Celine Dion Tour Overview
Celine Dion’s Courage World Tour is the singer’s fourteenth concert tour and is in support of her 2019 album, Courage. There has been much excitement and anticipation surrounding the tour, due to it being Dion’s first in over a decade. The tour originally commenced back in September 2019 before the pandemic made it necessary to postpone the rest of the shows, which have finally been rescheduled for 2022.
Celine Dion’s European tour leg will begin in Birmingham in May, and continue through June and July with a further 49 shows across Europe. Although Dion only managed to perform a handful of shows before the tour was delayed, the Courage World Tour received positive feedback with her incredible song choice, voice, outfits and special effects all garnering enthusiastic praise. Billboard described the performance as “stunning and showstopping” and also chose it as one of the best live shows of 2019.
About Celine Dion
Celine Dion is a Canadian-born singer and the best-selling Canadian recording artist of all time. Having first emerged as a teen star in Quebec during the 80s, she gained worldwide popularity after winning the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, whilst representing Switzerland. Since her rise to fame, Celine Dion has gone on to have a long-standing and versatile singing career, straddling multiple genres including pop, rock, R&B, gospel and classical.
During the 1990s, Celine Dion released several best selling albums including Falling Into You in 1996 and Let’s Talk About Love in 1997, both of which were certified diamond in the USA and achieved over 30 million worldwide sales each. Dion has also recorded a number of international chart topping hits, such as The Power of Love, It’s All Coming Back To Me Now and My Heart Will Go On. The powerful vocalist has gained recognition as an incredible live performer, with her Las Vegas Strip concert residency from 2003 to 2007 becoming the highest grossing concert residency of all time.
Celine Dion is one of the world’s most successful pop vocalists and has received numerous awards, including five Grammys. She has been recognised as the second best-selling female artist in the US, the eighth all time best performing top female artist in the US, and the sixth all time best performing female soloist in Billboard 200 history.
Celine Dion Facts
- Celine Dion is the youngest of 14 children and grew up in the small Quebec suburb of Charlemagne.
- Dion’s first music manager, René Angélil, believed in her talent so much that he mortgaged his own house to start a record label and fund her first album.
- At just 16 years old, Celine Dion performed for Pope John Paul II at Montreal’s Olympic stadium.
- Celine Dion ended up marrying her manager, René Angélil in 1995 when she was 26 and he was 52 years old. The couple remained together until his passing in 2016.
- Celine Dion is bilingual and can sing in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.
