14 days, starting at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg on Valentine’s Day.

 

She will also perform in Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.

http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/New....aspx?id=685979

[callingdion]

阵容还真是豪华，，不过主要还是以保护好celine为第一呀

[sgcpc]

nothing to say....DIVA!!!!........

[Mac]

Ticket Connection financial director Darren Ebb said Dion’s world tour was among the biggest music events ever hosted in South Africa, with more than 300000 tickets on sale.

 

The previous local record was held by Michael Jackson, with more than 200000 tickets sold.

 

“Ticket sales (for Dion) are exceeding expectations, with the most pre-sales ever done,” Ebb said.

 

Additional tickets will be released at some of the venues shortly to cater for extra demand.

 

叹服，叹服

[godlv]

所有的要求都是顶级腻

“one mixed bowl of two kinds of potato chips” o(∩_∩)o...哈哈

[scarletear]

DIVA

[Kong]

好像比A New Day还要多工作人员。

[steven]

应该来中国时也是这个阵容了吧....太期待了！！！！

[Bellamy]

Celine 的团队已经到达南非了，正在搭建 75 米长 14 米宽的巨型舞台。

Celine's crew arrives in SA

 

 

Crew started arriving in the country last week for the most anticipated International touring artist ever to hit the shores of South Africa.

 

The show is the biggest to ever tour in Africa with more than 380 000 tickets on sale around the country.

 

Her first performance in on Valentine’s Day in Johannesburg will be her first performance outside of Vegas, in five years.

 

Due to unprecedented demand by fans, Celine Dion has added a second concert at Montecasino to the South African leg of her Taking Chances World Tour.

 

Tickets for the first concert sold out within just days of going on to sale, more than a year ago.

 

Kusasa Entertainment the executive producers for the show have secured an exclusive second additional concert on Saturday, March 1, 2008.

 

The other Celine Dion concerts include:

 

14 February – Gala Dinner Concert – Coca Cola Dome

 

16/17 February – Loftus Versfeld – Pretoria

 

20 February – ABSA stadium – Durban

 

23/24 February – Vergelegen Wine Estate – Cape Town

 

27 February – EPRU Stadium - Port Elizabeth

 

29 February – Montecasino – Johannesburg

 

The concerts will showcase the biggest, tailor made stage, being more than 75 metres long and 14 metres wide.

 

More than 400 dedicated touring personal have been working 24/7 to build these master pieces up at spec stadiums and venues across the country.

 

Celine will be traveling across the country with more than 75 entourage and more than 88 000kg of gear.

 

In addition to her entourage the tour is also set to attract many of Celine’s international fans, from the Celine Team, and more than 400 have already been booked by international tourists who will be visiting South Africa to see the biggest selling female artist of all time in concert for the first time in years, outside of the Vegas walls.

 

Tickets for these spectacular concerts are available exclusively from every Mr Price Store across South Africa and from Ticket Connection, or call 0861 121 333.

 

Published on the web by Tonight on February 4, 2008.

[blue515]

到时候Celine来中国也应该是这个舞台哦，爽

[Kong]

比A New Day的舞台还大？ Edited February 5, 2008 at 09:36 AM by Kong

[daisy]

好期待也好兴奋~