A New Day...

A New Day...
Residency by Celine Dion
Promotional poster for the residency
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
VenueThe Colosseum at Caesars Palace
Associated albumA New Day Has Come
Start date25 March 2003 (2003-03-25)
End date15 December 2007 (2007-12-15)
No. of shows717
Box officeUS$385 million ($565.73 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
Celine Dion concert chronology

A New Day... was the first concert residency performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion in The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[2] It was created and directed by Franco Dragone to support her seventh English-language and eighteenth studio album A New Day Has Come (2002). The show premiered on 25 March 2003 and ended on 15 December 2007.

The residency was originally planned for three years (Dion received about $100 million, plus 50 percent of the profits during the three-year contract). However due to its immediate success, the show continued for an additional two years. It is the most successful residency of all time, grossing over US$385 million ($565.73 million in 2023 dollars)[1] and drawing nearly three million people to 717 shows.[3]

Dion returned to Las Vegas on 15 March 2011 to perform her second residency, Celine.

Background and creation

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Dion initially intended for the show to be named Muse, but the band of the same name owned worldwide performing rights. Dion offered $50,000 for the rights, but the band declined, with lead singer Matthew Bellamy explaining that he did not want people to think they were Celine Dion's backup act.[4]

The original plan for the stage backdrop/scenery was to simply use a giant video projector, but when the lighting designer, Yves Aucoin, pointed out that this would create unacceptable shadows when dancers ran in front of it, Angelil went back to Phil Anschutz, whose AEG Live was underwriting the production, and persuaded him to contribute an extra $10 million for the construction of the largest indoor LED screen in North America. The LED screen was produced by Mitsubishi Diamond Vision LED Screens. This was an HDTV LED Screen Installation with an 8mm Display "Dot Pitch". The screen consisted of many separate LED panels put together.[5]

Critical reception

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A New Day... signage at Caesars Palace

The year the show opened, A New Day... received mostly mixed reviews in the press, commenting on how there was not enough of a balance between concert and theater. In TheaterMania.com, an article by Christine Westley praised the sets but wrote that Dion's performance was "inconsequential at best... The most uncomfortable moments come when the music stops, the dancers disappear, and it's just Dion and her audience. This is when the show's split personality truly emerges: Dragone's alternate world is gone and now we have a Celine Dion concert, during which the star attempts witty banter as her fans scream out the mandatory declarations "We love you, Celine!" and then hold their breath, waiting for her to stop talking and start singing again."[6]

Phil Gallo of Variety praised the sets like the former article, but criticized choices in covers. He stated, "Her run through a nostalgic trio — Etta James' first hit, 'At Last,' Peggy Lee's version of 'Fever' and the Frank Sinatra-phrased 'I've Got the World on a String' — magnified her lack of soulfulness, but they did display her capacity for mimicry: She phrases everything exactly as her predecessors did. For 'First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' it appeared Dion and her musical director Claude (Mego) Lemay had the softness of Roberta Flack's original in mind. But they then go out on a bizarre limb, progressively bloating the arrangement and her vocal interpretation. Worse yet, Dion ascends 70 feet into the heavens with dancers all around her. Nice effect, but another song would be more appropriate for it.... It's conceivable that future audiences will have more rapport with Dion and her music than opening night's high rollers and invited guests. Dion never looked like she was struggling, but if she didn't ask for audience participation, she wasn't going to get any anyway."[7]

In the documentary, A New Day... The Secrets, included as a bonus in the Live in Las Vegas: A New Day..., Dion and Dragone commented on making changes to the show through the years to include more appearances of the band members, or to change Dion's look to make it more like what fans expected.[8]

The year when A New Day... was going to close, Mike Weatherford of Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote a positive review. He stated how Dion "...grew into 'A New Day' over the years, and for better or worse the show evolved into more of the diva showcase people expected at the outset: an upscale pop show with some artsy flourishes, not the swing-for-the fences collaboration with Cirque du Soleil director Franco Dragone that often tried too hard. Some early mistakes disappeared quickly. It's been a long time since Dion flew on a harness rigging, or dressed up like the "Pat" character on 'Saturday Night Live,' with slicked-back hair and hitched-up, man-boy suspenders. Other changes replaced the audacious with safe and sure-footed, but more ordinary choices. The show now opens with—wouldya believe it? -- the title song 'A New Day' instead of the solitary, a capella take on "Nature Boy." The standards "Fever" and "At Last" were replaced in May 2006 with a now-common tech trick, splicing in Frank Sinatra to help croon 'All the Way.' And the homestretch now celebrates the cast as a bonded unit with the Ike & Tina Turner classic 'River Deep—Mountain High.' Dragone would have found it cheesy back in '03. Now, he probably realizes the show needed an energy that had been stifled in its overproduced infancy. The world's largest hi-def screen no longer steals the show as it did before Best Buy shoppers knew the difference between a 720p and 1080p TV. But Dragone's elegant spectacle still makes the jaw drop now and then."[9]

Broadcasts and recordings

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The show was first filmed to serve as a TV Special for the opening night. However, Celine in Las Vegas, Opening Night Live included only 8 songs.

In autumn 2003 (26-30 November 2003), the show was filmed again and a DVD was scheduled to be released in autumn 2004. Firstly, in June 2004, a CD entitled A New Day... Live in Las Vegas (featuring 13 live songs) was released and included promotional information that a DVD was going to be released in autumn. This release was cancelled with no plans to release it in the future. However, this DVD was shown to the audience during one of the shows when Celine was sick and couldn't perform. [citation needed]

Reportedly, another DVD was recorded between 2005 and 2006 with Celine having long brown hair and new costumes as many different extracts have appeared. [citation needed]

Finally, A New Day... was re-shot in high-definition during the 17–21 January 2007 week and released on DVD on 7 December 2007 and on Blu-ray Disc on 5 February 2008.[10] The DVD represents the show as of January 2007.The two disc set, which contains more than 5 hours of never-before seen footage, including the concert and three exclusive documentaries: Because You Loved Me (A Tribute to the Fans), A New Day: All Access and A New Day: the Secrets, became very successful on the music DVD charts around the world.[11]

According to the Quebec press, Live in Las Vegas - A New Day ... was completely sold-out in the province less than a few hours after its release. In addition, Dion made history on 18 January 2008 when Live in Las Vegas - A New Day ... became the only music DVD to be certified triple diamond in Canada, selling over 300,000 units. Only five other DVDs have ever reached double diamond status in Canada. Dion's DVD also garnered the largest debut in Nielsen SoundScan history for a DVD-only release, with over 70,000 copies sold in its first week, which is something that has never occurred before in Canadian music history. Live in Las Vegas - A New Day ... held the number 1 position on the Music DVD Chart in Canada for many weeks after its release. Outside Canada, the DVD peaked at number 1 in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand and Estonia. It reached number 2 in Portugal and Sweden, number 3 in Argentina, Australia, Ireland and Greece, number 4 in Austria, number 6 in Italy and number 7 in Czech Republic. Live in Las Vegas - A New Day ... also debuted in the top 10 in Finland and Germany. Nearly 500,000 copies of the DVD were sold worldwide in its first week of release. Live in Las Vegas - A New Day ... was certified 3× diamond in Canada, diamond in France, 4× platinum in Australia, platinum in Brazil, Portugal, Argentina and New Zealand, and gold in the Netherlands and Belgium. In Japan, it sold 30,000 copies during the first three months of its release. As of 26 September 2010, the DVD has sold 433,000 copies in the U.S. and has been certified 7× platinum (it is now eligible for 8× platinum after selling 400,000 copies).[16] According to Billboard, the DVD was the third best-selling music DVD of 2008 in the U.S. and the best-selling by a female artist.[17] At the end of 2009, the DVD was still charting in the top 10, being the tenth best-selling DVD in the U.S.


Even though the official DVD contains many extras, a lot of songs which were performed throughout the years have not been included:

"Nature Boy," "At Last," "Fever," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Et je t'aime encore," "Have You Ever Been in Love", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "God Bless America", "In Some Small Way", "What a Wonderful World", "Can't Help Falling In Love", "Taking Chances" and "The Christmas Song".

In addition, two instrumentals: "A New Love" and "Aria Di Lucia De Lammermoor" have been omitted as well.


Audio versions of "Nature Boy", "At Last," "Fever" "Et je t'aime encore" and "What a Wonderful World" were included on the A New Day... Live in Las Vegas CD, released in June 2004


Various songs (both from the usual setlist and one-night only performances) have been broadcast during different TV programmes, promotional videos, etc.

Songs not included on official releases:

There is no video performance of "Nature Boy" and "At Last".

There is no video nor audio performance of "God Bless America" and "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".
Other songs broadcast on different occasions include:
  • "Because You Loved Me" – joined by David Foster on the piano "Hit Man: David Foster & Friends" (recorded 2007, broadcast 2008)
  • "To Love You More" – joined by Taro Hakase on the violin, Documentary about the 10th anniversary of the violinist's career, (recorded 7 July 2006)
  • "I'm Alive" – Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (2005), New Year's Eve (2004)
  • "I Drove All Night" –Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (DVD performance, broadcast 2 September 2007)
  • "If I Could" – Jerry Lewis Telethon (2003), Jerry Lewis Telethon (2004)
  • "Love Can Move Mountains" – Live 8 (2 July 2005)
  • "My Heart Will Go On" – Women Rock (2003), New Year's Eve (2004)


Set list

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Additional notes

  • "Love Is All We Need" and "A New Day Has Come (Radio Remix)" were both rehearsed before the show's premiere but were never included in the actual show.[12] The visuals for "A New Day Has Come" included giraffes.
  • Originally, during "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Celine was flying while performing the song. Due to hernia issues, the song was then performed on stage to be finally cut in May 2004.
  • Initially, "Ammore Annascunnuto" was preceded by "Aria Di Lucia De Lammermoor" and thus performed in full. The instrumental interlude was cut when Celine stopped flying during "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" but performed the latter on stage. Since then, "Ammore Annascunnuto" served as an instrumental interlude with Celine appearing in the middle of the song and performing it in a shortened version.
  • Since 9 September 2006, Celine stopped performing "What a Wonderful World" but the song's instrumental was used as an outro. In the final year, it was replaced by "My Heart Will Go On" instrumental.
  • Since 10 November 2006, Celine started to leave the stage for the costume change near the end of "Love Can Move Mountains" which included then the rap parts of "Unison" performed by the band.
  • Taro Hakase, the original violinist in "To Love You More", joined Celine on stage to perform the song during the show on 7 July 2006.[17]
  • David Foster joined Celine on the piano for "Because You Loved Me" during one of the shows in 2007. The performance was later included on Foster's DVD entitled "Hit Man: David Foster & Friends".


Show dates

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Date Attendance Revenue
Leg 1
25 March 2003
26 March 2003
27 March 2003
28 March 2003
29 March 2003
2 April 2003
3 April 2003
4 April 2003
5 April 2003
6 April 2003
9 April 2003
10 April 2003
11 April 2003
12 April 2003
13 April 2003
16 April 2003
17 April 2003
18 April 2003
19 April 2003
20 April 2003
23 April 2003
24 April 2003
25 April 2003
26 April 2003
27 April 2003
28 April 2003
29 April 2003
Leg 2
14 May 2003
15 May 2003
16 May 2003
17 May 2003
18 May 2003
21 May 2003
22 May 2003
23 May 2003
24 May 2003
25 May 2003
28 May 2003
29 May 2003
30 May 2003
31 May 2003
1 June 2003
4 June 2003
5 June 2003
6 June 2003
7 June 2003
8 June 2003
11 June 2003
12 June 2003
13 June 2003
14 June 2003
15 June 2003
18 June 2003
19 June 2003
20 June 2003
21 June 2003
22 June 2003
25 June 2003
26 June 2003
27 June 2003
28 June 2003
2 July 2003
3 July 2003
4 July 2003
5 July 2003
6 July 2003
Leg 3[18]
6 August 2003
7 August 2003
8 August 2003
9 August 2003
10 August 2003
13 August 2003 20,559 / 20,559 $2,788,263
14 August 2003
15 August 2003
16 August 2003
17 August 2003
20 August 2003 20,564 / 20,564 $2,789,769
21 August 2003
22 August 2003
23 August 2003
24 August 2003
27 August 2003 20,306 / 20,306 $2,751,709
28 August 2003
29 August 2003
30 August 2003
31 August 2003
3 September 2003 20,552 / 20,552 $2,797,916
4 September 2003
5 September 2003
6 September 2003
7 September 2003
10 September 2003 20,541 / 20,541 $2,793,702
11 September 2003
12 September 2003
13 September 2003
14 September 2003
17 September 2003 20,570 / 20,570 $2,796,690
18 September 2003
19 September 2003
20 September 2003
21 September 2003
24 September 2003 20,487 / 20,487 $2,788,549
25 September 2003
26 September 2003
27 September 2003
28 September 2003
2 October 2003 16,436 / 16,436 $2,242,614
3 October 2003
4 October 2003
5 October 2003
Leg 4[19]
22 October 2003 20,403 / 20,403 $2,768,628
23 October 2003
24 October 2003
25 October 2003
26 October 2003
29 October 2003 16,379 / 16,379 $2,217,495
30 October 2003
31 October 2003
1 November 2003
2 November 2003
5 November 2003 20,564 / 20,564 $2,790,197
6 November 2003
7 November 2003
8 November 2003
9 November 2003
12 November 2003 20,583 / 20,583 $2,790,299
13 November 2003
14 November 2003
15 November 2003
16 November 2003
19 November 2003 20,519 / 20,519 $2,794,303
20 November 2003
21 November 2003
22 November 2003
23 November 2003
26 November 2003 20,564 / 20,564 $2,789,271
27 November 2003
28 November 2003
29 November 2003
30 November 2003
10 December 2003 19,928 / 19,928 $2,757,746
11 December 2003
12 December 2003
13 December 2003
14 December 2003
Leg 5[20]
30 December 2003 20,579 / 20,579 $2,835,743
31 December 2003
1 January 2004
2 January 2004
3 January 2004
7 January 2004 18,520 / 18,520 $2,591,199
8 January 2004
9 January 2004
10 January 2004
11 January 2004
14 January 2004 19,829 / 19,829 $2,745,795
15 January 2004
16 January 2004
17 January 2004
18 January 2004
21 January 2004 20,444 / 20,444 $2,824,797
22 January 2004
23 January 2004
24 January 2004
25 January 2004
28 January 2004 7,988 / 7,988 $1,098,000
29 January 2004
6 February 2004 12,344 / 12,344 $1,703,724
7 February 2004
8 February 2004
Leg 6[21]
3 March 2004 20,546 / 20,546 $2,837,325
4 March 2004
5 March 2004
6 March 2004
7 March 2004
10 March 2004 20,518 / 20,518 $2,842,461
11 March 2004
12 March 2004
13 March 2004
14 March 2004
17 March 2004 20,459 / 20,459 $2,817,354
18 March 2004
19 March 2004
20 March 2004
21 March 2004
Leg 7[22]
14 April 2004 20,556 / 20,556 $2,836,146
15 April 2004
16 April 2004
17 April 2004
18 April 2004
21 April 2004 20,532 / 20,532 $2,832,118
22 April 2004
23 April 2004
24 April 2004
25 April 2004
28 April 2004 20,451 / 20,451 $2,811,213
29 April 2004
30 April 2004
1 May 2004
2 May 2004
5 May 2004 19,474 / 19,474 $2,662,550
6 May 2004
7 May 2004
8 May 2004
9 May 2004
26 May 2004 19,151 / 19,151 $2,617,132
27 May 2004
28 May 2004
29 May 2004
30 May 2004
Leg 8[23]
16 June 2004 20,151 / 20,151 $2,750,465
17 June 2004
18 June 2004
19 June 2004
20 June 2004
23 June 2004 19,629 / 19,629 $2,653,447
24 June 2004
25 June 2004
26 June 2004
27 June 2004
30 June 2004 19,358 / 20,500 $2,578,615
1 July 2004
2 July 2004
3 July 2004
4 July 2004
7 July 2004 16,439 / 17,656 $2,189,180
8 July 2004
9 July 2004
10 July 2004
11 July 2004
14 July 2004 19,465 / 19,490 $2,603,548
15 July 2004
16 July 2004
17 July 2004
18 July 2004
Leg 9[24]
25 August 2004 18,142 / 19,692 $2,444,384
26 August 2004
27 August 2004
28 August 2004
29 August 2004
1 September 2004 15,039 / 17,345 $2,038,719
2 September 2004
3 September 2004
4 September 2004
5 September 2004
8 September 2004 17,633 / 18,338 $2,357,056
9 September 2004
10 September 2004
11 September 2004
12 September 2004
23 September 2004 15,900 / 16,231 $2,165,933
24 September 2004
25 September 2004
26 September 2004
29 September 2004 19,911 / 19,911 $2,707,556
30 September 2004
1 October 2004
2 October 2004
3 October 2004
6 October 2004 20,450 / 20,450 $2,820,699
7 October 2004
8 October 2004
9 October 2004
10 October 2004
Leg 10[25]
3 November 2004 19,624 / 19,624 $2,670,980
4 November 2004
5 November 2004
6 November 2004
7 November 2004
10 November 2004 20,231 / 20,231 $2,746,076
11 November 2004
12 November 2004
13 November 2004
14 November 2004
24 November 2004 18,714 / 20,168 $2,486,192
25 November 2004
26 November 2004
27 November 2004
28 November 2004
1 December 2004 15,947 / 19,614 $2,155,285
2 December 2004
3 December 2004
4 December 2004
5 December 2004
8 December 2004 15,100 / 18,420 $2,034,309
9 December 2004
10 December 2004
11 December 2004
12 December 2004
Leg 11[26]
28 December 2004 20,532 / 20,532 $2,831,105
29 December 2004
30 December 2004
31 December 2004
1 January 2005
6 January 2005 12,955 / 15,204 $1,822,693
7 January 2005
8 January 2005
9 January 2005
12 January 2005 18,703 / 19,837 $2,523,843
13 January 2005
14 January 2005
15 January 2005
16 January 2005
20 January 2005 15,138 / 16,436 $2,037,815
21 January 2005
22 January 2005
23 January 2005
26 January 2005 19,065 / 20,740 $2,590,080
27 January 2005
28 January 2005
29 January 2005
30 January 2005
3 February 2005 15,454 / 16,592 $2,094,436
4 February 2005
5 February 2005
6 February 2005
Leg 12[27]
3 March 2005 16,367 / 16,367 $2,246,511
4 March 2005
5 March 2005
6 March 2005
9 March 2005 19,215 / 19,215 $2,645,147
10 March 2005
11 March 2005
12 March 2005
13 March 2005
16 March 2005 19,851 / 19,851 $2,745,778
17 March 2005
18 March 2005
19 March 2005
20 March 2005
23 March 2005 20,491 / 20,491 $2,827,489
24 March 2005
25 March 2005
26 March 2005
27 March 2005
Leg 13[28]
15 April 2005 12,191 / 12,191 $1,679,252
16 April 2005
17 April 2005
20 April 2005 19,688 / 19,688 $2,698,333
21 April 2005
22 April 2005
23 April 2005
24 April 2005
28 April 2005 16,339 / 16,339 $2,208,206
29 April 2005
30 April 2005
1 May 2005
4 May 2005 19,777 / 19,777 $2,716,392
5 May 2005
6 May 2005
7 May 2005
8 May 2005
Leg 14[29]
18 May 2005 20,381 / 20,381 $2,801,332
19 May 2005
20 May 2005
21 May 2005
22 May 2005
26 May 2005 16,096 / 16,096 $2,190,018
27 May 2005
28 May 2005
29 May 2005
1 June 2005 18,445 / 19,422 $2,528,743
2 June 2005
3 June 2005
4 June 2005
5 June 2005
Leg 15[30]
15 June 2005 18,832 / 20,692 $2,542,461
16 June 2005
17 June 2005
18 June 2005
19 June 2005
22 June 2005 18,312 / 19,828 $2,474,845
23 June 2005
24 June 2005
25 June 2005
26 June 2005
30 June 2005 14,956 / 15,640 $2,017,322
1 July 2005
2 July 2005
3 July 2005
6 July 2005 17,156 / 18,929 $2,285,145
7 July 2005
8 July 2005
9 July 2005
10 July 2005
14 July 2005 15,470 / 15,825 $2,071,341
15 July 2005
16 July 2005
17 July 2005
20 July 2005 20,156 / 20,479 $2,710,412
21 July 2005
22 July 2005
23 July 2005
24 July 2005
Leg 16[31]
24 August 2005 18,846 / 20,334 $2,523,781
25 August 2005
26 August 2005
27 August 2005
28 August 2005
1 September 2005 14,488 / 16,592 $1,961,143
2 September 2005
3 September 2005
4 September 2005
7 September 2005 17,692 / 20,678 $2,366,862
8 September 2005
9 September 2005
10 September 2005
11 September 2005
16 September 2005 12,279 / 12,279 $1,679,847
17 September 2005
18 September 2005
21 September 2005 19,569 / 20,599 $2,631,211
22 September 2005
23 September 2005
24 September 2005
25 September 2005
28 September 2005 19,939 / 20,200 $2,690,500
29 September 2005
30 September 2005
1 October 2005
2 October 2005
Leg 17[32]
26 October 2005 19,366 / 20,182 $2,649,396
27 October 2005
28 October 2005
29 October 2005
30 October 2005
2 November 2005 19,184 / 20,740 $2,624,766
3 November 2005
4 November 2005
5 November 2005
6 November 2005
9 November 2005 20,353 / 20,353 $2,791,907
10 November 2005
11 November 2005
12 November 2005
13 November 2005
Leg 18[33]
23 November 2005 19,791 / 20,492 $2,673,651
24 November 2005
25 November 2005
26 November 2005
27 November 2005
30 November 2005 15,271 / 16,438 $2,049,691
1 December 2005
2 December 2005
3 December 2005
4 December 2005
Leg 19[34]
28 December 2005 20,520 / 20,520 $2,826,144
29 December 2005
30 December 2005
31 December 2005
1 January 2006
5 January 2006 15,509 / 16,592 $2,194,085
6 January 2006
7 January 2006
8 January 2006
11 January 2006 19,027 / 20,740 $1,996,584
12 January 2006
13 January 2006
14 January 2006
15 January 2006
19 January 2006 15,115 / 16,592 $2,036,653
20 January 2006
21 January 2006
22 January 2006
25 January 2006 19,774 / 20,740 $2,685,555
26 January 2006
27 January 2006
28 January 2006
29 January 2006
Leg 20[35]
23 February 2006 16,329 / 16,329 $2,247,948
24 February 2006
25 February 2006
26 February 2006
1 March 2006 18,736 / 20,740 $2,551,751
2 March 2006
3 March 2006
4 March 2006
5 March 2006
8 March 2006 18,723 / 20,740 $2,573,899
9 March 2006
10 March 2006
11 March 2006
12 March 2006
16 March 2006 15,138 / 16,592 $2,084,267
17 March 2006
18 March 2006
19 March 2006
22 March 2006 19,812 / 20,740 $2,713,642
23 March 2006
24 March 2006
25 March 2006
26 March 2006
Leg 21[36]
12 April 2006 12,279 / 12,279 $1,685,279
13 April 2006
14 April 2006
20 April 2006
21 April 2006
22 April 2006
23 April 2006
26 April 2006 18,830 / 20,740 $2,574,296
27 April 2006
28 April 2006
29 April 2006
30 April 2006
3 May 2006 19,281 / 20,740 $2,915,056
4 May 2006
5 May 2006
6 May 2006
7 May 2006
17 May 2006 19,760 / 20,580 $2,701,584
18 May 2006
19 May 2006
20 May 2006
21 May 2006
25 May 2006 15,559 / 16,592 $2,100,954
26 May 2006
27 May 2006
28 May 2006
31 May 2006 18,803 / 20,740 $2,588,717
1 June 2006
2 June 2006
3 June 2006
4 June 2006
7 June 2006 18,573 / 20,740 $2,520,208
8 June 2006
9 June 2006
10 June 2006
11 June 2006
22 June 2006 15,846 / 16,592 $2,144,766
23 June 2006
24 June 2006
25 June 2006
28 June 2006 18,737 / 20,740 $2,540,328
29 June 2006
30 June 2006
1 July 2006
2 July 2006
5 July 2006 19,011 / 20,740 $2,563,488
6 July 2006
7 July 2006
8 July 2006
9 July 2006
Leg 22[37]
10 August 2006 16,202 / 16,592 $2,153,029
11 August 2006
12 August 2006
13 August 2006
16 August 2006 19,001 / 20,740 $2,542,741
17 August 2006
18 August 2006
19 August 2006
20 August 2006
23 August 2006 18,865 / 20,740 $2,532,336
24 August 2006
25 August 2006
26 August 2006
27 August 2006
31 August 2006 15,152 / 16,592 $2,000,533
1 September 2006
2 September 2006
3 September 2006
6 September 2006 19,016 / 20,740 $2,541,386
7 September 2006
8 September 2006
9 September 2006
10 September 2006
20 September 2006 20,156 / 20,740 $2,706,550
21 September 2006
22 September 2006
23 September 2006
24 September 2006
28 September 2006 16,339 / 16,532 $2,208,297
29 September 2006
30 September 2006
1 October 2006
4 October 2006 20,499 / 20,740 $2,810,242
5 October 2006
6 October 2006
7 October 2006
8 October 2006
Leg 23[38]
26 October 2006 16,320 / 16,320 $2,221,851
27 October 2006
28 October 2006
29 October 2006
1 November 2006 19,264 / 20,740 $2,696,628
2 November 2006
3 November 2006
4 November 2006
5 November 2006
8 November 2006 20,409 / 20,740 $2,797,451
9 November 2006
10 November 2006
11 November 2006
12 November 2006
22 November 2006 20,234 / 20,740 $2,758,242
23 November 2006
24 November 2006
25 November 2006
26 November 2006
Leg 24[39]
28 December 2006 16,404 / 16,592 $2,261,870
29 December 2006
30 December 2006
31 December 2006
3 January 2007 19,596 / 20,740 $2,744,598
4 January 2007
5 January 2007
6 January 2007
7 January 2007
11 January 2007 16,151 / 16,592 $2,265,230
12 January 2007
13 January 2007
14 January 2007
17 January 2007 19,543 / 20,740 $2,629,046
18 January 2007
19 January 2007
20 January 2007
21 January 2007
24 January 2007 18,721 / 20,740 $2,547,908
25 January 2007
26 January 2007
27 January 2007
28 January 2007
Leg 25[40]
28 February 2007 20,733 / 20,733 $2,844,928
1 March 2007
2 March 2007
3 March 2007
4 March 2007
8 March 2007 16,273 / 16,592 $2,217,115
9 March 2007
10 March 2007
11 March 2007
17 March 2007 8,296 / 8,296 $1,146,537
18 March 2007
Leg 26[41]
12 April 2007 16,359 / 16,359 $2,251,246
13 April 2007
14 April 2007
15 April 2007
18 April 2007 20,690 / 20,690 $2,856,473
19 April 2007
20 April 2007
21 April 2007
22 April 2007
26 April 2007 16,592 / 16,592 $2,293,960
27 April 2007
28 April 2007
29 April 2007
2 May 2007 20,631 / 20,631 $2,850,497
3 May 2007
4 May 2007
5 May 2007
6 May 2007
16 May 2007 20,713 / 20,713 $2,861,782
17 May 2007
18 May 2007
19 May 2007
20 May 2007
24 May 2007 16,592 / 16,592 $2,293,021
25 May 2007
26 May 2007
27 May 2007
30 May 2007 20,330 / 20,740 $2,787,637
31 May 2007
1 June 2007
2 June 2007
3 June 2007
13 June 2007 20,647 / 20,740 $2,852,913
14 June 2007
15 June 2007
16 June 2007
17 June 2007
21 June 2007 16,592 / 16,592 $2,294,297
22 June 2007
23 June 2007
24 June 2007
27 June 2007 20,740 / 20,740 $2,866,956
28 June 2007
29 June 2007
30 June 2007
1 July 2007
Leg 27[42]
16 August 2007 16,592 / 16,592 $2,294,524
17 August 2007
18 August 2007
19 August 2007
22 August 2007 20,711 / 20,711 $2,863,760
23 August 2007
24 August 2007
25 August 2007
26 August 2007
29 August 2007
30 August 2007
31 August 2007
1 September 2007
2 September 2007
5 September 2007 20,740 / 20,740 $2,867,617
6 September 2007
7 September 2007
8 September 2007
9 September 2007
20 September 2007
21 September 2007
22 September 2007
23 September 2007
26 September 2007 20,740 / 20,740 $2,867,979
27 September 2007
28 September 2007
29 September 2007
30 September 2007
4 October 2007
5 October 2007
6 October 2007
7 October 2007
10 October 2007 20,740 / 20,740 $2,876,278
11 October 2007
12 October 2007
13 October 2007
14 October 2007
Leg 28[43]
29 November 2007 16,592 / 16,592 $2,760,848
30 November 2007
1 December 2007
2 December 2007
5 December 2007 20,740 / 20,740 $3,457,546
6 December 2007
7 December 2007
8 December 2007
9 December 2007
12 December 2007 16,564 / 16,564 $2,755,100
13 December 2007
14 December 2007
15 December 2007

Boxscore

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  • Pollstar's "Top 100 Tours 2003": #2[44]
  • Total Gross: US$80.5 million
  • Total Attendance: 593,120
  • No. of shows: 146


  • Pollstar's "Top 100 Tours 2004": #2[45]
  • Total Gross: US$80.4 million
  • Total Attendance: 589,494
  • No. of shows: 146


  • Pollstar's "Top 100 Tours 2005": #3[46]
  • Total Gross: US$81.3 million
  • Total Attendance: 597,632
  • No. of shows: 155


  • Pollstar's "Top 100 Tours 2006": #6[47]
  • Total Gross: US$78.1 million
  • Total Attendance: 577,095
  • No. of shows: 147


  • Pollstar's "Top 100 Tours 2007": #4[48]
  • Total Gross: US$65.3 million
  • Total Attendance: 462,616
  • No. of shows: 126

Total

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  • Total Gross: US$385.6 million
  • Total Attendance: 2,819,957
  • No. of shows: 720

Personnel

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  • Director: Franco Dragone
  • Associate Director: Pavel Brun
  • Musical Director: Claude (Mego) Lemay
  • Artistic Director: Brian Burke[49][50][51]
  • Set Designer and Image Creator: Michel Crête
  • Lighting Designer: Yves (Lapin) Aucoin
  • Sound Designer: Denis Savage
  • Projection Content Designer: Dirk Decloedt
  • Costume Design: Annie Horth, Dominique Lemieux, Seble Maaza, Richard Ruiz
  • Choreographer: Mia Michaels
  • White Character: Elijah Brown
  • Dance Captains: Deon Ridley, Tina Cannon, Lavert Benefield, Andrea Ziegler

Band

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Awards

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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
2007 Nevada Commission on Tourism Entertainer of the New Millennium

References

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  43. ^ Leg 28 box score:
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