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THE VIDEO
"Céline Sur Les Plaines" is the ninth home video by Celine Dion, released on DVD in Quebec on November 11, 2008. Titled "Live À Quebec", it was also released in France and Belgium on May 20, 2009, in two editions: standard DVD, and collector´s edition DVD in digipak with 10 photographs from the concert.
...> About The Video
The "Céline Sur Les Plaines" DVD contains Celine´s historic performance in front of 250,000 spectators to celebrate Quebec´s 400th anniversary. The concert was held at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Canada on August 22, 2008. Celine and her personally chosen guests: Garou, Marc Dupré, Nanette Workman, Dan Bigras, Mes Aïeux, the Dion family, Zachary Richard, Éric Lapointe, Claude Dubois, Jean-Pierre Ferland and Ginette Reno performed over 30 songs. The show aired live on Bell TV and was watched by additional 200,000 people. Later on September 21, 2008 the short version of "Céline Sur Les Plaines" was televised on TVA and became the evening´s most-watched broadcast in the province of Quebec. It attracted an average of 1,706,000 viewers. Filmed in high definition with 5.1 surround sound, this DVD presents three hours of concert footage and is filled with additional thirty minutes of bonus features, including sneak peeks into rehearsals, behind-the-scenes action, and never-before-seen footage. "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin" from the concert was often played by Quebec radio stations, starting from November 2008. After the concert, Zachary Richard recorded "Acadian driftwood" as a duet with Celine and included it on his album "Last Kiss", released on April 7, 2009. "L´amour existe encore" performed by Celine and Éric Lapointe during the Quebec´s concert appeared on Lapointe´s album "Ailleurs Volume 1", released on April 28, 2009. Radio stations in Quebec started playing it in May 2009. The song charted on the Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart and Quebec Airplay Chart (top 10 on the Francophone Radio BDS).
...> Track Listing
1. Avant le spectacle
2. "Dans un autre monde" [ Celine Dion ]
3. "Destin" [ Celine Dion ]
4. "On ne change pas" [ Celine Dion ]
5. "Sous le vent" [ Celine Dion and Garou ]
6. "Seul" [ Garou ]
7. "Si pour te plaire" [ Marc Dupré ]
8. "Tout près du bonheur" [ Celine Dion and Marc Dupré ]
9. "Show" [ (Nanette Workman ]
10. "Lady Marmalade" [ Celine Dion and Nanette Workman ]
11. "J'irai où tu iras" [ Celine Dion and Nanette Workman ]
12. "Tue-moi" [ Celine Dion and Dan Bigras ]
13. "Ô Fortuna" [ Dan Bigras ]
14. "Les trois petits cochons" [ Dan Bigras and Mes Aïeux ]
15. "Ton père est un croche" [ Mes Aïeux ]
16. "Le déni de l'évidence" [ Mes Aïeux ]
17. Céline en coulisses 1
18. "Dégénérations" / "Le reel du fossé" [ Celine Dion and Mes Aïeux ]
19. Medley de la Famille Dion: [ Celine Dion and the Dion family ]:
.....1. "Jos montferrand"
.....2. "La bastringue"
.....3. "Jack monoloy"
.....4. "Le reel facile"
.....5. "Dans nos vieilles maisons"
.....6. "Le bal chez Jos Brûlé"
.....7. "À la claire fontaine"
20. "La ballade de Jean Batailleur" [ Zachary Richard ]
21. "La promesse cassée" [ Céline Dion and Zachary Richard ]
22. "L'arbre est dans ses feuilles" [ Celine Dion and Zachary Richard ]
23. "L'amour existe encore" [ Celine Dion and Éric Lapointe ]
24. "Toucher" [ Éric Lapointe ]
25. "Mon ange" [ Éric Lapointe ]
26. Céline en coulisses 1
27. "La chasse-galerie" [ Éric Lapointe, Garou and Claude Dubois ]
28. "Si Dieu existe" [ Celine Dion and Claude Dubois ]
29. "Femme de rêve" [ Claude Dubois ]
30. "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)" [ Celine Dion ]
31. "S'il suffisait d'aimer" [ Celine Dion ]
32. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" [ Celine Dion ]
33. "Une chance qu'on s'a" [ Celine Dion and Jean-Pierre Ferland ]
34. "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin" [ Celine Dion, Jean-Pierre Ferland and Ginette Reno ]
35. Après le spectacle
...> Chart Success
"Céline Sur Les Plaines" debuted at the top of the Music DVD Chart in Quebec according to Nielsen SoundScan. With 32,800 copies sold in Quebec in its first week, the DVD had the highest entry sales numbers for all DVDs in Canada for 2008. After just 3 weeks, "Céline Sur Les Plaines" has sold 49,059 in Quebec alone. In 2009, it received a Félix Award for a DVD of the Year. "Live À Quebec" also debuted at number 1 in France and spent three weeks at the top and 48 weeks on the chart in total. It has sold 34,250 copies in 2009, becoming the best selling DVD by a female artist in France that year and tenth best selling DVD overall. In the first half of 2010, the DVD has sold additional 3,290 copies, bringing total to 37,540 copies. In Belgium Wallonia, "Live À Quebec" entered the chart at number 1 and spent four weeks at the top. In Belgium Flandres it peaked at number 10. After 30 weeks on the chart in Belgium Wallonia, it became the fifth best-selling DVD of the year 2009. In Belgium Flandres, the DVD spent 26 weeks on the chart and became the 43rd best-selling DVD of 2009. After additional 14 weeks on the chart in 2010, it became also the 29th best selling DVD in 2010 in Belgium Wallonia. In October 2009, "Céline Sur Les Plaines" received a Félix Award for a DVD of the Year.
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THE EDITIONS
| Cover | Edition/Title | Description |
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"Live Á Quebec" Collector´s Edition | The collector´s edition of "Live Á Quebec" includes 10 photos unpublished and dedicated by Celine. |
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DVD + T-Shirt Edition | This bundle features two Celine collectors´ items including a DVD filmed in mesmerizing High Definition with 5.1-surround sound, and a "Céline Sur Les Plaines T-shirt", as the perfect keepsake to mark this momentous occasion. Available in a variety of sizes, it features a photo of Celine with "Céline Sur Les Plaines - Fêtons Nos 400 Ans! - Ville de Québec" written on the front. |
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