A concert tour (or simply tour ) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often, concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific tour with a particular album or product. Especially in the popular music world, such tours can become large-scale enterprises that last for several months or even years, are seen by hundreds of thousands or millions of people, and bring in millions of dollars in ticket revenues. A performer who embarks on a concert tour is called a touring artist .
53-442: The Taking Chances World Tour was the ninth concert tour by French Canadian singer Celine Dion , in-support of her thirteenth French -language and 22nd studio album, D'elles (2007), as well as her tenth English -language and 23rd studio album, Taking Chances (2007). The tour marked Dion’s return to performing on a global scale, after five successful years with her groundbreaking Las Vegas residency , A New Day... . It
106-463: A road manager whereas large concert tours are managed by a tour manager . The main challenge in concert tours is how to move the performance's logistics from one venue to another venue, especially for a transcontinental tour. Tour logistics should be very organized and everything has to happen on time and in the right order as planned. Autoweek magazine estimated 30 to 50 trucks were required by Taylor Swift 's The 1989 World Tour to bring all
159-506: A free show for 250,000 people—the single largest audience of her entire career—as part of the 400th anniversary of Quebec City ; the concert was held at the legendary Plains of Abraham site. The show, exclusively performed in French, featured many special guests, including: Garou , Dan Bigras , Ginette Reno and Jean-Pierre Ferland . The show aired live on Bell Satellite TV and was seen by over 200,000 at-home viewers. On 22 August 2008,
212-690: A full, six-month-long North American tour, including three stops in Mexico and a sold-out show in San Juan, Puerto Rico . Pollstar announced the tour’s total gross to be US$ 279.2 million, making it 2008-2009’s fourth highest-grossing tour by a solo artist, and one of the highest-grossing tours of the 2000s . The show, directed by Jamie King (famously known for his work with Madonna ), combined Dion's performances with color, fashion and dance. Dion performed some of her biggest hits, along with songs from her latest English album Taking Chances . The two-hour show
265-438: A half months, Dion rehearsed again to perfect the show for the "in the round" setup. Because of Dion's bilingual career and the restrictions of certain arenas and stadiums on the tour, King had to direct and choreograph three separate shows. One show featured a set-list mostly of English-language songs, and was performed in-the-round using the full system of mobile screens, elevators, and conveyor belts. The second show also featured
318-711: A lighting system that engulfed the stage in brilliant blue and red on three sides. Before the European leg, the central- and end-stage shows were finalized and then reconfigured, again, changing lights and cues, in order for the three separate shows to fit in these two stages. Dion premiered new costumes when the European tour began. Dion and her band rehearsed about 60 tracks, both in English and French. Among those, about 27 songs were selected and ultimately performed live, according to each visited market. " Pour que tu m'aimes encore ", one of her biggest French songs, internationally,
371-402: A multi-faceted performer, but it definitely confirmed that Dion is a singer of unparalleled ability. Performing in a stadium that ordinarily holds rugby fans and flanked by two huge screens, Dion used her astonishing voice to captivate the near-capacity crowd." Coetzer praised the dancing and visuals, but believed the choice in covering soul songs and songs from Queen made the show awkward until
424-546: A negative review of Dion's performance in the London concert, by awarding the show 2 stars out of 5 and claiming, "Many singers perform in their second language and manage to sound convincing. Despite selling a reported 200 million albums – including 27 million copies of that Titanic soundtrack – Céline Dion is not one of them." Randy Lewis's article in the Los Angeles Times was more enthusiastic, opening with, "It's
477-840: A new form of theatrical entertainment, a fusion of song, performance art, innovative stage craft, and state-of-the-art technology. She managed to popularize the Las Vegas residency as a desirable way for top artists to essentially tour in place, letting their fans come to them. American singer Lady Gaga , who cancelled the 2018 European leg of her Joanne World Tour , signed for a Las Vegas residency to help manage her fibromyalgia illness, which can be exacerbated by touring. The 2015 study by charity Help Musicians found that over 60% of musicians suffered from depression or other psychological issues, with touring an issue for 71% of respondents. Pour que tu m%27aimes encore " Pour que tu m'aimes encore " (meaning "so that you'll love me again")
530-422: A no-brainer why Celine Dion's Taking Chances tour is shaping up as one of the highest-grossing North American concert attractions of 2008... hundreds of thousands of fans are filling arena after arena to hear Dion deliver emotional climax after emotional climax, goosebump-inducing vocal thrill after thrill, sweeping chorus after chorus filled with spirit-lifting affirmations and enough technical razzle-dazzle to dwarf
583-451: A promotional campaign to support an album release. Hence, new songs from the respective album are included on its tour's setlist . Some tours are known as "greatest hits tours" or "reunion tour" without any new material or specific album release, such as Fleetwood Mac 's 2009 Unleashed tour and No Doubt 's 2009 Summer Tour . Taylor Swift 's The Eras Tour (2023–2024) is a retrospective of her career to that point, where each act of
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#1732787080918636-593: A residency in Vegas), Dion has clearly been abducted by aliens and replaced by CelineBarbie, a dancing sex goddess who makes raunchy smiles at the camera, dances with musclemen, performs rockers penned by Pink's songwriter Linda Perry and, bizarrely, turns Roy Orbison songs into gay disco." An article in Sun Media gave the Toronto concert 3.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "Is Celine Dion really taking chances anymore? Well,
689-428: A selection of videos for her show. The introduction video showed her driving a car at high-speed, set to a remix of " I Drove All Night " as the beginning of her concert. There have been 2 versions of the introduction video: The first version showed footage of Dion's career, and was seen in all South Africa, Asia, Australia, and some European dates before the second version, which was footage from cities Dion visited during
742-509: A solid beat just because it's in French. Whatever the language, Dion always lets her heart speak". A reviewer from Music Week rated the song three out of five, adding, "You need the words for this slushy stuff so Dion's return to her native tongue will temper the chances of this song in the UK, beautifully sung though it is". In France, the song received the Victoire de la Musique for Song of
795-524: A whole other thesis." The following set list was performed in Johannesburg, South Africa on 14 February 2008, and is not intended to represent the majority of performances throughout the tour. Concert tour Different segments of longer concert tours are known as "legs". The different legs of a tour are denoted in different ways, dependent on the artist and type of tour, but the most common means of separating legs are dates (especially if there
848-485: Is Taylor Swift 's Eras Tour , with $ 2.089 billion earned from 125 shows. In 2024, Coldplay 's Music of the Spheres World Tour became the second tour to gross $ 1 billion in revenue. In third place is Elton John 's Farewell Yellow Brick Road , with a total gross of $ 939 million from 2018–2023. On fourth place is Ed Sheeran 's ÷ Tour , with a gross of $ 776.2 million. On fifth place
901-400: Is U2 's 360° Tour , with $ 736.4 million. Global touring revenue reported to Billboard Boxscore exceeded $ 5.5 billion in 2016. Due to the collapse of record sales in the 21st century, concert tours have become a major source of income for recording artists. Besides the tickets, touring also generates money from the sales of merchandise and meet-and-greet packages. However,
954-414: Is a long break at some point), countries and/or continents, or different opening acts. In the largest concert tours, it has become more common for different legs to employ separate touring production crews and equipment, local to each geographical region. Concert tours are often administered on the local level by concert promoters or by performing arts presenters . Usually, small concert tours are managed by
1007-439: Is a peculiar thing, it doesn't suit me particularly well. I'm a real homebody and I get so much joy in the small things." A concert residency concept is offered as an alternative to performers who just need to stay in one venue and the fans come to see them. The concept has been revitalized in the 21st century by Canadian superstar Céline Dion with the success of her A New Day... residency (2003–2007). Her residency introduced
1060-520: Is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion , from her thirteenth studio album, D'eux (1995). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman , and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi . "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" was released as the album's lead single on 13 March 1995. It received positive reviews from music critics and won the awards for Song of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique and Most Popular Song of
1113-514: The Boston Globe wrote positively, "There was never a dearth of stimulation, be it her own costume changes, the intricate lighting, the video imagery, or her cadre of dancers, deployed judiciously. It's a testament to her skill however, that even when the songs weren't strong, Dion was." CTV News acclaimed Dion's performance in Montreal, "Dion's stock moves were also on ready display –
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#17327870809181166-770: The Guinness World Records , the song has sold 2.1 million copies in France and another 2.1 million units in Canada as of May 2017. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" also became her first French-language song to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom, reaching number seven. It was also certified silver in the UK. Elsewhere, it peaked at number two in Belgian Flanders and Iceland, three in Sweden and
1219-517: The Plains of Abraham to help celebrate Quebec City 's 400th Birthday. Tickets were distributed to around 250,000 people. Dion announced she would be playing at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on 7 February 2008. Tickets sold out in a record 15 minutes, with more than 125 people queuing up the night before to wait for tickets. Her performance at the Kansas City, Missouri Sprint Center became
1272-491: The "unique opportunity to follow Celine everywhere, on stage, backstage, enjoying free time with her family; this movie will show it all." It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 11 May 2010. Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert was released on 11 May 2010. It contains a DVD and a live CD of the English and French setlists (each released separately). The English set list was recorded in Boston (on 12 and 13 August 2008), while
1325-595: The Bell Centre. Dion had the crowd in the palm of her hand to the point that when she swaggered over to a corner of the stage during various songs, the crowd in that section rose as one as though on command and reached out." Much of the critical division came towards Dion's new image as someone who came back from a Vegas showcase. Dave Simpson of The Guardian gave the Manchester concert 3 stars out of 5 and stated, "in her nine-year break from touring (apart from
1378-948: The City of Lévis aired Dion's honorary Quebec City 's 400th birthday concert on both the web and television. Dion performed in front of 250,000 people. Additionally on 31 August 2008, a special performance of " My Love ", aired on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon . It became later the official video for the single "My Love." Official tour photo book, called Celine autour du monde was released on 24 September 2009 in Québec and France and It includes 368 pages with 485 photos by Gérard Schachmes. There are images from concerts and backstage, photos of Dion, her family, tour team, dancers, singers, musicians and technicians, Dion intimate moments with her husband, René Angélil, and their son, Rene-Charles. There are all kind of photographs from walking on
1431-476: The French one in Montreal (on 31 August and 1 September 2008). There is also a deluxe edition including both DVDs and a 52-page booklet and fold-out souvenir postcards. Dion set a record in the history of Canadian concerts, when she sold out all her Montreal shows in only a few minutes. After further shows being added, bringing the total to 11, Montreal's audience (with 20,995 in attendance at each show) became
1484-901: The Méga Studio in Paris , France. Most songs were written by Jean-Jacques Goldman , while the production was handled by Goldman and Erick Benzi . "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" was chosen as the first single and comercially released on 13 March 1995 in France, and two weeks later in Belgium. On 28 August 1995, it was released in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Switzerland and the Netherlands, in November 1995 in Sweden and in October 1996 in Japan. The English-language version, "If That's What it Takes"
1537-1028: The Netherlands, four on the European Hot 100 Singles , six in Ireland, seven in Scotland, 15 in Hungary, 17 in Switzerland, 30 in Austria, 31 in Lithuania and 39 in Germany. The music video was directed by Michel Meyer and released in March 1995. It was nominated for Video of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique and the Félix Awards . In 2005, it was included on Dion's greatest hits DVD collection, On ne change pas . On 27 March 2020,
1590-683: The River Thames, in a park with lions, a safari in Africa, to travel in private aircraft, including the arrival of trucks in the early morning in New York City and the spectacular assembling the scene. The book was released in Canada on 14 October 2009. The U.S. and Japanese editions are also planned. The tour was chronicled in the documentary, Celine: Through the Eyes of the World , which gave
1643-469: The Super Bowl halftime show. And that was just her opening number." The article was expanded, claiming "her vocal workouts are all about perfection — and without a hint Auto-Tuning in sight — she succeeds at letting her human side come through in the spaces between songs. That gave some tangible ballast to the often overblown arrangements that typify her middle-of-the-road pop songs. The album from which
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1696-838: The Year and won the Radio France Internationale Award for Francophone Council Song. In Quebec, it received the Félix Award for Most Popular Song of the Year. The music video was also nominated for Video of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique and the Félix Awards. In May 2017, the Guinness World Records awarded "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" as Best-selling Single in Canada with 2.1 million units and Best-selling Single in France with another 2.1 million copies sold. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" became Dion's biggest French-language hit. It entered
1749-484: The Year at the Félix Awards . "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" became Dion's biggest French-language hit and her signature song. It topped the charts in France, Belgium Wallonia and Quebec, and became her first French-language song to enter the top 10 in the United Kingdom. According to the Guinness World Records , "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" has sold 2.1 million copies in France and another 2.1 million units in Canada. Dion recorded D'eux in November and December 1994 in
1802-478: The center stage arrangement, but included ten of her best-known French language songs for performances in Francophone countries. A third, less-complex show was then designed for venues where the center stage would not fit physically, or where it would be impractical to transport the stage. An end-stage setup was used in these cases (as they were mainly indoor arenas), featuring a massive central video screen, and
1855-482: The chart in France in March 1995 and spent 12 weeks at number one. The single was certified Platinum in August 1995. It also topped the sales and airplay year-end charts of 1995 in France. In Belgium Wallonia, "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" spent 15 weeks at number one, topped the 1995 year-end chart, and was certified Platinum. In Quebec, it entered the chart on 25 March 1995 and topped it for four weeks. According to
1908-461: The closing in which "My Heart Will Go On" was performed. Jon Caramanica of the New York Times wrote that Dion "showed off a few new tricks without violating her core tenets of scale and pomp." On the other hand, he described some of the other songs, such as "My Love" as "a technical exercise, a singer practicing her vocal workout in front of thousands of people." The Independent gave
1961-408: The concert represents one of her albums . In another case, artists embark on a concert tour to celebrate the anniversary of their past albums, such as U2 's 2017 tour to mark the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree (1987) and Janet Jackson 's 2019 tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). A farewell tour is a concert tour intended to signal
2014-436: The fist jabs in the air, the sweep of the arms which makes her look as though she's going to take flight, and the cantering across the stage. However, the trademark chest-thumping move dubbed 'the defibrillator' by comedians and critics wasn't as prominent. The 'Taking Chances World Tour' marks Dion's return to the road after a five-year gig in Las Vegas and Celineophiles were tingling with excitement as they lined up to get into
2067-554: The highest-grossing concert in the arena's history, with a gross of $ 1,661,827. That record has since been broken by Elton John and Billy Joel . Dion's concert at the Miami, Florida American Airlines Arena set an attendance record, selling 17,725 tickets. Britney Spears broke that record two months later, performing for 18,644 people. However, although singing for a smaller audience, Dion grossed $ 2,247,233; Spears managed to gross $ 1,972,928. According to her official website, Dion became
2120-673: The largest on the tour with 227,616 spectators for a single city. Dion performed in Bell Centre 31 times since 1996. Other Canadian concerts were sold out immediately, prompting second dates to be added in Edmonton , Vancouver and Winnipeg , and a third show added in Toronto . In the United States, second dates were announced in New York City, Uniondale , Boston , and Newark . In Ireland 64,000 tickets for her Dublin concert,
2173-569: The largest single concert of the scheduled tour, were sold out in 3 hours. Dion also sold out stadium audiences in South Africa, Netherlands (50,000) and Denmark (42,000). A second concert date was added for Sydney , Australia after tickets were selling fast in the country. For a 22 August 2008 free concert (not a part of the Taking Chances Tour), Dion sang in front of her biggest crowd, up until that point, when she performed on
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2226-788: The last two were dropped starting with 27 October Winnipeg show). She also performed Kiki Dee 's " I've Got the Music in Me "; this song was removed after the show in South Korea. When the tour ultimately reached Dion’s home province of Québec , Canada, she performed eight sold-out shows in Montréal and two in Québec City ; furthermore, although not an official date on the Taking Chances Tour , on 22 August 2008, Dion performed
2279-541: The name of her current world tour would say that she is, but the 40-year-old mega-selling pop star is basically Vegas personified." On the other hand, The Vancouver Sun after praising the show's set-up, stated, "The idea here is presumably to humanize the diva, as it were, and, fittingly, during the show Dion makes use of two protruding catwalks to "mingle" with the audience. It's worth questioning how humanizing an influence doting devotees who can justify spending $ 520 for two hours of light entertainment really are, but that's
2332-406: The retirement of a singer, the disbanding of a band, or the end of a show's run. Many of the tours end up not being the last tour, with frequent regroupings, or revivals of shows. Luciano Pavarotti 's 2004 tour and Kenny Rogers 's 2015–2017 tour are examples of farewell tours which were the last to be staged before their deaths. As of October 2024, the highest-grossing concert tour of all time
2385-456: The stage, sound equipment, instruments, props, and clothes. When Beyoncé visited the United Kingdom with her 2016 The Formation World Tour , it took seven Boeing 747 air freighters and a fleet of more than 70 trucks to get her stage set and other gear to the venues. The logistics phase of that tour did not include transportation of the backstage staff, musicians, performers, and the singer herself. The majority of concert tours are part of
2438-576: The top-selling performer for three venues: Montreal’s Bell Centre, Kansas City's Sprint Center, and the New Orleans Arena . The latter concert grossed $ 1,829,331. Dion's performances at the Bell Centre (in 2008) ranked second in Billboard ' s Top 25 Boxscores. The concerts received mixed reviews in the press. Diane Coetzer of Billboard claimed Dion's first performance in South Africa "may not have ultimately succeeded in presenting her as
2491-447: The tour draws its name does indeed take a few chances —stylistically, placing her in harder-hitting rock settings than she, or her fans, have been used to. And she included a healthy dose of the new songs, pumped up by her razor-sharp band and three singers, who were joined by eight dancers on several of the night's biggest numbers." Like in the previously mentioned Billboard article, the soul covers were not appreciated. Sarah Rodman of
2544-474: The tour. As the tour went on, the intro video shaped up and more cities ended up being added. Another video showed the singer dressed in varying fashions over the years, with the " My Heart Will Go On " remix in the background. Jamie King joined the tour on 2 May 2008 in Manchester , England. Before that date, the show was not on a central stage (except in Japan and Osaka) for logistics reasons. After two and
2597-499: The touring business suffered in the early 2020s because of the COVID-19 pandemic . Pollstar estimated the total lost revenue for the industry in 2020 at more than $ 30 billion. The mobility of concert tours requires a lot of costs, time, and energy. It is very common for musicians to not see family members for over a year during their touring. British singer Adele expressed her unhappiness of concert tours, saying "Touring
2650-808: Was also her first concert tour in nine years, following her Let's Talk About Love World Tour (1998/99). Taking Chances was, indeed, an ambitious tour; kicking-off with nine shows across five cities in South Africa , the tour saw Dion performing for fans in Dubai , Tokyo , Osaka , Macau , Seoul , Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur before visiting five cities in Australia —with further planned shows in Beijing , New Zealand , Qatar and Turkey being canceled for various unforeseen reasons. The tour then visited cities across Europe for 2½ months before embarking on
2703-593: Was divided into four segments: soul, rock, Middle-Eastern and “fashion-victim”. Dion was supported by eight dancers, four male and four female. Rehearsals took place in December 2007 in Primm, Nevada and Las Vegas , at the MGM Grand . The technical production included 20 LED screens—among them, one that orbited above the stage—plus catwalks for audience interaction, conveyor belts, elevators and ramps. Dion pre-recorded
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#17327870809182756-477: Was included on Falling into You in 1996. Dion often performed "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" during her concerts. It was also included on her greatest hits albums, On ne change pas in 2005 and My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection in 2008. Writing for Dotmusic , James Masterton viewed the song as a "gorgeous ballad". Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "It would be indecent to refuse this Jean-Jaques Goldman -written romantic ballad with
2809-511: Was performed throughout the whole tour; the song set records in the 1990s as the best-selling French-language single of all time, and one of the only French songs in music history to achieve chart success in many non-Francophone countries. The singer also performed several favorite cover songs, including: James Brown 's " I Got the Feelin' " and " It's a Man's Man's Man's World ", and Queen 's " We Will Rock You " and " The Show Must Go On " (although
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