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THE WOMAN IN ME CBS SPECIAL
On January 12, 2008 Celine Dion taped a new TV Special to be broadcasted on February 15, 2008 on CBS channel. This concert entitled "The Womam In Me", took place at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, USA. The show reminds of the British format "An Audience With Celine Dion" from December, 2007. Celine performed new songs and classics. Between that she is getting questions about her life and her career from celebrities from the audience like Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt or David Foster. During the show Celine performed "Taking chances", "River deep, mountain high", "The power of love", "The prayer" in duet with Josh Groban, a remix version of "Eyes on me" in duet with Will I Am (from Black Eyes Peace) and a medley with the songs "It´s all coming back to me now", "Because you loved me" and "To love you more". Then, she also performed the Beattles famous song "Something" with Joe Walsh on guitar. Celine ended the show with the songs "Alone" and "That´s just the woman in me". Celine and her husband Rene Angelil also were photographed after the show.
LES ENFOIRÉS CONCERT
On January 27, 2008 Celine Dion took part on the famous "Enfoirés Concert", this one called "Les Secrets Des Enfoirés". The concert took place at the Zénith Theatre in Starsbourg, France. Celine performed the song "Argent trop cher" in duet with Jenifer, Christophe Maé and Pascal Obispo and tha famous song "I wanna know what love is" i duet with Tina Arena, David Hallyday and Lââm. Celine also took part to play Pompom Girl at the time of a match of foot Hommes/Femmes and she participated in a small sketch of Pierre Pallade. Alizée, Bénabar, Amel Bent, Patrick Bruel, Francis Cabrel, Julien Clerc, Gérard Darmon, Gérald De Palmas, Frédéric Diefenthal, Elsa, Patrick Fiori, Garou, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Michael Jones, Gérard Jugnot, Claire Keim, Michèle Laroque, Marc Lavoine, Nolwenn Leroy and others artists also performed at the concert. The show was released on CD and on DVD on February 29, 2008 with the name "Les Secrets Des Enfoirés".
CONCERT IN JOHANNESBURG
On February 14, 2008 Celine Dion performed at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa in front of more than 17,000 people. This was the first concert of the "Taking Chances Tour" and the very first in South Africa on Celine´s career. It also was a charity benefit show. The show started with a video introduction with the song "I drove all night", then Celine came out to the scene and performed "I got the music in me", "The power of love", "Can´t fight the feeling", "It´s all coming back to me now", "Because you loved me", To love you more", "Eyes on me", "All by myself", "Shadow of love", "Fade away", "I´m your angel" in duet with one of the background vocals: Barnev Valsaint, "Alone" and "Think twice". Celine also performed a Queen medley with the songs "We will rock you" and "The show must go on". The band performed an interlude with the songs "Respect", "Lady Marmalade" and others, and then appeared Celine with a new outfit to perform "It´s a man´s man´s man´s world", "That´s just the woman in me", "Pour que tu m´aimes encore" and "I´m alive". The famous Soweto Gospel Choir joined Celine on "Love can move mountains", and then Celine sang "River deep, mountain high", "My heart will go on" and "Taking chances". Footages from this concert were broadcasted on TVA channel and South Africa TV channels on February 2008.
CONCERT IN PRETORIA
On February 16, 2008 Celine Dion performed at the Loftus Versfeld Stadiumand in Pretoria, South Africa with the "Taking Chances Tour" in front of more than 50,000 people. This second concert of the tour included about five songs not performed at the charity banquet at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg on February 14, 2008. On the first part of the concert (black and silver outfit) Celine performed "I got the music in me", "The power of love" and "Taking chances". On the second part (white blouse and red slacks) Claude Lemay (the musical director and keyboards player of the tour) performed an instrumental song named "New Mego´s flamenco" and then Celine appeared and she sang "It´s all coming back to me now", "Because you loved me", To love you more", "Eyes on me" and "All by myself". During the third part of the concert (glittering outfit) Celine performed a remix version of "I´m alive", "Shadow of love", "Fade away", "I´m your angel" in duet with one of the background vocals Barnev Valsaint, "Alone", "Pour que tu m´aimes encore" and "Think twice". For the forth part (black outfit) Celine performed a Queen medley with the songs "We will rock you" and "The show must go on". On the fifth part of the concert (short white outfit with black hat) the band performed a soul medley with the songs "Soul man", "Lady Marmalade" and "Respect", and then Celine sang "It´s a man´s world", "That´s just the woman In me", "Love can move mountains" and "River deep mountain high". For the finale (long yellow outfit) Celine performed "My heart will go on". Celine continued performing at the Loftus Versfeld Stadiumand in Pretoria on February 17, 2008.
CONCERT IN DURBAN
On February 20, 2008 Celine Dion performed at the ABSA Stadium in Durban, South Africa with the "Taking Chances Tour" in front of more than 50,000 people. Jodi Williams made the opening act. After a video introduction, Celine performed "I drove all night", "I got the music in me" and "The power of love". "It´s been an amazing trip", Celine said during the concert. "Not only for me but my whole family. We have met Mandela and yesterday we went on a safari. There are so many memories, thank you", she said to the audience, "for being a big part of this wonderful experience. It has been such a privilege. I wanted to do things right by starting my world tour with you". Then, she sang "Taking chances". She also performed "It´s all coming back to me now", "Because you loved me", "To love you more", "Eyes on me" and "All by myself". Then, a dance break and a costume change came and Celine sang a remix of "I´m alive", "Shadow of love", "Fade away", "I´m your angel" in duet with backing vocal Barnev Valsaint, "Can´t fight the feelin'", "Alone", "Pour que tu m´aimes encore" and "Think twice". Celine literally covered the whole span of genres during her one-and-a-half hour concert complete with five costume changes in total. She seduced the audience with her songs. But the crunch really came when she paid tribute to Queen with "We will rock you" and "The show must go on". After that, Celine sang "It´s a man´s man´s man´s world", "That´s just the woman in me", "Love can move mountains" and "River deep, mountain high". Celine ended the concert singing "My heart will go on", wearing a long yellow outfit.
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