{"id":2442545,"date":"2019-04-04T10:59:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T16:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=817666"},"modified":"2019-04-04T10:59:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T16:59:25","slug":"for-celine-dion-jokes-and-songs-dominate-u-s-tour-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/for-celine-dion-jokes-and-songs-dominate-u-s-tour-event\/","title":{"rendered":"For Celine Dion, Jokes and Songs Dominate U.S. Tour Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-1140245687.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>For the first time in a decade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/celine-dion\/\" id=\"auto-tag_celine-dion\" data-tag=\"celine-dion\">Celine Dion<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/celine-dion-north-american-courage-world-tour-dates-817542\/\">heading out on a U.S. tour<\/a>, leaving behind her longstanding residency in Las Vegas after 16 years. \u201cI think there was a miscommunication. I was supposed to be there for two months,\u201d Dion joked to a crowd gathered Wednesday for her announcement at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. \u201cWe kept going on and on and on and on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dion arrived for the afternoon event ready to sing, leading her band in a sparkly black dress through a three-song concert that began with the uptempo \u201cI\u2019m Alive.\u201d The performance and most of an onstage Q&amp;A were streamed on Facebook Live. \u201cLots of news, lots of work,\u201d she said, then deadpanned. \u201cNo, I\u2019m not pregnant, don\u2019t worry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tvN3RbrYqcM?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In-between songs at the old Gothic theater, the Canadian diva was a chatty and playful host, making goofy asides to the 1,000 fans inside, while also sharing some poignant reflections on her life and work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s time for a change, time to hit the road,\u201d Dion, 51, said to cheers. \u201cSo many people came to see us, and now it is time for us to go and see them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Courage World Tour begins with a North American leg launching Sept. 18th in Quebec City, Canada. She said it is named after a song from her upcoming album, still in-progress for a likely November release, and reflects on her life following the death of her husband and manager, Ren\u00e9 Ang\u00e9lil, in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all go through a lot of things in life \u2013 whether it\u2019s losing someone, whether it\u2019s a sickness that we have to fight, something that life imposes on us,\u201d Dion explained, adding that with the support of family and colleagues, she was able \u201cto find my inner strength \u2026 to find courage to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was her husband, near the end of his life, she added, who encouraged the singer to continue performing: \u201cHe wanted me back onstage. He wanted to make sure I was still practicing my passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3pzRDTvKa7M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">video that opened the event on Wednesday<\/a>, Dion was shown putting on a cap that read \u201cBOSS\u201d in shiny letters as she took the wheel of a large cargo truck and pulled away from The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where she ends her residency in June. \u201cThe biggest news is that I will be driving the truck on tour,\u201d the hitmaker said from the stage. \u201cHave you seen how I drive? In the past, I used to drive people crazy. Now, just get out of the way, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her quirkier moments at the Ace showed a sense of the absurdity that may explains her being asked to sing \u201cAshes\u201d for the crazed superhero farce <em>Deadpool 2<\/em>. Before performing the song, she told a story of getting a call from actor Ryan Reynolds about the film. \u201cOf course, he wants me to play in the movie with him. I know what he wants. Then I woke up from my little dream,\u201d Dion said, returning to reality of recording the track. \u201cI love it so much.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s such a beautiful song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon after \u201cAshes,\u201d backup singer Elise Duguay played a hugely familiar flute melody and Dion began \u201cMy Heart Will Go On,\u201d her Oscar-winning love theme from 1997\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Titanic<\/em>. \u201cAre you going to sing along to this one?\u201d she asked. When it was over, she curtsied all the way down to the floor and thanked the crowd in French: \u201cMerci beaucoup!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new album, she said, would include an appearance by Sia, among an abundance of material being considered for the final release. \u201cI feel her pain and her passion, and I connect with her music,\u201d Dion said of the Australian singer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey always say you need 12 songs,\u201d Dion lamented of the typical album length, explaining that she had already accumulated 48 song contenders. \u201cI\u2019m more than ready. The problem is that I\u2019m too ready. The problem is I can\u2019t make up my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/for-celine-dion-jokes-and-songs-dominate-u-s-tour-event-817666\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in a decade, Celine Dion is heading out on a U.S. tour, leaving behind her longstanding residency in Las Vegas after 16 years. \u201cI think there was a miscommunication. I was supposed to be there for two months,\u201d Dion joked to a crowd gathered Wednesday for her announcement at the Theatre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2442545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 16:05:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}