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Starting on March 25 2003, Céline Dion's 'A New Day...' is a five-year, 725-show theatrical presentation created and directed by Franco Dragone, creator of ''Quidam'', ''O'' and ''Mystère''. As of July 2007, it is estimated that over 2,750,000 people have seen A New Day.... On finishing on December 15 2007, the show is expected to gross approximately US$400,000,000, one of the highest ever in music history. Dion performs it at the 4,148-seat Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

Contents

History

Broadcasts and recordings

Ticket sales

Set list

Regular

Performed occasionally

Personnel

Band

Show

Awards

References

History

Many stars have attended Céline Dion's Vegas show since March 2003 including: Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks, Ellen DeGeneres, Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Jerry Lewis, Halle Berry, Andy Williams, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anastacia, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prince (twice), Ice T, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Mikhail Gorbachev, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Max Alexander, Donald Trump, Garou, Justin Timberlake, Jane Seymour, Nicollette Sheridan, Don Johnson, Pete Sampras, Stevie Nicks, Cheech Marin, Angie Harmon, Dane Cook, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Lance Bass, Kathy Griffin, Shania Twain, Neil Diamond, Irving Azoff and Jason Seahorn.

Broadcasts and recordings

The original scheduled ''A New Day...'' DVD release date (announced in the ''A New Day... Live in Las Vegas'' CD) was postponed because of changes and improvements made to the show since the initial filming. A New Day... was re-shot during the January 17-21, 2007 show week. The show was filmed in high-definition for a soon-to-be-released TV special and DVD. It will be produced by Julie Snyder's French Canadian company Productions J. The bonus for the DVD will be four documentaries: "The Secrets of A New Day...," "A New Day... in the Life of Céline," "The World Comes to See Céline" as well as "The Making of the DVD." It will be released worldwide in English and French. Additionally, there are possible plans to release the original filming from 2004 so fans are able to see the evolution of A New Day... .

Ticket sales

Year	Tour Gross Sales	Sold Out Shows
2003	$80.5 million	n/a
2004	$80.4 million	n/a
2005	$81.3 million	n/a
2006	$78.1 million	75 / 149 (50.3%)
2007	$44.9 million	66 / 80 (82.5%)
'TOTAL'	'$365.2 million'	'490 / 676 (72.5%)'

'The top-grossing tours in North America, according to' Pollstar:

★ '2003'
# Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - $115.9 million
# 'Celine Dion - $80.5 million'
# Eagles - $69.3 million

★ '2004'
# Prince - $87.4 million
# 'Celine Dion - $80.4 million'
# Madonna - $79.5 million

★ '2005'
# The Rolling Stones - $162.0 million
# U2 - $138.9 million
# 'Celine Dion - $81.3 million'

★ '2006'
# The Rolling Stones - $138.5 million
# Barbra Straisand - $92.5 million
# Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - $88.8 million
# Madonna - $85.9 million
# Cirque Du Soleil - Delirium - $82.1 million
# 'Celine Dion - $78.1 million'

★ '2007 (first half)'
# Rod Stewart - $48.1 million
# Justin Timberlake - $42.3 million
# The Police - $41.9 million
# 'Celine Dion - $41.8 million'
# Kenny Chesney - $33.2 million

Set list

Regular

# "Nature Boy"¹ / "A New Day Has Come"
# "The Power of Love"
# "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
# "Because You Loved Me"
# "To Love You More"
# "I'm Alive"
# "I Drove All Night"
# "Seduces Me"
# "If I Could"
# "At Last"²
# "Fever"² / "All the Way"
# "I've Got the World on a String"
# "A New Love" (instrumental) (written by Claude Lemay)
# "I Surrender"
# "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"³
# "Ammore Annascunnuto" (written by Bruno Coulais, Felippe Fragione, Mario Castiglia)
# "Have You Ever Been in Love"† / "Et je t'aime encore"†† / "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
#"I Wish"
# "Love Can Move Mountains"
# "River Deep, Mountain High"‡
# "My Heart Will Go On"
# "What a Wonderful World"‡‡
¹ March 2003 - November 2004

² March 2003 - May 2006

³ March 2003 - August 2004

† March 2003 - November 2003

†† November 2003 - November 2004

‡ since November 2006

‡‡March 2003 - August 2006

Performed occasionally

# "God Bless America" (July 4, 2004)
# "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (December 2005)
# "In Some Small Way" (with Barnev Valsaint) (December 2004 - January 2005)
# "Can't Help Falling in Love" (August 17th and 18th, 2007)

Personnel

Band

★ Musical director: Claude "Mego" Lemay

★ Drums: Domminique Messier

★ Bass: Marc Langis

★ Keyboards: Yves Frulla

★ Guitars: André Coutu

★ Percussions: Paul Picard

★ Violin: Jean-Sebastien Carre

★ Backing Vocals: Elise Duguay, Mary-Lou Gauthier, Barnev Valsaint

Show

★ Director: Franco Dragone

★ Choreographer: Mia Michaels

★ Lighting Designer: Yves Aucoin

★ Associate Director: Pavel Brun

★ Set Designer and Image Creator: Michel Crête

★ Projection Content Designer: Dirk Decloedt

★ Costume Designer: Dominique Lemieux

★ Sound Designer: Denis Savage

Awards

Year	Award show	Award
2005	6th Annual Visitors' Choice Awards	Favorite Headliner in Las Vegas
2005	24th Annual Las Vegas Review Journal's "Best of Las Vegas" Awards	Best Headliner in Las Vegas
2006	7th Annual Visitors' Choice Awards	Favorite Headliner in Las Vegas
2006	25th Annual Las Vegas Review Journal's "Best of Las Vegas" Awards	Best Headliner in Las Vegas
2006	MovieEntertainment Awards	Entertainer of the Year in the category of Entertainment Industry's Most Influential Canadian
2007	26th Annual Las Vegas Review Journal's "Best of Las Vegas" Awards	Best Singer
2007	26th Annual Las Vegas Review Journal's "Best of Las Vegas" Awards	Best All-Around Performer
2007	26th Annual Las Vegas Review Journal's "Best of Las Vegas" Awards	Best Show Choreography

References

★ Céline Dion - official website