Let's Talk About Love Tour

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Let's Talk About Love Tour
Tour by Céline Dion
Supporting album Let's Talk About Love
Start date August 21, 1998
End date December 31, 1999
Legs 6
Shows 77 in North America
10 in Europe
6 in Asia
2 in Australia
95 in total
Céline Dion tour chronology
Falling into You Tour
(1996-97)		 Let's Talk About Love Tour
(1998-99)		 A New Day...
(2003-07)

Starting in August 1998, Céline Dion's Let's Talk About Love Tour was a concert tour organised to support the album Let's Talk About Love.

Contents

[edit] History

First, Céline Dion gave 4 concerts for the Chinese New Year in January and February 1998 in Melbourne, Australia and Hawaii, United States. Later, in April she did 3 shows at the Caesar's Palace, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Beginning with August 1998, Dion toured the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan , Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany, and United Kingdom. In all, the sold out tour lasted more than a year, with 95 shows. It began on August 21, 1998 in Boston, United States and continued to major cities around the world. It ended on December 31, 1999 with a Millennium Concert in Montreal, Canada.

Céline Dion performed three virtual duets with artists displayed on the video screen: "Tell Him" (with Barbra Streisand), "Immortality" (with the Bee Gees) and "Treat Her Like a Lady" (with Diana King). Guest appearances included Jean-Jacques Goldman on "J'irai où tu iras" and Taro Hakase (violin) on "To Love You More" (this role was also played by two other people: Roddy Chiong (from Shania Twain's band) appeared during a few of Dion's early 1999 shows and the musician Mark Wood appeared with her in a couple of her late 1998 shows. Other shows featured no musician on stage and footage of Taro Hakase was shown on the big screen instead). Barnev Valsaint (backup singer) was joining Céline Dion on "I'm Your Angel." Diana King performed "Treat Her Like a Lady" with Dion live on stage on October 2, 1998 in Orlando, Florida.The Bee Gees performed "Immortality" with Dion on October 3, 1998 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Many shows after March 1999 that were originally announced, were cancelled due to René Angélil's sickness, Dion's husband and manager. Some of them were postponed until later in the year but those that were cancelled completely included Dublin, Birmingham, Frankfurt, Gothumberg, Vienna, Barcelona, Marseille, Lyon, Cologne and Lisbon.

Céline Dion gave her final public performance before going on vacation during the "Millennium Concert" at the Molson Centre, Montreal, Canada, on December 31, 1999. She also did a private concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on January 1, 2000, open only to family and selected industry professionals (about 230 people).

[edit] Broadcasts and recordings

The June 19, 1999 show at the Stade de France, Paris was filmed and released on DVD, VHS and CD as Au cœur du stade (August 1999).

[edit] Opening acts

[edit] Set list

[edit] January / February 1998

  1. "The Power of Love"
  2. "River Deep, Mountain High"
  3. "Seduces Me"
  4. "All by Myself"
  5. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
  6. "J'irai où tu iras"
  7. "Think Twice"
  8. "The Reason"
  9. "Because You Loved Me"
  10. "Declaration of Love"
  11. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
  12. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  13. "Twist and Shout"
  14. "My Heart Will Go On"

[edit] North America

  1. "Let's Talk About Love"
  2. "Declaration of Love"
  3. "Because You Loved Me"
  4. "The Reason"
  5. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
  6. "To Love You More"
  7. "Treat Her Like a Lady"
  8. "Tell Him"
  9. "Zora sourit"† / "S'il suffisait d'aimer"††
  10. "Love Is On the Way"† / "I'm Your Angel"††
  11. "Fly"†††
  12. "All by Myself"† / "The Power of Love"††
  13. Medley: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"/"Because"/"Tears in Heaven"/"All the Way"
  14. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  15. "Saturday Night Forever"†††††
  16. "Stayin' Alive"
  17. "You Should Be Dancing"
  18. "Immortality"
  19. "My Heart Will Go On"
  20. "That's the Way It Is"††††

† sang in earlier dates in 1998
†† sang from the end of 1998
††† sang on October 2, 1998 in Orlando, FL, USA only
†††† sang on November 5, 1999 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA only
††††† sang in New Orleans

[edit] Europe

  1. "Let's Talk About Love"
  2. "Declaration of Love"
  3. "Because You Loved Me"
  4. "The Reason"
  5. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
  6. "To Love You More"
  7. "Treat Her Like a Lady"
  8. "Tell Him"
  9. "Think Twice"
  10. "S'il suffisait d'aimer"
  11. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
  12. "I'm Your Angel"
  13. "The Power of Love"
  14. Medley: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"/"Because"/"Tears in Heaven"/"All the Way"
  15. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  16. "Stayin' Alive"
  17. "You Should Be Dancing"
  18. "Immortality"
  19. "My Heart Will Go On"

[edit] Japan / Hong Kong

  1. "Let's Talk About Love"
  2. "Declaration of Love"
  3. "Because You Loved Me"
  4. "The Reason"
  5. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
  6. "To Love You More"
  7. "Treat Her Like a Lady"
  8. "Tell Him"
  9. "Think Twice"†
  10. "S'il suffisait d'aimer"†
  11. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"††
  12. "The Power of Love"
  13. Medley: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"/"Because"/"Tears in Heaven"/"All the Way"
  14. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  15. "Watashi Wa Totemo Shiawase Ne"††
  16. "Stayin' Alive"
  17. "You Should Be Dancing"
  18. "Immortality"
  19. "My Heart Will Go On"

† in Hong Kong only
†† in Japan only

[edit] Francophone countries

  1. "Let's Talk About Love"
  2. "Dans un autre monde"
  3. "Je sais pas"
  4. "The Reason"
  5. "Je crois toi"
  6. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"† / "To Love You More"††
  7. "Treat Her Like a Lady"
  8. "Terre"
  9. "Tell Him"
  10. "J'irai où tu iras"††
  11. "S'il suffisait d'aimer"
  12. "On ne change pas"
  13. "I'm Your Angel"
  14. "The Power of Love"
  15. Medley: "Ce n'était qu'un rêve"/"D'amour ou d'amitié"/"Mon ami m'a quittée"/"L'amour existe encore"/"Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)"
  16. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  17. "Stayin' Alive"
  18. "You Should Be Dancing"
  19. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
  20. "My Heart Will Go On"

† sang in Quebec
†† sang in Europe

[edit] Millennium Concert

  1. "Video Introduction"
  2. "My Heart Will Go On"
  3. "Destin"
  4. "All the Way" (duet with Frank Sinatra on video screen)
  5. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
  6. Medley: "Ce n'était qu'un rêve"/"D'amour ou d'amitié"/"Mon ami m'a quittée"/"Une colombe"/"Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)"
  7. "That's the Way It Is"
  8. "I'm Your Angel" (duet with Garou)
  9. "When I Fall in Love" (duet with Daniel Lavoie)
  10. "J'irai où tu iras" (duet with Luke Mervill)
  11. "Le blues du businessman" (duet with Bruno Pelletier)
  12. "Regarde-moi"
  13. "L'amour existe encore"
  14. "Summer of '69" (Bryan Adams only)
  15. "It's Only Love" (duet with Bryan Adams)
  16. "When You're Gone" (duet with Bryan Adams)
  17. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (duet with Bryan Adams)
  18. "Live (for the One I Love)"
  19. "Des mots qui sonnent"
  20. "Unison" (featuring Stéphane Rousseau)
  21. "Incognito"
  22. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  23. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
  24. "S'il suffisait d'aimer"
  25. "All by Myself"
  26. "Ce n'était qu'un rêve"

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band

  • Musical director and keyboards: Claude "Mego" Lemay
  • Drums: Dominique Messier
  • Bass: Marc Langis
  • Keyboards: Yves Frulla
  • Guitars: André Coutu
  • Percussion: Paul Picard
  • Backing Vocals: Julie LeBlanc, Barnev Valsaint, Elise Duguay

[edit] Show

  • Tour director: Suzanne Gingue
  • Production director: Ian Donald
  • Assistant to the tour director: Michel Dion
  • Front of house sound engineer: Danis Savage
  • Stage sound engineer: Daniel Baron
  • Sound system technicians: François Desjardins, Marc Beauchamp, Marc Thériault
  • Lighting director: Yves Aucoin
  • Assistant lighting director: Normand Chassé
  • Lighting technicians: Jean-François Canuel, Antoine Malette, Michel Pommerleau
  • Band gear technicians: Jean-François Dubois, Guy Vignola, Stéphane Hamel
  • Set: Tonje Wold
  • Head rigger: Frédéric Morosovsky
  • Production assistant: Patrick Angélil
  • Tour assistant: Louise Labranche
  • Assistant to Céline: Manon Dion
  • Bodyguard: Eric Burrows
  • Hairstylist: Louis Hechter
  • Stylist: Annie L. Hortch
  • Choreographer: Dominique Giraldeau
  • Musicians' wardrobe: D-U-B-U-C mode de vie

[edit] Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Australia
January 31, 1998 Melbourne Australia
February 1, 1998 Melbourne Australia
North America
Date City Country Venue
February 4, 1998 Hawaii United States
February 5, 1998 Hawaii United States
April 3, 1998 Atlantic City United States Caesar's Palace
April 4, 1998 Atlantic City United States Caesar's Palace
April 5, 1998 Atlantic City United States Caesar's Palace
August 21, 1998 Boston United States FleetCenter
August 22, 1998 Boston United States FleetCenter
August 25, 1998 Philadelphia United States Corestates Center
August 26, 1998 Washington United States MCI Center
August 30, 1998 East Rutherford United States Continental Airlines Arena
August 31, 1998 Uniondale United States Naussau Veteran Memorial Coliseum
September 3, 1998 New York United States Madison Square Garden
September 4, 1998 New York United States Madison Square Garden
September 8, 1998 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
September 9, 1998 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
September 12, 1998 Pittsburgh United States Civic Arena
September 14, 1998 Chicago United States United Center
September 15, 1998 Chicago United States United Center
September 18, 1998 Cleveland United States Gund Arena
September 19, 1998 Cincinnati United States The Crown
September 22, 1998 Auburn Hills United States Palace of Auburn Hill
September 23, 1998 Auburn Hills United States Palace of Auburn Hill
September 25, 1998 Chapel Hill United States Dean E. Smith
September 27, 1998 Charlotte United States Charlotte Colliseum
September 28, 1998 Nashville United States Nashville Arena
September 31, 1998 Tampa United States Ice Palace
October 2, 1998 Orlando United States Orlando Arena
October 3, 1998 Ft. Lauderdale United States National Car Rental Center
October 7, 1998 Calgary Canada Saddledome
October 9, 1998 Vancouver Canada GM Place
October 10, 1998 Seattle United States KeyArena
October 13, 1998 Oakland United States Oakland Coliseum
October 14, 1998 San Jose United States San Jose Arena
October 16, 1998 Las Vegas United States Thomas & Mack Center
October 21, 1998 Inglewood United States Great Western Forum
October 22, 1998 Anaheim United States Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
October 25, 1998 Phoenix United States America West Arena
October 29, 1998 Pittsburgh United States Civic Arena
December 1, 1998 Albany United States Pepsi Arena
December 5, 1998 Halifax Canada Metro Centre
December 7, 1998 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
December 8, 1998 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
December 11, 1998 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
December 12, 1998 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
December 13, 1998 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
December 17, 1998 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
December 18, 1998 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
Asia
Date City Country Venue
January 25, 1999 Kai Tak Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport
January 28, 1999 Osaka Japan Osaka Dome
January 29, 1999 Osaka Japan Osaka Dome
January 31, 1999 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome
February 1, 1999 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome
February 3, 1999 Nagoya Japan Nagoya Dome
North America
Date City Country Venue
February 12, 1999 Honolulu United States Aloha Stadium
March 25, 1999 Minneapolis United States Target Arena
March 26, 1999 Milwaukee United States Bradley Center
March 29, 1999 Kansas City United States Kemper Arena
March 31, 1999 Indianapolis United States Market Square Arena
April 2, 1999 Dallas United States Reunion Arena
April 4, 1999 San Antonio United States Alamodome
April 6, 1999 Memphis United States The Pyramid
April 7, 1999 Birmingham United States Birmingham-Jefferson Coliseum
April 11, 1999 Houston United States Compaq Center
April 12, 1999 New Orleans United States Louisiana Superdome
April 23, 1999 Atlantic City United States Caesar's Palace
April 24, 1999 Atlantic City United States Caesar's Palace
April 25, 1999 Atlantic City United States Caesar's Palace
Europe
Date City Country Venue
June 14, 1999 Amsterdam Holland Amsterdam Arena
June 16, 1999 Brussels Belgium Stade Roi Baudouin
June 19, 1999 Paris France Stade de France
June 20, 1999 Paris France Stade de France
July 1, 1999 Zurich Switzerland Letzigrund Stadion
July 3, 1999 Munich Germany Olympiastadion
July 6, 1999 Sheffield United Kingdom Don Valley Stadium
July 8, 1999 Edinburgh United Kingdom Murrayfield Stadium
July 10, 1999 London United Kingdom Wembley Stadium
July 11, 1999 London United Kingdom Wembley Stadium
North America
Date City Country Venue
September 8, 1999 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
September 9, 1999 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
September 11, 1999 Quebec City Canada Colisee De Quebec
September 13, 1999 Ottawa Canada Corel Centre
September 14, 1999 Ottawa Canada Corel Centre
September 17, 1999 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
September 18, 1999 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
September 20, 1999 Buffalo United States Marine Midland Arena
September 24, 1999 Boston United States Fleet Center
September 25, 1999 Providence United States Providence Civic Center
September 27, 1999 Columbus United States Jerome Schottenstein Arena
September 29, 1999 Omaha United States Omaha Civic Auditorium
October 1, 1999 Denver United States Pepsi Center
October 3, 1999 St. Louis United States Kiel Center
November 5, 1999 Ft. Lauderdale United States National Car Rental Center
December 31, 1999 Montreal Canada Molson Centre

[edit] References

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