Celine Dion on how Whitney Houston inspired All By Myself, bringing live music back to Las Vegas and the 25th anniversary of Falling into You – interview
- The My Heart Will Go On singer will kick-start post-Covid-19 gigs at Resorts World Las Vegas, before concerts from Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan
- Here Dion talks about keeping the old songs fresh, recording the Beauty and the Beast theme song and hitting the high note in fan favourite All by Myself
It’s all coming back to us now.
With live music staging a return to America, Celine Dion has announced her first set of concerts since the Covid-19 pandemic forced her to postpone her Courage World Tour last year. The pop icon will open The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas with a 10-show run beginning November 5, with mini-residencies from Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan to follow.
With 5,000 seats, the new theatre is an upgrade from Dion’s long-time home at the 4,100-seat Colosseum at Caesars Palace, where the French-Canadian singer played two residencies over 16 years. In addition to the Resorts World residency, Dion is also celebrating the 25th anniversary of her breakthrough 1996 album “Falling into You”, which spawned indelible hits including All by Myself and Because You Loved Me.
There are some times when I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I wish I could sing other songs’
Dion, 53, has three sons – René-Charles, 20, and twins Nelson and Eddy, 10 – with late husband René Angélil, who died in 2016. The family spent Mother’s Day together this past weekend, which was filled with “doughnuts and flowers and playing in the pool with the kids and the dogs”, she told us over a call from her Las Vegas home.
After more than a year of no concerts, why does now feel like the right time to return to Las Vegas?
We have an amazing opportunity to start in a brand-new place. I haven’t seen it in person yet, but this theatre is state of the art and all the technology is the crème de la crème. Everybody is super excited and we’re all working really hard.
