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Celine Dion Faces Charges Of Lip-Synching In Lawsuit

Yahoo! Music, Oct 14, 1999 3:00 pm PDT

 

(10/14/99, 12 p.m. PDT) - Celine Dion is being sued by her former drummer, Peter Barbeau, for $5 million in a lawsuit that was filed Tuesday (Oct. 12).

The lawsuit includes claims of wrongful dismissal, infringement of copyright, and allegations that the superstar lip-synched at many of her live concert performances. "Many of the lead vocal portions of the songs performed by Celine Dion during her live performances are not sung by her, but rather lip-synced to a prerecorded digital hard-disc recording of Celine Dion's voice," the suit claims..

 

"The practice of the principal vocal performer not singing during live performances is highly unusual in the music industry," the suit adds..

 

Barbeau's claim indicates that because Dion lip-synched during her live concerts, extra pressure was placed on him as a drummer. He also claims in the court documents that he is the original composer of the song "Dreaming of You" from Dion's 1996 multi-platinum album Falling Into You. Barbeau contends that he retains 40% of the interest and rights to the track through his company, Bow River Music Inc..

 

The drummer also claims in the court papers that he was dismissed from his job in 1995 "without reason, cause, explanation, or settlement," and has been unable to find comparable employment..

 

LAUNCH obtained the following statement from Dion regarding the legal action. "I wasn't really involved too much with Peter leaving the band," the statement read. "This really had more to do with the musicians and how they wanted to change a few things. As far as the publishing stuff goes, I haven't had anything to do with this either, but the people who take care of my business have assured me that Peter has 100% control of his interest in his song.".

 

The statement continues: "The thing that really upsets me is what's been said about my live performances...the way it was said makes it sound like I'm not singing live at my shows, which is not true. In the past, we've used instrumentation and voice samples on the up-tempo numbers. This just gives the dance tracks a bit more punch to enhance the live performance, but I think that's normal. As far as singing live; well, this is what I love to do the most. My whole life revolves around singing live, and I think my fans know this about me. Whether it's not talking for two days between shows, or not eating certain foods on show days, or not being near air conditioning even when it's 95 degrees...my whole focus is to keep my vocal cords in top shape so that I can deliver when I'm on stage. My fans know this, and everyone who's seen my show knows that I put everything I've got into every performance that I give.".

 

-- Jason Gelman, New York

 

 

http://new.music.yahoo.com/various-artists...wsuit--12040294

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Matias Contributor

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That's an oldie...an 11 years old oldie hahaha

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ladylindsey Newbie

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lol

 

"Barbeau's claim indicates that because Dion lip-synched during her live concerts, extra pressure was placed on him as a drummer."

 

As opposed to when she is singing full out and he still has to play just as well?

 

:lol:

takeachance Newbie

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Did her drummer sue her for that? What a pr**k !!! :angry2:

Poor Celine :( and I believe her when she says its not true....

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Celinefanatic07 Newbie

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Sooo who won?

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fan2celinedion Newbie

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"The way it was said makes it sound like I'm not singing live at my shows, which is not true. [...] As far as singing live; well, this is what I love to do the most. My whole life revolves around singing live, and I think my fans know this about me."

 

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

 

That's very funny :lmao: but the drummer didn't have any reason to do what he did! :nono:

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manolo19 Newbie

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Interesting, Now imagine if every artist that ever lipsynched during a song was sued. Crazy!
j411celine Newbie

j411celine

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Bs lawsuit sure it was thrown out.
Angel2006 Newbie

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OMG. What an #ss. :nono: He was just trying to destroy Celine's reputation and get some cash. I can't believe he would do that. Celine puts alot of trust and loyalty into her musicians. That's just wrong. :angry2: :nono: :nono:

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boyblackuk Newbie

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God I remember when this all happened. Celine was at the top of her game and they tried everything to get her but found nothing. We love her. She didnt deserve this. although at the time she was using the same track for TPOL as she used in vegas..........

 

There was another scandal about the parent of the choir not getting into the concert at the Edinburgh concert I was at.

lindsey22 Newbie

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can someone post a pic of him, and fan2celinedion keeps insisting even though he pm me to say he's not but he is saying Celine is lying when she says she dont lip synch songs. i wil believe Celine thank you very much :whistling:
fan2celinedion Newbie

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can someone post a pic of him, and fan2celinedion keeps insisting even though he pm me to say he's not but he is saying Celine is lying when she says she dont lip synch songs. i wil believe Celine thank you very much :whistling:

 

:thumbsup2:

1) I don't know where did you read that I called her "a liar" :rolleyes:

2) The Pm thing is very interesting

3) Celine Dion never lipsyncs :innocent:

 

Believe what you Want, I don't want to Play that game Lindsay, I'm not here to fight with the people! :)

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lindsey22 Newbie

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can someone post a pic of him, and fan2celinedion keeps insisting even though he pm me to say he's not but he is saying Celine is lying when she says she dont lip synch songs. i wil believe Celine thank you very much :whistling:

 

:thumbsup2:

1) I don't know where did you read that I called her "a liar" :rolleyes:

2) The Pm thing is very interesting

3) Celine Dion never lipsyncs :innocent:

 

Believe what you Want, I don't want to Play that game Lindsay, I'm not here to fight with the people! :)

why did you send me that PM , its going against everything you've just said. all you do is critisize Celine and members in a sarcastic manner.

see i can roll eyes too :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

:whistling:

fan2celinedion Newbie

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can someone post a pic of him, and fan2celinedion keeps insisting even though he pm me to say he's not but he is saying Celine is lying when she says she dont lip synch songs. i wil believe Celine thank you very much :whistling:

 

:thumbsup2:

1) I don't know where did you read that I called her "a liar" :rolleyes:

2) The Pm thing is very interesting

3) Celine Dion never lipsyncs :innocent:

 

Believe what you Want, I don't want to Play that game Lindsay, I'm not here to fight with the people! :)

why did you send me that PM , its going against everything you've just said. all you do is critisize Celine and members in a sarcastic manner.

see i can roll eyes too :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

:whistling:

:thumbsup2: oh yeah I hate her, that's why I'm here!

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CelineDionFan710 Newbie

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i have never seen this in my life. And i believe celine when she says that she doesnt lip synch!

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celinedream Newbie

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just like that Korean woman, when people see someone has success they want to steal a little part of it :rolleyes:

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lindsey22 Newbie

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i have never seen this in my life. And i believe celine when she says that she doesnt lip synch!

 

 

just like that Korean woman, when people see someone has success they want to steal a little part of it :rolleyes:

thank you both :flowers: you nailed it exactly.

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:sofunny: Jealous... Some people try to strecth their fame

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Belle Céline Newbie

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why does every topic seem to turn into an arugement.... :whistling:

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:war:

Ha it is old though.

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riobeard11 Newbie

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I've read this before...it's just a bunch of crap. It would make it EASIER to play the drums because she would would never slow down or speed up. What an idiot. Edited by riobeard11
miel_sourit Newbie

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Thank God, He's no longer with the band! traitor!!!

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Lawna Newbie

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I remember this article...Celine is very loyal to the people around her...I wonder what he did to get fired LOL. Must have been bad! Anyway...yeah I remember the other problem with the Lady & Rene...people can be so scandalous.

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takeachance Newbie

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Oh my gosh , how did u find him? alot of angry celine fans will probably add him as a friend and then if he accepts they will turn nasty!!!! :lol:

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maceta_biloxi Newbie

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Well of course Celine would say that she doesn't lipsync, this is something that singers don't say out loud. But if you watch some tv shows from those days you can clearly see her lipsyncing, don't get me wrong I don't mind it at all, i just don't know what the big deal is.

Look what happened to Ashely Simpson in SNL, that was awful, if you are going to lipsync just make sure that don't happen to you. One of my favorite bands is Roxette and they lipsync almost all the time in TV shows, never in concert though. So for me is not something bizarre or out of this world.

Celine goes to TV Shows that don't have all the equipment and sometimes not even the musicians, so it's very logical and understandable to lipsync, it's part of the music biz but no one admits it.

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ThisTime Newbie

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LOL of course Celine isn't gonna say "Oh you got me, I lip sync the crap out of my concerts" :lmao:

I wonder what she'd say now if she was accused :lol:

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dlh1 Newbie

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Nice to see nothing's changed in the past 11 years. She must have won the lawsuit because the lipsynching got worse over the last 11 years.
fan2celinedion Newbie

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LOL of course Celine isn't gonna say "Oh you got me, I lip sync the crap out of my concerts" :lmao:

LOOOOOL :lmao: :lmao: :sofunny: :sofunny: I so love what you wrote :mdr: :mdr:

 

Oh and by the way, reading the post again Lindsay, here is the p.m! Did I say something bad about her???

"Hi, you don't have any reason to be offended because I didn't express myself very well, I would never have allowed myself to call any member here stupid! But I have a reason to be offended because since the creation of the thread I keep repeating that I agree with you, that you are absolutely right, that what you said is true etc... and you keep telling that I am wrong!

 

Everybody thinks that I am mad :("

 

No I didn't! It's not because I love her that I Will believe her when she said that she never lipsyncs! What did you expect from her? "Oh yes he's right, I lipsyncs very often..."

Glad to see that people like Thistime agree with me, we really do love her but the only reason she sais she doesn't lipsyncs is because she can't say "yes, of course!"

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