Courage World Tour - EU shows CANCELED

[cdfan32]

I think the song choices for the Courage tour have been very strong. This selection of songs makes for a happy crowd. I went to see Madonna's Madame X tour and that set list is very heavy on songs from her new album, and the audience was not feeling so much new material. When I saw Shania Twain a while back, audience members went to get drinks and use the restroom during her new songs. Whereas the crowds for the Courage tour seem to be having an absolute blast. Celine knows how to please her crowd. With these legendary artists, people want to hear a lot of their iconic songs.

 

When I think of her peers — Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey — I feel grateful to be a fan of a woman who is still able to offer us so much. Mariah can be very shaky when it comes to vocals in her shows these days and we all know what happened to Whitney. I can't imagine giving up a chance to see Celine live. She is THE performer of our time, in my opinion.

 

If she had to actually cut songs to add more, she should have cut the medley and cover songs. NOT any existing original Celine songs, which is what Celine fans pay to hear. When I bought tickets originally for the Courage World Tour, I expected there to actually be Courage songs on there, like the Taking Chances World Tour.

 

Madonna's Madame X is entirely different because it's a theater show that is more theatrical performance than pop concert entertainment. It said so upfront and was specifically billed for a small intimate show for the fans. There are a couple hits there, but the big hit tour was her last one. That was all stated very clearly upfront.

 

Shania's situation is totally different as she literally had not released new songs for 15 years since her last big album, far longer than any break even Celine has had. Plus, it's very unfortunate for her, but the lyme disease situation completely killed her voice. I saw her and was extremely disappointed vs. what she used to be. I know it's not her fault, but I prefer how to remember how it used to be.

 

I saw Mariah this year too, and her voice is actually in much better shape than people acknowledge. You only see the bad clips go viral where she can't sing or has this or that happen, but there were still moments of heavenly magic. I'm glad she's still around and writing new music. Hers was the second best show I've seen this year besides Madonna's.

 

At this point, the setlist to me is primary. Having seen Céline live quite a number of times over the last decade, seeing her perform the same songs over and over again is making it become boring (of course this is fueled by social media and all the videos we're able to watch from a distance). Besides that, the price/quality ratio is becoming worse each time... of course I love our queen and want to see her live... but to pay $$$$$ to see her perform (mostly) the same songs is not really "fair". If a ticket would be $80 I can get over it, but paying at least $200.. And then, like some mentioned, it's a tour to promote a new album, so of course you can expect the artist to perform a portion of new songs from that new album. If it's marketed as the "2019 tour" or "greatest hits tour", you know what you can expect (same goes for a "b-side" or "anti-tour"). But it being the "Courage Word Tour" and singing just 2 new songs, but also not being creative and include other songs from an extensive discography is just lazy.

 

Even the French version of the tour doesn't excite me, when usually it's better and more creative than the English one.

 

Totally agree that with Celine, the setlist was primary for me because I've seen her so many times over the last couple decades and it's been nearly always the same setlist except for Paris during Taking Chances and the LTAL tour which was incredible. I've heard all these same songs live so many times and with her better voice that it isn't exciting to me to hear more playback now. I'm keeping my last ticket only because it's extremely cheap, especially compared to the other acts I've seen, and I'm glad she's still around. But to pretend this setlist isn't completely disappointing vs. what it could be, even satisfying the casuals with the big hits, is doing her a disservice.

[jpatdeleon09]

Great crowd in montreal last nov 18. They also singing. Amazing!

 

And i like the new moves of Céline after the big note during All By Myself

 

[jpatdeleon09]

I can’t believe how little footage there is of last night’s show. I was thinking that, since Montréal was such an anticipated show in Céline’s hometown (not officially but still), there would be tons of videos online but unfortunately I was wrong. Hopefully, more will surface tomorrow along with with videos from tonight’s show. I also have a feeling they will do at least one minor change to the setlist tonight.

 

Here great quality. Great crowd too

 

[smw]

Here great quality. Great crowd too

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ci_h9kV-_U

 

Amazing quality footage!!

The tour feels so modern and fresh.

Celine looks and sounds STRONG.

Edited November 19, 2019 at 08:49 PM by smw

[CelineDionFreak]

From the bridge to the end of Imperfections is Incredible

[jpatdeleon09]

My gosh in PQTME. She’s doing that extra words and notes again. I think with this acoustic arrangement.. she should tone it down. sing it properly. Look at her previous performances of this song from this tour. It’s better. More emotional

 

I mean, the crowd wants to sing too. They can’t follow because she’s changing it lol

Edited November 19, 2019 at 08:54 PM by jpatdeleon09

[Chantemoi]

We know TC reads this forum, so... I have to wonder why —with all the bìtching we’ve been doing— haven’t they tried to appease us and introduce new songs?

 

[fred]

I loooooved how she totally re-interpreted PQTME during the last concerts of the FR leg before the ENG kicked in. SO artistic, so fresh! Was last night similar to that??

 

And I don't really feel bad for people not being able to sing along. If they want to sing along they can do so to the studio tracks at home or go to a karaoke bar and sing. When I go to a Céline concert, I pay to hear HER sing, not so I can sing myself.

 

 

My gosh in PQTME. She’s doing that extra words and notes again. I think with this acoustic arrangement.. she should tone it down. sing it properly. Look at her previous performances of this song from this tour. It’s better. More emotional

 

I mean, the crowd wants to sing too. They can’t follow because she’s changing it lol

Edited November 19, 2019 at 08:59 PM by fred

[jpatdeleon09]

I loooooved how she totally re-interpreted PQTME during the last concerts of the FR leg before the ENG kicked in. SO artistic, so fresh! Was last night similar to that??

 

And I don't really feel bad for people not being able to sing along. If they want to sing along they can do so to the studio tracks at home or go to a karaoke bar and sing. When I go to a Céline concert, I pay to hear HER sing, not so I can sing myself.

 

I prefer this one.. especially the ending.

 

Edited November 19, 2019 at 09:06 PM by jpatdeleon09

[AdrienneM]

She really was swapping back and forth all night with the mics... wtf?

[biscuit2]

I loooooved how she totally re-interpreted PQTME during the last concerts of the FR leg before the ENG kicked in. SO artistic, so fresh! Was last night similar to that??

 

And I don't really feel bad for people not being able to sing along. If they want to sing along they can do so to the studio tracks at home or go to a karaoke bar and sing. When I go to a Céline concert, I pay to hear HER sing, not so I can sing myself.

 

I feel totally the opposite, hearing a crowd sinning with her is totally magic.

[jpatdeleon09]

She really was swapping back and forth all night with the mics... wtf?

 

I know, right! Haha more work with the tech guys lol

[Céline RO]

My gosh in PQTME. She’s doing that extra words and notes again. I think with this acoustic arrangement.. she should tone it down. sing it properly. Look at her previous performances of this song from this tour. It’s better. More emotional

 

I mean, the crowd wants to sing too. They can’t follow because she’s changing it lol

 

I have not watched it and I will not. PQTME is my favorite song and the song that made me truly discover Céline. Therefore, maybe I’m biased but I absolutely hate it when she doesn’t sing it 100% like the studio version. I used to skip the song when watching videos from Vegas, now I hate this new version so much (which I haven’t even watched but I know it’s drastically different) that I actually hope “Imagine” replaces it.

[Xpresso]

Little Jesus, isn't anyone here happy with this tour!?

[browseceline]

We know TC reads this forum, so... I have to wonder why —with all the bìtching we’ve been doing— haven’t they tried to appease us and introduce new songs?

We are only a tiny part of her audience, obviously the shows are more created to please casual fans who only know those few songs, expect to hear those songs when they go to see her in concert.

 

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[hugo020]

So sad Regarde-moi and LD are cut . Please replace Terre with Destin at least

[fred]

That's very similar to the one I was reffering to... (if it wasn't that one but I think the one I had in mind had a slower ending).

 

I prefer this one.. especially the ending.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMu1tHDTeR0&list=PL6owlfwThyJbdtJ56dILn5tkGqUPnMMGJ&index=27&t=0s

[CelinesDIVO5]

So sad Regarde-moi and LD are cut . Please replace Terre with Destin at least

 

I prefer Terre love over Destin, honestly.

[Chantemoi]

We are only a tiny part of her audience, obviously the shows are more created to please casual fans who only know those few songs, expect to hear those songs when they go to see her in concert.

 

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But... why not do both?

[LukeD]

Destin, Dans Un Autre Monde, Terre, Regarde-moi, A vous are all cute FILLER songs. They serve a purpose, most of us like them, but we could also do without them. Edited November 19, 2019 at 10:31 PM by LukeD

[cdfan32]

Destin is never a filler song.

[mirage]

You all keep saying that the tour is for the regular fans as well.

That's why there are all the hits.

 

Well this is my take in a setlist I would die for, and it contains all the hits the regular fans want to hear. And lots of gems we like to hear. And gems regular fans NEED to hear!!

 

And since this is never gonna happen let her do 2 things that makes me extremely happy.

 

- sing the oldies LIVE (or record a new playback

- and sing the oldies in Full, no shortend version, complete songs

 

That would be a great start to begin with.

 

But I rather see this setlist.

 

01. Flying On My Own

02. I Drove All Night

03. I'm Alive

04. If You Asked Me To

05. The Power of Love

06. Falling In Love Again

07. It's All Coming Back To Me Now

08. Water From The Moon

09. Acoustic Medley (Stand By Your Side/Didn't Know Love/In Some Small Way

10. Then You Look At Me

11. Only One Road

12. Courage

13. I Surrender

14. Lying Down

15. Change My Mind

16. I Feel Too Much

17. Dance Medley (Misled/Reveal/Somebody Loves Somebody/Unison)

18. Perfect Goodbye

19. Because You Loved Me

20. My Heart Will Go On

21. Boundaries

 

[LukeD]

Destin is never a filler song.

Yes right. Remember that tour she did not include Destin and people missed it? Come on! Nobody notices these songs.

[LukeD]

You all keep saying that the tour is for the regular fans as well.

That's why there are all the hits.

People who say that need to understand that Celine does not even have too many hits. So she can definitely include them ALL and also include new songs. Easy for a set-list of 20. Edited November 19, 2019 at 10:42 PM by LukeD

[cdfan32]

Yes right. Remember that tour she did not include Destin and people missed it? Come on! Nobody notices these songs.

 

I get the feeling you've never heard Destin live. Destin live was one of the most magical moments of any Celine show I've ever been to. The shows without it are definitely the poorer, though people may not know better.

[LukeD]

I get the feeling you've never heard Destin live. Destin live was one of the most magical moments of any Celine show I've ever been to. The shows without it are definitely the poorer, though people may not know better.

Do not get me wrong. I like the song a lot. And I do think it works well on stage - although I always hated how they cut its guitar solo. But to me it is not irreplaceable. A proper smash hit I am missing out is Je Sais Pas. I suppose it is very hard for her to sing it after losing Rene.

[cdfan32]

Do not get me wrong. I like the song a lot. And I do think it works well on stage - although I always hated how they cut its guitar solo. But to me it is not irreplaceable. A proper smash hit I am missing out is Je Sais Pas. I suppose it is very hard for her to sing it after losing Rene.

 

And that's fine, but please don't say "nobody notices these songs" because some people do.

 

Je Sais Pas, on the other hand, does nothing for me, and I disagree it's a "smash hit". Everyone's tastes are different. But I love most of the D'eux album regardless.

[MissHillCountry]

Anyone know if Ticketmaster will let you upgrade? I'm watching floor seats compared to my lower level tickets and when they go down in price a bit, will they let you upgrade and just pay the difference in price? Or will I need to sell my existing tickets and purchase new ones? (I won't do that w/o the others in hand first)

 

Also....any of you that have multiple of the VIP merch box still willing to part w/one?

 

They will let up upgrade if you bought official platinum tickets for other official platinum as long as they are priced higher plus the $10 change fee

[LukeD]

And that's fine, but please don't say "nobody notices these songs" because some people do.

 

Je Sais Pas, on the other hand, does nothing for me, and I disagree it's a "smash hit". Everyone's tastes are different. But I love most of the D'eux album regardless.

It is her second biggest French song after PQTME. This is why I called it smash hit. Sold like 500k in France alone and topped charts in Quebec and Belgium. And has been performed consistently throughout the years. I think Celine dropped the song due to Rene passing. Edited November 19, 2019 at 11:12 PM by LukeD

[québecflower]

Destin, Dans Un Autre Monde, Terre, Regarde-moi, A vous are all cute FILLER songs. They serve a purpose, most of us like them, but we could also do without them.

à vous is a filler... all the Goldman songs have a religious feel in Québec. But she could sing more Courage songs , and cut TPOL and All by myself if you ask me... Edited November 19, 2019 at 11:29 PM by québecflower