Celine (Las Vegas show) [ends: June 8th, 2019] - Official topic

[CelineDionFreak]

Looks like Nov 9 show will get cancelled- they took the tickets off AXS... Waiting for the announcement at some point today

This is all so slightly weird to me. I hope she's doing okay, and that's it's not a bad infection because she's been going all year long. I love that she has, but we may be seeing the consequences

[CelineDionFreak]

Actually I think November 9th is still on. November 9th still has tickets available for purchase on AXS, where as tonight it shows "cancelled".

[comingback]

only 1 britney ‏@only1britney

 

@BritneySpears wins 2016 @TheBestOfLV Best Resident Performer and ties 1st with @CelineDion as Best Singer/Musician! http://m.bestoflasve...m/winners-2016

 

Get well soon Celine!

[nuts2you]

We regret to inform you that the Wednesday, November 9 performance of Céline at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace has been cancelled. As has been previously announced, Céline Dion has been recovering from a viral infection over the last few days and is on doctor’s orders to continue to take the next few days to rest.

Céline at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is expected to resume performances as scheduled on Friday, November 11.

Céline, Caesars Palace, and AEG apologize for any inconvenience this causes ticket holders.

[CelineDionFreak]

So sad!!! I hope it's not worse then they originally thought and that Céline is doing okay, considering the circumstances!

[Kristinaz]

Gosh I hope she's back by next week!

 

Weird for Friday it says no tickets available but then it also says the show is not officially sold out and tickets may become available...what the....

Edited November 7, 2016 at 09:30 PM by Kristinaz

[MissHillCountry]

Gosh I hope she's back by next week!

 

Weird for Friday it says no tickets available but then it also says the show is not officially sold out and tickets may become available...what the....

 

That usually means they pulled it also but I just don't see the point of announcing 1 canceled show at a time when clearly they are planning cancelling Friday as well.

[nuts2you]

Friday they've stopped selling tickets in precaution to another cancellation.

[LukeD]

She did not suffer a viral inflection for 2016. It was about time.

[WindyCityCelineFan]

If it is anything like what I recently got over, it took about 3 weeks to fully recover. Upper respiratory where I lost my voice for several days and a nasty cough. Funny thing is I got sick the day after I got home from Vegas in early October.

[Kristinaz]

If it is anything like what I recently got over, it took about 3 weeks to fully recover. Upper respiratory where I lost my voice for several days and a nasty cough. Funny thing is I got sick the day after I got home from Vegas in early October.

 

Oh god please no. Maybe she'll return when she's feeling half way. Heck I don't even care if she uses playback but 3 weeks oh please no. Then again she may have been suffering from this for a while now....who knows.

 

What's the longest she's been gone sans the 2014 hiatus.

Edited November 7, 2016 at 10:05 PM by Kristinaz

[Cafe67]

I can completely understand her need to cancel multiple shows. I got strep throat last week, and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Then, quite a few people at work have had some type of viral infection and lost their voices. I feel bad for her when the whole show depends on her being healthy. As much as she's pushed herself this year though, I'm surprised she hasn't had to cancel more shows than this.

[Angel2006]

I would much rather Celine return to the stage when she's 100% better. Her health is what's most important. I don't mind if she has to cancel shows. I just want her to get better properly and not rush back to the stage, only for her to end up getting sick again and prolong her recovery.

 

Even if Celine were to return to the stage using playback, she would still be using muscles that she shouldn't be using in her throat, even when pretending to sing. Contrary to what people might think, Lip syncing isn't just moving your mouth.

 

The face, throat and mouth are not relaxed, just going through the motions of singing uses certain muscles and takes a certain amount of effort. Surprisingly enough, even lip syncing would put strain on her voice in her current state.

 

I hope it's not going to be as bad as it was back in 2012, when she had to cancel a bunch of shows for this same thing. I hope Celine makes a perfect recovery, put's her feet up, relaxes and just does whatever she needs to do to get better.

[Kristinaz]

I would much rather Celine return to the stage when she's 100% better. Her health is what's most important. I don't mind if she has to cancel shows. I just want her to get better properly and not rush back to the stage, only for her to end up getting sick again and prolong her recovery.

 

Even if Celine were to return to the stage using playback, she would still be using muscles that she shouldn't be using in her throat, even when pretending to sing. Contrary to what people might think, Lip syncing isn't just moving your mouth.

 

The face, throat and mouth are not relaxed, just going through the motions of singing uses certain muscles and takes a certain amount of effort. Surprisingly enough, even lip syncing would put strain on her voice in her current state.

 

I hope it's not going to be as bad as it was back in 2012, when she had to cancel a bunch of shows for this same thing. I hope Celine makes a perfect recovery, put's her feet up, relaxes and just does whatever she needs to do to get better.

 

How long was she out for then? Sorry my memory is fuzzy and I really can't remember. Interesting info about the lip syncing I didn't even know that!

 

The only reason I want her back is well next weekend is my only weekend off for a LONG time and I was thinking of flying down and seeing the show...I'll be devastated obviously if I can't especially considering I was supposed to go last year and one week before I was due to leave I got an infection and was ordered to not fly so I had to cancel everything and it was around this time too!

Edited November 7, 2016 at 10:37 PM by Kristinaz

[Angel2006]

How long was she out for then? Sorry my memory is fuzzy and I really can't remember. Interesting info about the lip syncing I didn't even know that!

 

I can't fully remember how long Celine was out for the illness in 2012. I know it was quite a long time. I just remember that she had to cancel a bunch of shows, more then she's even cancelled during the duration of her Vegas run. I remember being worried that she wouldn't get better by the time I had to see her on June 17, 2012, but thankfully she recovered in time and I didn't have to reschedule.

[Kristinaz]

I can't fully remember how long Celine was out for the illness in 2012. I know it was quite a long time. I just remember that she had to cancel a bunch of shows, more then she's even cancelled during the duration of her Vegas run. I remember being worried that she wouldn't get better by the time I had to see her on June 17, 2012, but thankfully she recovered in time and I didn't have to reschedule.

 

Thanks I'll look it up and see if I can find out. I'm really praying she's back by next weekend.

 

I found it!!

The French-Canadian songbird has been ordered to rest her voice for six to eight weeks. She was initially thought to be well enough to take the stage again Saturday, but she won't be able to resume performances until June 9, she announced on her website Tuesday.

http://latimesblogs....shows-june.html

 

 

This just came up on my twitter

Robin Leach ‏@Robin_Leach 4m4 minutes ago

 

The viral infection bugging @celinedion has forced 3rd doctor's order to cancel Wednesday show @CaesarsPalace She hopes to be back Friday

Edited November 7, 2016 at 10:45 PM by Kristinaz

[browseceline]

call me negative.. but I just listened to one of the new bootlegs, - the show is really boring.. sorry. During this summertour she rocked it but now.. this same setlist over and over and over and over again. I can't hear bylm anymore, can't hear tpol anymore and also am bored by the jazz songs. Vocally she is still amazing. Loved recovering, but this setlist needs a big spice-up. Hear many songs way way to often now. It is like she does not have more hits then these. .. it is such a shame. She is a vocal miracle but with these same songs it is getting boring..

[nuts2you]

Ive been saying that for a while now, I really enjoyed the summer tour in Montreal, but now not so sure, I'll wait,

[CelinesDIVO5]

We all have to remember that normal people don't listen to multiple bootlegs from all different nights...we are just the crazy bunch that would and the casual concert goer is not going to be as bored by the set list as those of us who incessantly listen to try and find new changes.

[Angel2006]

Thanks I'll look it up and see if I can find out. I'm really praying she's back by next weekend.

 

I found it!!

 

http://latimesblogs....shows-june.html

 

 

This just came up on my twitter

Robin Leach ‏@Robin_Leach 4m4 minutes ago

 

The viral infection bugging @celinedion has forced 3rd doctor's order to cancel Wednesday show @CaesarsPalace She hopes to be back Friday

 

 

Thanks for looking all of that up. It's sucks that Celine has to cancel another show, but hopefully she makes a full and speedy recovery.

[Davey84]

We all have to remember that normal people don't listen to multiple bootlegs from all different nights...we are just the crazy bunch that would and the casual concert goer is not going to be as bored by the set list as those of us who incessantly listen to try and find new changes.

 

That still doesn't justify Celine's legacy by putting out the most boring setlist to date! I'd much rather have the original March 2011 show with all the covers, than this mess!

[Javito]

And 90% + of people attending her Vegas shows are not even fans, so... Who cares what she sings there? She cares little about introducing changes, she cares even less about retrieving old songs from her own catalogue, and the people attending cares even less because they're not fans, so that's how things are.

 

That's the show we get, that's the show we've been getting for years, that's the way it is

Edited November 8, 2016 at 08:26 AM by Javito

[CelinesDIVO5]

 

 

That still doesn't justify Celine's legacy by putting out the most boring setlist to date! I'd much rather have the original March 2011 show with all the covers, than this mess!

 

I don't think it's a boring set list in general. I think it's boring because we keep listening to it...over and over and over again.

[Javito]

I don't think it's a boring set list in general. I think it's boring because we keep listening to it...over and over and over again.

 

I have listened only one bootleg of the current Vegas show since its is opening in 2011, the one of the premiere, and I thought since the first day that this show is boring. Extremely boring. And I didn't need then nor now to listen any more bootlegs to change my mind (despite the small changes introduced here and there), it is still boring.

 

Give me the setlist of the summer tour anytime, and I know and acknowledge that that show IS exciting, very exciting

[dodobird]

And 90% + of people attending her Vegas shows are not even fans, so... Who cares what she sings there? She cares little about introducing changes, she cares even less about retrieving old songs from her own catalogue, and the people attending cares even less because they're not fans, so that's how things are.

 

That's the show we get, that's the show we've been getting for years, that's the way it is

 

Ok I have to ask with all due respect...why are you so against Las Vegas? She's had unprecedented success (4 million people...4 million!), it was a genius move on her and Rene's part and she's happy because her kids have a home base and she gets to go home every night and be a mom. I agree that the show needs a profound revamp, don't get me wrong. But if I were an artist, I would have loved to have the stability she has AND be able to tour whenever I want to.

[Javito]

Ok I have to ask with all due respect...why are you so against Las Vegas? She's had unprecedented success (4 million people...4 million!), it was a genius move on her and Rene's part and she's happy because her kids have a home base and she gets to go home every night and be a mom. I agree that the show needs a profound revamp, don't get me wrong. But if I were an artist, I would have loved to have the stability she has AND be able to tour whenever I want to.

 

So imagine how her career would have been IF she hasn't started her contract in Vegas in 2003

 

But anyway, some reasons...

 

1) First because it cut short her powerful return to the international scene, just when she was at the peak of her career and enjoying a success with the worldwide acclaimed ANDHC album that would have been unprecedented, if she had continued in 2003 promoting and touring that album. But Vegas stopped all the promotion plans Sony had for that album.

 

2) Because what was going to be Vegas is not what it is today. When she signed her contract in 2001, her Vegas adventure had a start and a finish date, which was march 2006. That was reasonable. Today, 2016, she's still there. They extended until the end of 2007. Okay. Then she announced she would come back in 2011, and today she's still there. In 2019 she will be there. And in 20XX she will be there ... Enough is enough.

 

3) Because the current show is way more boring and worse than the previous one.

 

4) Because the so called stability for her family it's great, but that's an excuse too. Everybody knows she would have enjoyed the same stability if she had continued releasing albums in 2003, promoting, touring and everything, and at the same time she could enjoy her family. She would even have more time, because she wouldn't be tied to a contract that obliges her to organise her life depending on her scheduled performances on a fixed place, that also prevents her from doing other plans with her albums, her dream of acting, etc, because she's always performing there.

 

Doesn't she bring all her children with her when she tours, since day one? When she promotes in France, or anywhere? She has always brought RC with her since he was a baby to all her travels to Europe, within the US and everywhere, and she did the same with the twins. So what kind of stability is Vegas giving her, that no other home in the world could have provided her in the same way, except that she would be resting her vocal chords when she's not promoting or touring, instead of killing her voice singing the same songs since 2003, over and over again?

 

She could have settled down a home in any corner of the world in 2003, and just tour and promote her music when it was due, and she would have had all the stability in the world she had desired.

[browseceline]

So imagine how her career would have been IF she hasn't started her contract in Vegas in 2003

 

But anyway, some reasons...

 

1) First because it cut short her powerful return to the international scene, just when she was at the peak of her career and enjoying a success with the worldwide acclaimed ANDHC album that would have been unprecedented, if she had continued in 2003 promoting and touring that album. But Vegas stopped all the promotion plans Sony had for that album.

 

2) Because what was going to be Vegas is not what it is today. When she signed her contract in 2001, her Vegas adventure had a start and a finish date, which was march 2006. That was reasonable. Today, 2016, she's still there. They extended until the end of 2007. Okay. Then she announced she would come back in 2011, and today she's still there. In 2019 she will be there. And in 20XX she will be there ... Enough is enough.

 

3) Because the current show is way more boring and worse than the previous one.

 

4) Because the so called stability for her family it's great, but that's an excuse too. Everybody knows she would have enjoyed the same stability if she had continued releasing albums in 2003, promoting, touring and everything, and at the same time she could enjoy her family. She would even have more time, because she wouldn't be tied to a contract that obliges her to organise her life depending on her scheduled performances on a fixed place, that also prevents her from doing other plans with her albums, her dream of acting, etc, because she's always performing there.

 

Doesn't she bring all her children with her when she tours, since day one? When she promotes in France, or anywhere? She has always brought RC with her since he was a baby to all her travels to Europe, within the US and everywhere, and she did the same with the twins. So what kind of stability is Vegas giving her, that no other home in the world could have provided her in the same way, except that she would be resting her vocal chords when she's not promoting or touring, instead of killing her voice singing the same songs since 2003, over and over again?

 

She could have settled down a home in any corner of the world in 2003, and just tour and promote her music when it was due, and she would have had all the stability in the world she had desired.

 

exactly! amen!

[couldawouldashoulda]

4) Because the so called stability for her family it's great, but that's an excuse too. Everybody knows she would have enjoyed the same stability if she had continued releasing albums in 2003, promoting, touring and everything, and at the same time she could enjoy her family. She would even have more time, because she wouldn't be tied to a contract that obliges her to organise her life depending on her scheduled performances on a fixed place, that also prevents her from doing other plans with her albums, her dream of acting, etc, because she's always performing there.

 

Doesn't she bring all her children with her when she tours, since day one? When she promotes in France, or anywhere? She has always brought RC with her since he was a baby to all her travels to Europe, within the US and everywhere, and she did the same with the twins. So what kind of stability is Vegas giving her, that no other home in the world could have provided her in the same way, except that she would be resting her vocal chords when she's not promoting or touring, instead of killing her voice singing the same songs since 2003, over and over again?

 

She could have settled down a home in any corner of the world in 2003, and just tour and promote her music when it was due, and she would have had all the stability in the world she had desired.

 

I have to step in here and speak to this point. You sound as if you are someone who has never been a performer and who has never gone on tour. If that is not the case, I apologize, for I'm about to speak as if that is true.

 

I am a performer. I have been for 25 years. And I have toured extensively across the country, although not the world. At a certain point, especially as one gets older, it becomes exhausting...and not fun. Never sleeping in the same bed, living out of a suitcase (even if you have 75 of them because you're incredibly rich), constantly going between different time zones, etc, etc, takes a toll on a person. The stability that Vegas provides is not "an excuse" - it is a reality. Celine has toured at least 5 times more than I have so I can't even imagine how exhausting that must be after a certain point. And I can totally see how, at her age, going on a mini-tour for a few months would be a much better situation. Then, after that, she can go to her own home, her own space, that she knows and is comfortable in, and yet still perform in a venue and make enough money to keep herself, and her loved one, living the life to which they have become accustomed.

 

It is not an excuse. It is a cold, hard fact that touring is exhausting work and saps the energy out of a person and is (as hard as this is to believe to someone who doesn't do it for a living) just not fun. And it will be just as exhausting for her children. So, yes, Vegas, does present a stability for her and for her family that she cannot get from touring.

Edited November 8, 2016 at 05:13 PM by couldawouldashoulda

[CelineDionFreak]

I've been thinking and I think this would be a good replacement for LCMM/RDMH. As much as I love those songs they are really getting lazy and old!!

https://youtu.be/iKDS2-HCA6I

[celine4evauk]

 

 

So imagine how her career would have been IF she hasn't started her contract in Vegas in 2003

 

But anyway, some reasons...

 

1) First because it cut short her powerful return to the international scene, just when she was at the peak of her career and enjoying a success with the worldwide acclaimed ANDHC album that would have been unprecedented, if she had continued in 2003 promoting and touring that album. But Vegas stopped all the promotion plans Sony had for that album.

 

2) Because what was going to be Vegas is not what it is today. When she signed her contract in 2001, her Vegas adventure had a start and a finish date, which was march 2006. That was reasonable. Today, 2016, she's still there. They extended until the end of 2007. Okay. Then she announced she would come back in 2011, and today she's still there. In 2019 she will be there. And in 20XX she will be there ... Enough is enough.

 

3) Because the current show is way more boring and worse than the previous one.

 

4) Because the so called stability for her family it's great, but that's an excuse too. Everybody knows she would have enjoyed the same stability if she had continued releasing albums in 2003, promoting, touring and everything, and at the same time she could enjoy her family. She would even have more time, because she wouldn't be tied to a contract that obliges her to organise her life depending on her scheduled performances on a fixed place, that also prevents her from doing other plans with her albums, her dream of acting, etc, because she's always performing there.

 

Doesn't she bring all her children with her when she tours, since day one? When she promotes in France, or anywhere? She has always brought RC with her since he was a baby to all her travels to Europe, within the US and everywhere, and she did the same with the twins. So what kind of stability is Vegas giving her, that no other home in the world could have provided her in the same way, except that she would be resting her vocal chords when she's not promoting or touring, instead of killing her voice singing the same songs since 2003, over and over again?

 

She could have settled down a home in any corner of the world in 2003, and just tour and promote her music when it was due, and she would have had all the stability in the world she had desired.

 

If it wasn't for the Vegas contract she wouldn't have recorded the ANDHC album when she did. No one can say if she'd have come back at all.