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A
note from the Editor
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I
first became aware of Celine Dion in 1988 when she won for
Switzerland the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin - Ireland,
in front of a 600 million European television audience . I
didn't think much of 'that' winning song ' Ne Partez Pas Sans
Moi' - 'Don't Leave Without Me', still don't, what I did really
love was Celine's uniquely passionate voice. Then, nothing
much happened for a long time, It wasn't until seven years
later that she reappeared on the scene, this time it was going
to be a very different sequel, it was to conquer Great Britain
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Now singing in English, Celine finally ' takes ' the UK in
early February 1995 , ' The Colour of my Love ' and ' Think
Twice ' topped the British Album and Singles Charts at the
same time for five long memorable weeks, only The Beatles
achieved such a thriumph and that was back thirty years earlier
in 1965. ' Think Twice ' reigned at the top for another
two weeks and sold over a million copies becoming one of the
only four millionth selling singles by a female artist in
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Nowdays
things have changed a little, there is in Britain an unspoken
and uneasy weary notion among Celine Dion's fans that it would
rather be dismissed than entertained.
The unfortunate reality that Celine's British fanbase is not
any longer as strong as in other European countries can hardly
be disputed. Just check the world charts and sales figures
and you will discover that Belgium, Holland and France are
way ahead of the UK's, even the USA does much better then
us.
Putting aside the fact that French speaking countries might
have a 'natural' incline to follow an artist that has produced
so much material in their own language, I cannot easily find
a straight forward explanation why for example the Americans
or Aussies put Celine Dion's cds in their shopping baskets
while we instead go for Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani,
Britney or Kylie Minogue 's . |
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Aren't
the British moved by Celine's songs ?, Touched by the warmth
of her amazing voice and her musical sensitivity ?.
It could be that people here are more preoccupied with the
demands of day to day frantic fast lives and don't have time
for entailing feelings and good old fashion loving and romance,
maybe it is just down to a low promotional stand, hard to
say. What I would say to anyone that hasn't yet embraced Celine's
music is do take a step into her direction, since you are
already here why not find out a bit more, to the 'hardy experienced'
fan is just a warm welcome, thank you for dropping by. |
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Celine
Dion - Vegas show extended into 2007
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Great
news, if you haven't planned, booked or hoped to make it to
the ' New Day ' music extravaganza at the Colosseum in Las
Vegas, you will be pleased to know that an extension into
2007 has been announced .
Celine Dion has a new deal which will see the show run at
the Caesar's Palace for another year, that's approximately
200 new days added to the previousely announced three years
schedule. 2004 has been a good year, august has seen Celine's
one millionth ticket sold, ' My Show will Go On and
on '. |
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From strenght to strenght
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The
World Music Awards commend the best-selling and most popular
music artists of the year. Celine was adjudicated in Las
Vegas this year title after sales of over 175 million albums
worldwide . The acclaimed October release ' Miracle ' is
expected to boost the figure a step closer to the 200 million
mark.
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Celine
Dion Fan Convention
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Celine
Dion Fan Convention
: Marisa Zocco a HUGE Céline fan from California has
been very busy to organise a Céline Dion Fan Convention
in the past year. She has presented her plans at Feeling (Céline's
management) and they absolutely adored her idea, but now we
need to convince Feeling that this Convention NEEDS to happen
before Céline leaves Las Vegas, let's say before March
2007! Céline Dion Information Point decided to help
Marisa gather the support from all the fans.
We are behind her 100%. It's such a shame if a BRILLIANT idea
like this goes to waste, not to speak about the one in a million
chance to meet up with so many fans from all over the world
at the same time and the possibility to pack the Colosseum
for the very last show with FANS ONLY!.
Please go to the site (click here)
register and fill in your profile. Registration is free
(and important)! By doing this, you'll help to keep an accurate
count of how many people are interested in this convention.
The more people we count, the more power we have to make this
happen!. Your support and interaction in
this event is very much needed and appreciated. |
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There
are unfounded rumours and fake tickets circulating
on the web about Celine coming to Milton Keynes' National
Bowl.
