Falling into You: Around the World

1996–1997 concert tour by Celine Dion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Falling into You: Around the World was the eighth concert tour by Canadian singer Celine Dion, launched to support her fourth English‑language studio album, Falling into You (1996).[1] Spanning North America, Europe, and Asia, the tour became the most extensive of Dion's career, comprising 145 performances and attracting large audiences across multiple continents. Designed to present material from Falling into You—an album that would go on to sell more than 32 million copies worldwide—the tour also incorporated selections from Dion's earlier repertoire.[2]

Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Oceania
Associated albumFalling into You
Start date18 March 1996 (1996-03-18)
End date26 June 1997 (1997-06-26)
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Falling into You: Around the World
World tour by Celine Dion
Official promotional handbill for the tour
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Oceania
Associated albumFalling into You
Start date18 March 1996 (1996-03-18)
End date26 June 1997 (1997-06-26)
No. of shows145
Celine Dion concert chronology
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Background

In February 1996, Dion announced a global concert tour in support of her album Falling into You, with performances initially planned across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. The tour ultimately expanded into an international concert venture lasting more than a year, comprising 145 shows in 17 countries—making it the most extensive concert tour of her career in terms of total performances.

The tour began on 18 March 1996 in Perth, Australia, and concluded on 28 June 1997 in Nice, France. During the final European leg in June 1997, Dion performed for some of the largest audiences she had attracted up to that point, with attendance figures ranging from 35,000 to 70,000 people.[3] Total worldwide attendance for the tour is estimated at approximately 1.7 million.

Opening acts

Set list

The following set list is taken from the 1996 US leg of the tour and does not represent all concerts.[4][5]

  1. "Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down"
  2. "The Power of Love"
  3. "Falling into You"
  4. "Make You Happy"
  5. "River Deep, Mountain High"
  6. "Seduces Me"
  7. "All by Myself"
  8. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
  9. "J'irai où tu iras"
  10. "If You Asked Me To"
  11. "Beauty and the Beast"
  12. "When I Fall in Love"
  13. "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"
  14. "Misled"
  15. "Declaration of Love"
  16. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
  17. "To Love You More"
  18. "Le ballet"
  19. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  20. "Fly"
  21. "Call the Man"
  22. "The Power of the Dream"
  23. "Twist and Shout"
  24. "Because You Loved Me"

Notes

Tour dates

More information Date (1996), City ...
List of 1996 concerts[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Date (1996) City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Revenue
18 March Perth Australia Perth Entertainment Centre Human Nature N/a N/a
21 March Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
22 March Melbourne Centre Court
23 March
25 March Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
26 March
28 March Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre
30 March Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
1 April Auckland New Zealand ASB Auditorium N/a
18 May Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
20 May Calgary Canadian Airlines Saddledome
21 May Edmonton Edmonton Coliseum
23 May Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place
25 May Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena
26 May Thunder Bay Fort William Gardens
28 May Sudbury Sudbury Community Arena
29 May Hamilton Copps Coliseum
31 May Ottawa Corel Centre
1 June
5 June Saguenay Palais des Sports de Saguenay
7 June Quebec City Colisée de Québec
8 June
12 June Halifax Halifax Metro Centre
13 June Sydney Centre 200
15 June Moncton Moncton Coliseum
16 June Saint John Harbour Station
18 June Montreal Molson Centre
19 June
20 June
22 June Toronto Molson Amphitheatre Soul Attorneys 18,349 / 18,349 $509,482[12]
23 June
23 July Mansfield United States Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts N/a N/a N/a
24 July Hartford Meadows Music Theatre
26 July Wantagh Jones Beach Theater
27 July Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
29 July New York City The Theater at Madison Square Garden Soul Attorneys 5,345 / 5,345 $274,435[13]
30 July Philadelphia Mann Center for the Performing Arts N/a N/a N/a
1 August Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Soul Attorneys 6,140 / 6,509 $169,248[14]
2 August Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center N/a N/a N/a
4 August Columbus Polaris Amphitheater
5 August Vienna Wolf Trap Filene Center Soul Attorneys 7,034 / 7,034 $178,202[14]
7 August Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center The Corrs[15] 6,176 / 18,000 $159,190[14]
8 August Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre N/a N/a
10 August Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
11 August Tinley Park New World Music Theatre 9,378 / 15,000 $236,887[13]
13 August Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheater N/a N/a
15 August The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
16 August Dallas Reunion Arena
18 August Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheatre
19 August Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
21 August Denver Red Rocks Amphitheatre 6,219 / 9,450 $166,547[16]
23 August Las Vegas Circus Maximus Showroom N/a N/a N/a
24 August
26 August Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre Soul Attorneys 6,251 / 6,251 $226,365[17]
28 August Concord Concord Pavilion N/a N/a N/a
29 August Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
20 September Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
21 September
22 September
24 September
25 September
27 September Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
28 September Grenoble Palais des Sports
4 October Nîmes Arena of Nîmes
6 October Le Mans Antarès
7 October Caen Zénith de Caen
9 October Strasbourg Strasbourg Rhénus
10 October Amnéville Galaxie Amnéville
12 October Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo Center The Corrs
13 October
15 October Cologne Germany Sporthalle Köln
16 October Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
18 October Rotterdam Netherlands Sportpaleis van Ahoy
19 October
21 October Hamburg Germany Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
23 October Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
25 October Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
26 October Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene
28 October Berlin Germany ICC Berlin
30 October Milan Italy Forum di Assago
31 October Lausanne Switzerland Patinoire de Malley
1 November Geneva SEG Geneva Arena
3 November Zürich Hallenstadion
4 November
6 November Neuchâtel Patinoire du Littoral
7 November Nuremberg Germany Frankenhalle
10 November Liévin France Stade Couvert Régional
11 November Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
13 November Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
14 November Manchester NYNEX Arena
16 November London Wembley Arena
17 November
19 November Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
20 November
22 November Birmingham England NEC Arena
23 November
25 November Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
26 November
28 November London England Wembley Arena
29 November
17 December Montreal Canada Molson Centre N/a 30,928 / 34,734 $1,106,457[18]
18 December
19 December
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List of 1997 concerts
Date (1997) City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Revenue
2 February Yokohama Japan Yokohama Arena N/a N/a N/a
3 February Tokyo Nippon Budokan
6 February Osaka Osaka-Jo Hall
7 February
10 February Hiroshima Hiroshima Green Arena
11 February Fukuoka Marine Messe Fukuoka
14 February Tokyo Nippon Budokan
15 February
16 February
19 February Nagoya Nagoya Rainbow Hall
21 February Seoul South Korea Olympic Gymnastics Arena
11 March Tampa United States Ice Palace Jamie Porter 11,333 / 11,333 $436,977[19][20]
12 March West Palm Beach Coral Sky Amphitheater Keb' Mo' 17,332 / 18,784 $411,269[21]
14 March Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 11,103 / 17,816 $416,445[20]
15 March
16 March New Orleans UNO Lakefront Arena 5,943 / 5,943 $239,865[20]
18 March Orlando Orlando Arena 11,674 / 11,674 $447,150[19]
25 March Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre 5,724 / 5,724 $269,672[22]
27 March San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium N/a N/a
29 March Portland Rose Garden Arena 6,576 / 6,576 $185,968[23]
31 March Seattle KeyArena 12,523 / 12,523 $443,185[24]
4 April Pittsburgh Civic Arena 13,142 / 13,142 $349,877[25]
5 April Atlantic City Etess Arena N/a N/a N/a
7 April Boston FleetCenter Keb' Mo' 15,508 / 15,508 $444,330[25]
8 April Ledyard MGM Grand Theater N/a 3,686 / 3,686 $236,725[25]
12 April New York City Madison Square Garden Keb' Mo' 13,524 / 13,524 $624,260[26][25]
25 April Las Vegas Circus Maximus Showroom N/a N/a N/a
26 April
27 April
5 May Montreal Canada Molson Centre 23,009 / 25,862 $827,613[27]
6 May
11 May 23,583 / 25,862 $843,822[28]
12 May
12 June Dublin Ireland Lansdowne Road Human Nature N/a N/a
14 June London England Earls Court Exhibition Centre
15 June
18 June Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena
20 June Brussels Belgium King Baudouin Stadium
22 June Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium
24 June Berlin Germany Waldbühne
26 June Zurich Switzerland Letzigrund
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Broadcasts and recordings

Main article: ...Live in Memphis 1997

The concerts held on 14–15 March 1997 at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee were filmed and later broadcast on television. The performance was released on VHS in November 1998. A DVD edition was scheduled for release in Japan on 27 February 2008, but the project was ultimately cancelled.[29]

A 1996 concert in Zurich was recorded for promotional use as a live CD, with only a limited number of copies produced.

Concerts in both Australia and Montreal were also filmed and broadcast as television specials. The Australian program featured four songs along with interview segments in which Dion discussed the album. The Montreal special included six songs, and the performances of "All by Myself" and "To Love You More" were later released as live music videos.

Personnel

Band

  • Claude "Mego" Lemay – musical director, keyboards
  • Dominique Messier – drums
  • Marc Langis – bass
  • Yves Frulla – keyboards
  • André Coutu – guitars
  • Paul Picard – percussion
  • Taro Hakase – violin on "To Love You More"
  • Terry Bradford – backing vocals
  • Rachelle Jeanty – backing vocals (1996)
  • Julie LeBlanc – backing vocals (1997)
  • Elise Duguay – backing vocals, cello

Production

  • René Angélil – management
  • Bud Scheatzle – tour director
  • Ian Donald – production director
  • Michel Dion – assistant to the tour director
  • Denis Savage – front-of-house sound engineer
  • Daniel Baron – stage sound engineer
  • François Desjardins – sound system technician
  • Marc Beauchamp – sound system technician
  • Marc Thériault – sound system technician
  • Yves Aucoin – lighting director
  • Normand Chassé – assistant lighting director
  • Yves "Kiwwi" Lefebvre – video director
  • Yves "Uncle Bill" Beriault – camera technician
  • Louis Lefebvre – camera technician
  • Jean-François Canuel – lighting technician
  • Antoine Malette – lighting technician
  • Michel Pommerleau – lighting technician
  • Jean-François Dubois – band gear technician
  • Guy Vignola – band gear technician
  • Stéphane Hamel – band gear technician
  • Tonje Wold – set design
  • Donald Chouinard – set design
  • Frédéric Morosovsky – head rigger
  • Patrick Angélil – production assistant
  • Louise Labranche – tour assistant
  • Manon Dion – assistant to Céline
  • Eric Burrows – bodyguard
  • Louis Hechter – hairstylist
  • Annie L. Horth – stylist
  • Dominique Giraldeau – choreographer
  • D-U-B-U-C mode de vie – musicians' wardrobe

References

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