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

[nuts2you]

Don't make me laugh, :sofunny:

[Tricey3115]

She has the Aretha thing sunday shes probably going on Saturday to LA to rehearse and then be there for it on sunday unless she leaves sunday she has monday the 14th off because its the 3rd anniversary of Renes passing so im sure that will be a quiet day for her with the kids dont they send him letters on anniversaries and balloons i remeber her saying that before they do that for celebrations so she probably needed a few days off thats why her schedule is different also she might just go sunday and leave the same day to come back home since LA is so close to vegas unless she has to be there a day before to rehearse for the show. Who knows and shes taking a break at the end of January more then likely to finalize the album mabye release a new song hopefully plus she has RCs 18th birthday on the 25th so im sure shes doing something special for him since 18 is a milestone birthday just my assumptions but about rene i know forsure they do that every year on birthdays and the anniversary of his passing they turn it into a celebration shes said that before.

[nuts2you]

well don't forget she gets sick a lot in those months and is more known for that,

[brendanm999]

Why is Celine's show schedule inconsistent during Jan?

For instance, this week she doesn't work Wednesday or Friday, next week she doesn't work Friday but then she works Sunday. Then she's off until the last days of February.

 

I know she has the Aretha show this Sunday but I feel like they could have worked her schedule a little better. I wonder if she's doing anything else in between that we don't know of.

January is usually weird for whatever reason. During the second week in January she normally only does one weekday show (no show Tue, Jan 5, 2016 and Wed, Jan 10, 2018 [which was cancelled and the same day as the Asia tour press conference]). I wonder if the Consumer Electronics Show taking place that week has anything to do with it. Also, for MLK Jr. weekend, she normally shifts her Friday/Saturday to Saturday/Sunday. This happened in 2012 (Friday, Sat, and Sun), 2013, 2014, 2016 (cancelled), 2018 (cancelled) and now again this year. Edited January 9, 2019 at 12:25 AM by brendanm999

[Nmj]

Why is Celine's show schedule inconsistent during Jan?

For instance, this week she doesn't work Wednesday or Friday, next week she doesn't work Friday but then she works Sunday. Then she's off until the last days of February.

 

I know she has the Aretha show this Sunday but I feel like they could have worked her schedule a little better. I wonder if she's doing anything else in between that we don't know of.

 

They should’ve did those days and ended the show in end of May instead of early June .

[scielle]

Oh, Celine... https://twitter.com/...862416864505856

 

(Background - https://twitter.com/...447946132508672)

 

Her IG here: https://www.instagram.com/carolinenoo/?hl=en

Edited January 9, 2019 at 05:00 AM by scielle

[Tricey3115]

She does the shoulders and ryan Reynolds bit every show i always watch a live stream and she makes up the same funny story

[scielle]

She does the shoulders and ryan Reynolds bit every show i always watch a live stream and she makes up the same funny story

 

Yes, we know - that's precisely the problem. It's never not been awkward.

Only endearing up to a point, and it's always waaaaay past that point LOL

[maki_Dion-er]

It's one person's opinion. Though I do think the bit is getting too long, the way she is telling it now, it gets laughs, but it's not the same big laughs she used to get. She's making it drag on.

 

I hope she starts telling it quicker or change up the story.

[scielle]

On the one hand, it shows a great degree of self-confidence to do that bit (and subject her band to it every night...I'd be so embarrassed! )

 

Oh the other, it signals a dangerous precedent that, to me, says she might be surrounded by too many "yes men". Nobody around with the courage to tell her the truth when something's not working (like Rene use to do...)

You know that fairy tale, The Emperor's New Clothes? Yeah. Kinda like that.

[maki_Dion-er]

On the one hand, it shows a great degree of self-confidence to do that bit (and subject her band to it every night...I'd be so embarrassed! )

 

Oh the other, it signals a dangerous precedent that, to me, says she might be surrounded by too many "yes men". Nobody around with the courage to tell her the truth when something's not working (like Rene use to do...)

You know that fairy tale, The Emperor's New Clothes? Yeah. Kinda like that.

 

Doesn't she have someone that tells her "zip it and start singing", who is that? Did she fire them? Lol.

 

Maybe she's making the speech long because they need to fill the time? Idk. I loved the speech, always found it hilarious (never awkward) until recently when she started telling it slowly and having big pauses. Just making it drag.

 

I think she should reduce it to about half the length to make time for one of the songs they cut out. Falling into You without the dancing would be my choice (at least not with Pepe) because the others are more vocally demanding. And I just really like it and could be a nice song before or after To Love you More.

Edited January 9, 2019 at 05:38 AM by maki_Dion-er

[CelinesDIVO5]

 

 

Doesn't she have someone that tells her "zip it and start singing", who is that? Did she fire them? Lol.

 

Maybe she's making the speech long because they need to fill the time? Idk. I loved the speech, always found it hilarious (never awkward) until recently when she started telling it slowly and having big pauses. Just making it drag.

 

I think she should reduce it to about half the length to make time for one of the songs they cut out. Falling into You without the dancing would be my choice (at least not with Pepe) because the others are more vocally demanding. And I just really like it and could be a nice song before or after To Love you More.

 

 

Why dance but not with Pepe? I will never understand the Pepe hate around here.

 

 

When it comes to talking, the bit before “”You’re The Voice” is also too long. It shouldn’t take that length of time to amp the crowd up for a song. Plus the “rehearsal.” Between that and the “Ashes” bit, that’s at least 8 minutes of talking. Doesn’t sound like a lot of time, but it is. Especially if you’re on the stage!

[maki_Dion-er]

 

 

 

Why dance but not with Pepe? I will never understand the Pepe hate around here.

 

 

When it comes to talking, the bit before “”You’re The Voice” is also too long. It shouldn’t take that length of time to amp the crowd up for a song. Plus the “rehearsal.” Between that and the “Ashes” bit, that’s at least 8 minutes of talking. Doesn’t sound like a lot of time, but it is. Especially if you’re on the stage!

 

What? I don't hate Pepe, I'm like one of the people that love him and Celine's friendship/stage partnership the most on this forum. I just ment not with him because he isn't in Vegas all the time, I think he lives in NY and just flies in often.

 

I like the rehearsal bit, it's a nice moment to get the audience feeling "involved" in the show and right now it's not too long.

Honestly, as Perez Hilton said in his podcast, I'd rather complain about Celine talking too much than complain about her not talking enough.

She just needs to find a balance, if sometimes she finds something really funny and worthy of an extended time then fine, but at the moment it feels like she is purposely making her Ashes speech longer than necessary.

Edited January 9, 2019 at 06:59 AM by maki_Dion-er

[Davey84]

17 songs (all the medleys counting as 1) is just wayyyy too little songs for a concert! I agree with the speeches for Ashes and the rehearsal for YTF. In that time 2 songs could have been easily performed!

 

I really don't get why Recovering and Think Twice have been cut

[Shamrock_1982]

To be honest “recovering” was a toilet break or another chance to get a drink from the bar for many and “think twice” never got the same love as in Europe.

 

The voice thought is just terrible.

She may be currently rehearsing another song from her back catalogue and maybe even the new single from the new album.

 

Well here’s hoping 🤞🏼

 

 

[ryba]

Oh, Celine... https://twitter.com/...862416864505856

 

(Background - https://twitter.com/...447946132508672)

 

Her IG here: https://www.instagram.com/carolinenoo/?hl=en

that chick ist kinda weird, how can you sit during a Celine concet texting comments and updates on twitter?! Sit still and enjoy every second of the show lol

[scielle]

that chick ist kinda weird, how can you sit during a Celine concet texting comments and updates on twitter?! Sit still and enjoy every second of the show lol

 

When you're doing anything you can to distract yourself from listening to a really cringey soliloquy, that's how.

I'd do the same.

[scielle]

17 songs (all the medleys counting as 1) is just wayyyy too little songs for a concert!

 

Is that really all it is now?! Wow, that's dismal.

When you put it that way, I'm glad this is drawing to a close. The show has clearly gone downhill significantly since it first opened.

[Davey84]

 

 

Is that really all it is now?! Wow, that's dismal.

When you put it that way, I'm glad this is drawing to a close. The show has clearly gone downhill significantly since it first opened.

 

Yep! Basically that goes for all her shows/tours... they begin with 25 songs and you end up with 68% of the original amount of songs

 

Recently I listened to the bootlet of the Opening night, March 15th, 2011. Even though there was a lot of complaints that the show didn't include enough original Céline songs, it was really well put together. They had a vision and it worked. I said it before... it all went downhill when the cutting and pasting started in 2012. IMO Ceéline should have come back with a complete new show in 2014.

 

Opening night vs last weeks shows:

 

15 March 2011 – 22 January 2012: 18 songs, but with 10 songs in the medley

 

1."Open Arms"

2."Where Does My Heart Beat Now"

3."Because You Loved Me"

4.Medley: "It's All Coming Back to Me Now/The Power of Love"

5."(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)"

6."Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"

7."The Reason

8.Medley: "Goldfinger/Nobody Does It Better/Live and Let Die"

9."Spinning Wheel" (Performed by Barnev Valsaint)

10."How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (Duet with a hologram version of Dion)

11."Overjoyed" (Virtual duet with Stevie Wonder)

12."At Seventeen"

13."Beauty And The Beast" (Duet with Barnev Valsaint)

14."Ne me quitte pas"

15."All by Myself"

16.Medley: "Ben/Man in the Mirror/I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (Tribute to Michael Jackson)

17.Medley: "Declaration of Love (instrumental)/Love Can Move Mountains/River Deep, Mountain High"

18."My Heart Will Go On"

 

16 November 2018 - present: 17 songs, only with 7 songs in the medley

 

1."The Power of Love"

2."That's the Way It Is"

3."I'm Alive"

4."Because You Loved Me"

5."It's All Coming Back to Me Now"

6."Beauty and the Beast" (duet with Barnev Valsaint)

7."Pour que tu m'aimes encore"

8."You're the Voice"

9."Ashes"

10."All by Myself"

11.String Medley: "At Seventeen"/"A New Day Has Come"/"Unison"

12."To Love You More"

13.Medley: "Uptown Funk/Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough/We Are Family/Groove Is in the Heart/Sex Machine" (by backup singers)

14.Medley: "Kiss/Purple Rain"

15.Medley: "Love Can Move Mountains"/ "River Deep, Mountain High"

16."My Heart Will Go On"

17."Can't Help Falling In Love" (acapella)

[DionFanAlways]

Yes, I agree, "the letter" monologue has got to go or be severely trimmed. Way past it's prime. (and this is coming from someone who loves that part. )

 

Yes, yes, I know we see it all the time.

[DionFanAlways]

Doesn't she have someone that tells her "zip it and start singing", who is that? Did she fire them? Lol.

 

 

I think it was Michel's job but when you're the Queen, you do what you feel.

[Dion2000]

 

 

Yep! Basically that goes for all her shows/tours... they begin with 25 songs and you end up with 68% of the original amount of songs

 

Recently I listened to the bootlet of the Opening night, March 15th, 2011. Even though there was a lot of complaints that the show didn't include enough original Céline songs, it was really well put together. They had a vision and it worked. I said it before... it all went downhill when the cutting and pasting started in 2012. IMO Ceéline should have come back with a complete new show in 2014.

 

Opening night vs last weeks shows:

 

15 March 2011 – 22 January 2012: 18 songs, but with 10 songs in the medley

 

1."Open Arms"

2."Where Does My Heart Beat Now"

3."Because You Loved Me"

4.Medley: "It's All Coming Back to Me Now/The Power of Love"

5."(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)"

6."Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"

7."The Reason

8.Medley: "Goldfinger/Nobody Does It Better/Live and Let Die"

9."Spinning Wheel" (Performed by Barnev Valsaint)

10."How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (Duet with a hologram version of Dion)

11."Overjoyed" (Virtual duet with Stevie Wonder)

12."At Seventeen"

13."Beauty And The Beast" (Duet with Barnev Valsaint)

14."Ne me quitte pas"

15."All by Myself"

16.Medley: "Ben/Man in the Mirror/I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (Tribute to Michael Jackson)

17.Medley: "Declaration of Love (instrumental)/Love Can Move Mountains/River Deep, Mountain High"

18."My Heart Will Go On"

 

16 November 2018 - present: 17 songs, only with 7 songs in the medley

 

1."The Power of Love"

2."That's the Way It Is"

3."I'm Alive"

4."Because You Loved Me"

5."It's All Coming Back to Me Now"

6."Beauty and the Beast" (duet with Barnev Valsaint)

7."Pour que tu m'aimes encore"

8."You're the Voice"

9."Ashes"

10."All by Myself"

11.String Medley: "At Seventeen"/"A New Day Has Come"/"Unison"

12."To Love You More"

13.Medley: "Uptown Funk/Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough/We Are Family/Groove Is in the Heart/Sex Machine" (by backup singers)

14.Medley: "Kiss/Purple Rain"

15.Medley: "Love Can Move Mountains"/ "River Deep, Mountain High"

16."My Heart Will Go On"

17."Can't Help Falling In Love" (acapella)

 

 

2016 she was very consistent only swapping Lamour Existe Encore for A la Plus Haute Branche i believe.

 

2017 tour was amazing the first show, but honestly it was too long. It was 28 songs not including that RTD/LIAWN/BOW and LCMM/RDMH. It was like 33 songs lol. It was starting at 9 and finishing at 11:30, great concert but REALLY hard to get back home especially if youre relying on taxis or public transport to get back to the hotel or if you’re flying back soon after the show.

 

Not to mention how exhausting that wouldve been for her vocal chords doing over 30 songs a night.

 

But i have always noticed the french shows almost always remain consistent where as English shows get rejigged alot. Possibly due to the difficulty of certain english songs such as doing Misled,THLAL,TR,TT,TCOML,TC all live in one show, it was great but must’ve exhausted her. Even if she toured with 20 songs but made it a good choice id be fine

[Dion2000]

Double post sorry Edited January 9, 2019 at 03:38 PM by Dion2000

[Holborn]

Well, as she have said thousands of times, she loves to talk.. And i love to hear her talk. Actually, there's not a single Ashes' speech i have missed so far from those uploaded or streamed. But i have to admit, after the tour the speeches started to get worse. Now we are at a point that i doubt she wants to keep telling the story but she has no idea what to do instead. The same exact thing happened with the "You don't want to have a hit" story. Difference is that her old speech could last even 20 mins because she was starting to talk about everything during that time. Now we have pretty much the same amount of talking split in two sections, Ashes and You're the Voice talk. Obviously YTV is newer and wakes up the audience more, still it's minutes long that she could sing something else.. but i don't dislike it. She still has something to give during that part. Ashes speech on the other hand it's dead. She has said and done everything. It's difficult to make it sound fresh and fun. If the person telling a story is bored with it, then the audience will receive exactly that. And the long pauses that maki _Dion-er mentioned, create an awkwardness. She really needs to minimize that part. There's no need for her to repeat so much when she can talk about anything she wants..

 

I'm also affraid that people surrounding her can't guide her correcty and tell her the truth, as Scielle said. Or don't want to for some reason..I do hope the speech time will become less in the near future, but then again when i think about the Recovering and the old medley speech for how long they remained in the show..i doubt Ashes one will change any time soon.. Maybe the audience reaction will guide her to that decision or someone will find the balls/interest to tell her. Otherwise 33 shows left people, hold on!

[jpatdeleon09]

It's funny that the fans before were so happy that her speech is not scripted unlike back in A New Day. Honestly, I don't want her loooong speeches. I want more songs/performances that's why i like the scripted speech back in A New Day because it's well balanced.. not too short and not too long unlike now it's so long sometimes it's super long that anytime someone in the audience will shout at her. And when she's doing that speeches that so long, I feel that it will strain her vocal cords more for talking so long

[Nmj]

Well, as she have said thousands of times, she loves to talk.. And i love to hear her talk. Actually, there's not a single Ashes' speech i have missed so far from those uploaded or streamed. But i have to admit, after the tour the speeches started to get worse. Now we are at a point that i doubt she wants to keep telling the story but she has no idea what to do instead. The same exact thing happened with the "You don't want to have a hit" story. Difference is that her old speech could last even 20 mins because she was starting to talk about everything during that time. Now we have pretty much the same amount of talking split in two sections, Ashes and You're the Voice talk. Obviously YTV is newer and wakes up the audience more, still it's minutes long that she could sing something else.. but i don't dislike it. She still has something to give during that part. Ashes speech on the other hand it's dead. She has said and done everything. It's difficult to make it sound fresh and fun. If the person telling a story is bored with it, then the audience will receive exactly that. And the long pauses that maki _Dion-er mentioned, create an awkwardness. She really needs to minimize that part. There's no need for her to repeat so much when she can talk about anything she wants..

I'm also affraid that people surrounding her can't guide her correcty and tell her the truth, as Scielle said. Or don't want to for some reason..I do hope the speech time will become less in the near future, but then again when i think about the Recovering and the old medley speech for how long they remained in the show..i doubt Ashes one will change any time soon.. Maybe the audience reaction will guide her to that decision or someone will find the balls/interest to tell her. Otherwise 33 shows left people, hold on!

 

I’m all for her talking, I just wish she’d maybe talk more about the songs and the story behind some of these songs before singing them. I wish she explain the David foster story behind ABM, or talk about what the song ANDHC meant to her at the point when she recorded it. It’s a little much when she takes 64 minutes to explain how hard she tried to perfectly open the envelope from Ryan Renyolds without tearing it.

Just my thoughts.

[Dancing_Queen]

Didn't she do a different story every night in 2016, sort of?

I really liked that. I don't care that she's rambling or taking too long, in fact I think it's adorable. It's just that right now, it's the same damn story every night and it's getting longer...Her poor musicians, seriously.

[maki_Dion-er]

Jan 8th

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsaIWMogkE7/ - videos

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsaKUMenPJd/ - CHFIL + photos

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsZ_48MFb4T/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsZzrMWnxpd/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsZy7nmA2od/ - they wouldn't let go

 

Speeches for a few songs would actually be a nice touch. The "if you don't sing this note I'll call Whitney" story would be funny.

 

[Holborn]

I’m all for her talking, I just wish she’d maybe talk more about the songs and the story behind some of these songs before singing them. I wish she explain the David foster story behind ABM, or talk about what the song ANDHC meant to her at the point when she recorded it. It’s a little much when she takes 64 minutes to explain how hard she tried to perfectly open the envelope from Ryan Renyolds without tearing it.

Just my thoughts.

 

 

That would be ideal, both for her fans and the people who just go to see her just once..It's so easy to happen as well. But as time has proven Celine hasn't been on board with this thought so far. I guess something like that would be scripted and would end up being extremely boring for us, but for her LV audience would be perfect. For example the Ashes speech she did, june 1st i think, when she told the story about how she didn't want to record MHWGO, was so on point and relevant. She could just tell one long story for a certain song in each show and then after a few shows choose a different song to talk about. Maybe if she includes a song from her new album in the current LV set, she will start talking about it and let Ashes speech go.

 

Also, admit it! You haven't heard her speech for a long time! We passed the point where we are trying to perfectly open the envelope long ago. For the past 6 months we are just practicing for the audition

[maki_Dion-er]

 

Also, admit it! You haven't heard her speech for a long time! We passed the point where we are trying to perfectly open the envelope long ago. For the past 6 months we are just practicing for the audition

 

Still working on the shoulders though. No wonder she's muscular lol.

 

The Ashes speech in 6 seconds.

 

Ryan: writes letter

Celine: