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CONCERT IN LAS VEGAS
On January 4, 2012 Celine Dion performed at the Colosseum of the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, USA with her residency show "Celine". This was the second show of "Celine" at Caesars Palace of the year, after the first, on the day before. According to some fans who attended the show, the concert was great. Celine looked and sounded amazing. She did have a new outfit for the Michael Jackson tribute (wich includes the songs "Ben" and "Man in the mirror"). No more black leather pants and gold jacket. Now, Celine wears a pair of silver metalic looking pair of jeans and a black sequece jacket with a black and silverish ruffly top underneath. She did look good. The audience also was great. Celine received multiple standing ovations.
CONCERT IN LAS VEGAS
On January 7, 2012 Celine Dion performed at the Colosseum of the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, USA with her residency show "Celine". According to some reviews, the show was amazing. Celine´s voice and her characters filled the entire Colosseum, her voice was incredibly stunning and impressive. The show was great, the band fantastic and the place was unbelievable. The stage design and the supporting staffs were incredible as well. The show was so polished, professional and full of talented musicians. The whole audience was mesmerized. The concert was only on for about an hour and a bit. According to some people, the only dissapointment of the show was that it got a late start and finished on time.
CONCERT IN LAS VEGAS
On January 11, 2012 Celine Dion performed at the Colosseum of the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, USA with her residency show "Celine". Celine performed "The prayer" (as a virtual duet with Andrea Bocelli), "All by myself", the Michael Jackson tribute (wich includes the songs "Ben" and "Man in the mirror"), "My heart will go on" and the rest of the regular set list for the show. According to a fan´s review, Celine singing did not disappoint in her concert on that night. She is a powerhouse singer. Her voice is right out front with no help on the high notes and she hits them all. It is extremely satisfying to hear a singer who´s amazing orchestra and backround singers just support her and never have to overpower her voice. She sings all her hits and a few lessor known songs all with amazing accuracy. According to another fan (who attended the show), it was an spectacular, beautiful and elegant show. Celine was personable with a powerhouse voice that was beyond the expectations of the audience. The band was impressive.
CONCERT IN LAS VEGAS
On January 15, 2012 Celine Dion performed at the Colosseum of the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, USA with her residency show "Celine". This was a benefit show titled "Play Without Pain: Children´s Sickle Cell Benefit" to raise money for sickle-cell research. Held by Dion, Caesars Entertainment, AEG Live and the Children´s Hospital Boston, the benefit event included a special 8:30 p.m. performance of Celine´s glamorous show directed by Grammy Awards producer Ken Ehrlich. Featuring a 31-piece orchestra and band, the show includes Celine´s biggest hits mixed with timeless classics that pay tribute to some of the most celebrated songs and artists of all time. Following the performance, guests were invited to attend an exclusive reception at PURE Nightclub at the Caesars Palace sponsored by Southern Wine & Spirits and Angel Management Group. Limited space was also available for the "Play Without Pain: Children´s Sickle Cell Benefit" VIP dinner event at Restaurant Guy Savoy prior to the show. Beginning with a 5 p.m. cocktail reception, guests were treated to a delightful dinner prepared by the acclaimed French chef as well as the opportunity to meet Celine. Husband and manager Rene Angelil and Celine welcomed 150 of the well-heeled donors and the amazing doctors of Children´s Hospital Boston backstage at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace for a meet-and-greet and photo session. The couple then donated the entire proceeds of her special 4,200-seat performance to the fundraiser. During Celine´s performance, there was added poignancy when photographs of children battling the disease were presented onscreen as she sang "Lullabye (Goodnight, my angel)". Celine performed the regular set list for the show with no new songs. Agassi Prep Academy graduate A.J. Green, who fights sickle-cell anemia, was a special guest of Celine and Gary Loveman, a trustee on the board of the hospital, which is regarded as a premiere U.S. leader in research and children´s genetic diseases. He also matched every dollar raised at the event up to $250,000. Thank´s to this benefit event, they raised more than 1 million dollars for the cause.
JAMAICA JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL
On January 27, 2012 Celine Dion performed at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues "Art of Music" Festival, wich took place at the Greenfield Stadiumin in Trelawny, Jamaica. Art of Music Productions Limited (AMP), formerly TurnKey Productions and organisers of the 2012 staging of Jamaica Jazz and Blues "Art of Music" Festival, announced Celine as Headliner of the event at a Press Briefing at the Iberostar Hotel on November 9, 2011. The organisers announced a preliminary but impressive line up to include: Celine, The Temptations, Kelly Rowland, Jully Black, Nicole Henry and Destra. The festival also included a tribute as part of the Jamaica 50th independence celebration to include: Shaggy, Yellow Man, Half Pint, Toots Hibbert and John Holt. Celine, who has a huge fan base in Jamaica, was finally booked by the promoters of the festival who had tried two years ago to have her on the show. This was Celine´s first time in Jamaica. She was the headline act of the three-night festival. First, it was announced that the entire festival would be live stream, however the live stream was shut off before Celine came on stage. According to them, unfortunately Celine has requested that they do not stream her performance on that night. According to Walter Elmore, chairman of Art of Music Productions (AMP), organiser of the event, at the end of the day people will forget the traffic problem, but won´t forget how they were thrilled by the stellar feat of Celine. Abandoning all systems, drivers transformed the two-lane highway into five, causing total gridlock for persons coming into Trelawny from Kingston and Montego Bay. By 11 p.m., a conservative estimate of 20,000 people had poured into the Greenfield Stadiumin venue, setting the record for the largest turnout of patrons in the 16-year history of the festival. However, many complained that it took them hours to experience the magic that only an award-winning singer such as Celine could have created. Celine´s performance was indisputably one of the outstanding acts to grace the jazz stage. Elmore stepped up the event with sophisticated onstage lighting. The stage display was one massive video wall, complemented by three specially lighted screens wrapped around a control tower in the middle of the venue. The sound system, uniquely designed by Celine´s sound engineer, was built to ensure that every square inch of the venue had perfect sound quality. Celine performed many songs and she made many costume changes. She opened the concert with "I drove all night", in wich she wore disco-ball like silver leggings and a white suit jacket and glittery white top. She continued with "Where does my heart beat now", "Because you loved me", "It´s all coming back to me now", "The power of love", "Beauty and the beast" in duet with her back-up singer Barnev Valsaint, and "(If you can´t sing it) You´ll have to swing it (Mr. Paganini)", a song she sings at her Vegas residency show, and "The reason". After a costume change, Celine performed a James Bond medley with the songs "Goldfinger", "Nobody does Ii better" and "Live and let die" (another number of her Vegas residency show). Celine showed off her slim, long legs in a beautiful silver gown, slit to the thigh. Then, she sang "At seventeen", "Pour que tu m´aimes encore" and "The prayer" in duet with a pre-recorded video of Andrea Bocelli showed on the big screen. After another costume change, with a thigh-high mini dress, she performed "Treat her like a lady" in duet with Jamaican singer, Diana King (in wich King also sang the second verse of the song, usually sang by Celine). Then was the turn to "I´m alive" (the remix version performed during the "Taking Chances Tour"), "All by myself", few lines of "My declaration of love", "Love can move mountains" and "River deep mountain high". For the finale, Celine changed into a floor-length, one-shouldered aqua-coloured frock, and she performed "My heart will go on". Celine looked absolutely fabulous and far younger than her years as she rocked the stage. She clenched her fist and acknowledged the jazz band playing behind her as she put in her usual powerful performance. She´s known for her incredible vocals, but Celine may have attracted just as much attention for her long slim legs on that night. Celine made history by attracting the biggest crowed ever in the Jazz and Blues Festival.
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