Celine Dion from A to Z (BBC Radio 2)

[Ronny83]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/39/celine-dion-from-a-to-z

She's one of the most successful recording artists of all time. She’s sold nearly 250 million albums in a career spanning more than 35 years. She’s the voice behind two of the most well-known motion picture soundtracks ever created.

She became a Las Vegas icon and changed the place 'where singers went to die' forever. But there's still more to Celine Dion's story.

She has recorded a brand new interview - the longest of her career - exclusively for Radio 2 - in which she discusses a variety of career-encompassing subjects from A to Z.

Topics included, C for Concerts, E for Eurovision (which she won in 1988), H for haute couture, M for Motherhood, and R for her late husband, Rene Angelil.

The programme includes her hits: The Power Of Love, My Heart Will Go On, It’s All Coming Back To Me Now, Tell Him, All By Myself, Think Twice and Flying On My Own. Also featured are key album tracks and select fan favourites.

But at its centre is an intimate, powerful and candid interview with one of the world’s greatest singers.

• Presenter: Steve Wright
  
• Producer: Malcolm Prince for BBC Radio 2
  

[Peppercorn1991]

Ooooo very interesting!

 

Kev x

[maki_Dion-er]

Airing Sep 22, sounds very promising. Hopefully there's video recording of the interview as well.

[Davey84]

Sounds very promising indeed!! Finally a good old fashioned interview with different topics!! Can't wait to hear it! Thanks for the notice Ronny!

[celinefanonline]

great can't wait!

[Shaun]

Cannot wait for this! Thanks for sharing.

[Xpresso]

Interesting!! But what about A for album?

I guess a new single is coming too and they will play it...

[pepillo90]

That's cool! Let the new era begin!

[DionFanAlways]

https://www.bbc.co.u...ion-from-a-to-z

 

She's one of the most successful recording artists of all time. She’s sold nearly 250 million albums in a career spanning more than 35 years. She’s the voice behind two of the most well-known motion picture soundtracks ever created.

She became a Las Vegas icon and changed the place 'where singers went to die' forever. But there's still more to Celine Dion's story.

She has recorded a brand new interview - the longest of her career - exclusively for Radio 2 - in which she discusses a variety of career-encompassing subjects from A to Z.

Topics included, C for Concerts, E for Eurovision (which she won in 1988), H for haute couture, M for Motherhood, and R for her late husband, Rene Angelil.

The programme includes her hits: The Power Of Love, My Heart Will Go On, It’s All Coming Back To Me Now, Tell Him, All By Myself, Think Twice and Flying On My Own. Also featured are key album tracks and select fan favourites.

But at its centre is an intimate, powerful and candid interview with one of the world’s greatest singers.

• Presenter: Steve Wright
  
• Producer: Malcolm Prince for BBC Radio 2
  

She will spend 3 minutes on C, 1 minute on E, ( while singing her answers to both) 2 hours on H, 30 minutes on M and however long she wants on R.

:P

 

Seriously I looked forward to this. I hope we can get the link.

Edited September 11, 2019 at 10:52 AM by DionFanAlways

[Davey84]

 

She will spend 3 minutes on C, 1 minute on E, ( while singing her answers to both) 2 hours on H, 30 minutes on M and however long she wants on R.

:P

 

Seriously I looked forward to this. I hope we can get the link.

 

haha you can stream here:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_two

[smw]

This is great news! My other favorite singer is Karen Carpenter. Richard Carpenter recently did one of these:

 

https://youtu.be/nEQcg7esShI

[DionFanAlways]

This is great news! My other favorite singer is Karen Carpenter. Richard Carpenter recently did one of these:

 

https://youtu.be/nEQcg7esShI

Interesting little tidbit at the 28:05 to 28:15 mark. Sound familiar? No matter who the artist is if radio doesn't want to play you, they won't play you!

[Peppercorn1991]

Surely they will play a new single too?? Surely that’s the point of the interview.... unless tickets go on sale soon...

 

It sounds really interesting....

 

Kev x

[scielle]

Finally a proper long-form interview!

I'm so sick of that ET / Extra / Access junk, so this is such a welcome change.

 

[mirage]

Lucky for us her answers to questions take at least 20-30 minutes.

 

So by the time when they reach the topic C 'Courage' there is no time left, so she just tells us yeah new album soon!

 

God I hope we get more in depth with this, but even Celine can turn a 2 hour interview into a karaoke set, and same answers.

 

*still love her though*

[manu23]

So either single is out Fri 20th or European tickets go on sale Tue 24th? Exciting times ahead!

[Davey84]

Surely they will play a new single too?? Surely that’s the point of the interview.... unless tickets go on sale soon...

 

It sounds really interesting....

 

Kev x

 

 

Well at least it mentions FOMO! Maybe it's finally released 'officially'

 

So either single is out Fri 20th or European tickets go on sale Tue 24th? Exciting times ahead!

 

Someone said the German interview won't air till November, so I don't think the European tickets will go on sale soon...

 

 

[Shaun]

If it is a recorded conversation with Steve Wright I’m confident it’ll be a great interview. He’s good fun and gets the most out of his guests. He also presented the Top Of The Pops Celine special back in 2003 I think it was.

[CelineTheBest5]

I hope they asked her other questions, unlike that ones we are used to listen to.

[stevo]

P is for Pepe? 🙄🤷🏻‍♂️

[Javito]

P is for Pepe? ‍♂️

 

Or Penis.

[stevo]

One and the same.

[AdrienneM]

Non! P is for Pour Que Tu Maimes Encore Edited September 11, 2019 at 03:27 PM by AdrienneM

[stevo]

Non! P is for Pour Que Tu Maimes Encore

 

I hope so! This should be a good interview - hopefully she has smoked a spliff beforehand and isn’t giddy

[Tom_London_Fan]

 

 

I hope so! This should be a good interview - hopefully she has smoked a spliff beforehand and isn’t giddy

 

A big one to chill her out haha

[smw]

Interesting little tidbit at the 28:05 to 28:15 mark. Sound familiar? No matter who the artist is if radio doesn't want to play you, they won't play you!

 

Exactly!! Sounds very familiar.

 

When Celine’s A to Z comes out, we should download the audio file fast. For The Carpenters A to Z, I’m happy to have the entire interview on YouTube but the uploader had to trim out a lot of the songs that were originally included — I suppose for copyright reasons. It was such a delight to listen to it in its original form with all of the songs. I wish I had somehow downloaded it when it first aired.

[smw]

 

 

A big one to chill her out haha

 

I also hope she’ll be chill and focused — the way she is with Oprah & Larry King — because this is an amazing opportunity to gain real insight into her career. When I listened to the Richard Carpenter A to Z, I learned so many new things! And I have been a fan of the carpenters since I was a little kid. So it was surreal to learn brand new facts after so long.

 

With that said, we should all be mentally prepared for Celine to be over the top goofy!

 

But didn’t Celine do a chill, grounded radio interview in London during the love me back to life era??

[Tricey3115]

So is this interview live on the 22nd? And is it only a radio interview like we wont see her? Can you listen to it live or is it only available after? Where can i see it

[stevo]

So is this interview live on the 22nd? And is it only a radio interview like we wont see her? Can you listen to it live or is it only available after? Where can i see it

 

You’ll be able to listen online to BBC radio 2- it’s already been recorded and no, just radio so you won’t see her

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_two

Edited September 11, 2019 at 06:16 PM by stevo

[Tricey3115]

Okay thank you. How has it been recorded already arnt radio interviews always live? Sorry i dont listen to broadcasts much

 

 

 

 

 

You’ll be able to listen online to BBC radio 2- it’s already been recorded and no, just radio so you won’t see her