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CONCERT IN ATLANTIC CITY
On September 20, 2008 Celine Dion performed at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, USA with the "Taking Chances World Tour". Gordie Brown made the opening act. There were no changes respect to the past concerts in USA with this tour. The set list and outfits were the same. At the first part of the show, Celine wore again the pink-colored creation stands by brilliantly refined glitter applications. According to some fans, the audience of this concert was the worst ever. Almost no one stood up during the show and even in songs as "Love can move mountains", in wich Celine always asks people to stand up and dance with her. Even the security was trying to get them to stand but to no avail. As expected, many people left early to go where else but gamble. Anyway, the show was good and Celine was amazing. Before the concert, Celine met a sick fan.
CONCERT IN SACRAMENTO
On October 14, 2008 Celine Dion performed at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, USA with the "Taking Chances Tour" in front of more than 18,000 people. After a show at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee on September 29, 2008, Celine took few day of vacations to relax and on October 14, 2008 she returned with her tour with a great show in Sacramento where she performed on a tricked-out center-stage (specially designed for this tour) that included rising platforms, trap doors that dipped beneath the surface, giant video screens, a lengthy conveyor belt and a catwalk that jutted into the audience. Outfitted in a glittery lavender mini dress, Celine opened the show with the soaring dance anthem "I drove all night". Flanked by a full band, back-up singers and dancers, she strutted circles around the stage, pausing, occasionally to let the conveyor belt do the work or to mug for the audience. As Celine worked her way through numbers such as "Shadow of love" and "All by myself", the effect was theatrical and showy. There were costume changes, somersaulting dancers and plenty of banter. Throughout, Celine made fun, silly faces, related little vignettes about her family, confessed the emotional difficulties of recording the Linda Perry-penned tearjerker "My love" and, pumping her fist into the air, commanded the well-mannered audience to stand up and dance already. When Celine busted out Queen´s "We will rock you", the moment should have been fresh and fun but instead was trite and jarring. There also was little spontaneity as Celine performed a duet of "The prayer" with a video screen version of Andrea Bocelli or when, predictably, she closed the evening with her blockbuster hit "My heart will go on".
GRAMMY NOMINATIONS CONCERT
On December 3, 2008 Celine Dion performed at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live, a one-hour special show wich took place at the Nokia Theatre Los Angeles, USA. The show announced nominations in at least six categories for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony which was held on February 8, 2009. Besides, the live event celebrated the grand opening of the Grammy Museum. Celine performed "At seventeen", the heartbreaker song by Janis Ian. After the performance, Celine revealed the 2008 Album of the year nominees. The event also lined up Taylor Swift, Foo Fighters, B.B. King, and John Mayer as other artists making live appearances. The concert was broadcasted live on CBS channel in USA.
CONCERT IN MEXICO CITY
On December 9, 2008 Celine Dion performed at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico with the "Taking Chances Tour" in front of about 25,000 people. This was one of the three concerts that Celine gave in Mexico with this tour. Celine appeared on stage and she said "Estan listos Mexico?", and then she performed "I drove all night", "The power of love", "Taking chances", "It´s all coming back to me now", "Because you loved me", "To love you more", "Eyes on me", "All by myself", "I´m alive" (a remix version), "Shadow of love", "Fade away", "I´m your angel" with one of the background vocals Barnev Valsaint, "Alone", "Pour que tu m´aimes encore", "My love", "The prayer" with Andrea Bocelli, who appeared on a pre-recorded video, "It´s a man´s man´s man´s world", "Love can move mountains", "River deep mountain high" and "My heart will go on". During the first part of the show, Celine wore again the fuchsia-colored dress (wich she wore by the last time on September 15, 2008 in New York, USA). For this show, it wasn´t used the center-stage specially designed for the tour, so it was used a simple one with the entire public sitting in from of it and Celine was performing with a huge screen behind her. Before the show, Celine was photographed on her dressing room with a little Mexican flag and a little traditional Mexican hat.
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