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THE TOUR
Starting in October 1990, Celine Dion´s "Unison Tour" was a concert tour organised to support the album "Unison", wich released on March 26, 1990. Celine performed her show 75 times in Canada.
...> About The Tour
The tour had three legs. At first Celine toured Quebec, starting in October 1990 in Drummondville and ending on December 6, 1990 in Quebec City. During one of the shows on October 13, 1990 in Sherbrooke Celine lost her voice for the second time (first time was during the "Incognito Tournée"). Because of laryngitis, Celine had to postpone next three concerts in Montreal, between October 16-18, 1990. On December 20, 1990 it was announced that Celine has postponed the rest of her concert tour for a two-month period. She still suffered the effects of a bout with laryngitis, coupled with exhaustion from a series of performances at Theatre St. Denis. Performances in Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Ottawa and Trois Rivieres, scheduled for January and February, were rescheduled in the spring. The Gazette published on October 16, 1990: "Singer Celine Dion has developed laryngitis and has had to postpone three Theatre St. Denis performances scheduled for this week, DKD Productions announced yesterday. Tickets for tonight´s show will be honored at a rescheduled concert on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Tomorrow night´s concert has been moved to next Monday, and Thursday´s concert has been moved to Wednesday, Oct. 24. Performances this Friday and Saturday will be presented as scheduled, DKD said". And on December 20, 1990 The Gazette published: "On the advice of her doctor, singer Celine Dion has postponed the rest of her concert tour for a two-month period, effective immediately. According to a communique from promoter Donald K. Donald, Dion is still suffering the effects of a bout with laryngitis, coupled with exhaustion from a series of performances at Theatre St. Denis. Performances in Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Ottawa and Trois Rivieres, scheduled for January and February, will be rescheduled in the spring". In reference to the lost of her voice, Celine has said: "I had to begin the Unison tour by doing four shows in a row for my wonderful Quebecois audience. Two in Drum-mondville and two in Sherbrooke. The tragedy happened on the third night. My voice broke all of a sudden. It came apart like wet paper. It was like entering a vacuum, total darkness. I felt as if I were blowing into a punctured balloon. At that moment I believed my voice would never return. Or that it would come back completely undone, changed, unrecognizable. During a guitar solo, I gave a signal to the stage manager that I could not go on. Rene went onstage to tell the audience what had happened and to assure them that I´d come back to the show later, in a few days or weeks, as soon as I could. Then people began to applaud. They stood up to show me their sympathy and support. After that, I dissolved into tears" (extract from the book "My Story, My Dream"). Later, she started the tour in the English-speaking Canada, which lasted between February and April 1991. During the third leg, between May 19 and October 9, 1991 Celine gave 37 concerts in 25 different cities. On October 9, 1991 she performed for the first time in Halifax, Canada for 700 people at the Cardinal Cushing Auditorium in the Mount Saint Vincent University. Mike Robinson was the opening act. Celine ended her tour in Quebec, performing in Quebec City on August 31, 1991. The show from March 9, 1991 in Calgary, can be called special, but not in positive sense. The show became visited by only 117 people. That´s a a depth point is in Celine´s career. She has made this later however largely well. Singer Francois Massicotte did the opening acts in select dates.
...> Broadcasts And Recordings
The 1991 show at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto, Canada was filmed and aired on television. Three songs from that concert: "Délivre-Moi", "Have a Heart" and "Calling You" were included on the "Unison" home video released on July 2, 1991. On June 19, 1991 Celine gave a special, sold out one night "Ten Year Career Concert" at the Montreal Forum, Canada (16,000 spectators) where she was accompanied by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
...> Songs Set List
1. "Love by another name"
2. "If love is out the question"
3. "Have ahHeart"
4. "Délivre-moi"
5. "D´abord, c´est quoi l´amour?"
6. "I feel too much"
7. "Hello Mégo" [ ft. Claude "Mego" Lemay ]
8. "Can´t live with you, can´t live without you" [ ft. Peter Barbeau ]
9. "Calling you"
10. "(If there was) Any other way"
11. "The last to know"
12. "Unison"
13. "Where does my heart beat now"
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TOUR PROGRAMME
For this tour, was distributed a tour programme only in Canada and totally in French. There were only few copies available.
...> About The Programme
This is the beginning of the oversized tour books or programmes, and that´s a great change, for the best. This programme features great photo shots from the studio, as they were shooting for the cover of the album "Unison". There is a one-page text on the achievements of Celine´s so far. It contains 12 pages and its dimensions are 25 x 34 centimeter.
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