Celine Dion Live in Manila

World-renowned, multi award winning French-Canadian singer Celine Dion, one of the most immediately recognized, widely respected and successful performers in pop music history, will be performing in Manila, for the first time, in a one night only show on July 19, Thursday, 8 PM - 11 PM at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena in Pasay City (check out video). 

Part of her highly anticipated CELINE DION LIVE 2018 Tour, she will perform in seven cities across the Asia-Pacific region she hasn’t performed in for ten years, including Tokyo (she is scheduled to kick-off  her tour here on June 26) and Macao, and cities she will perform in for the first time ever, including Singapore, Jakarta, Taipei, Manila and Bangkok.

Dion was originally scheduled to perform at the SM MOA Arena in Manila in November 2014 but had to cancel, at the last minute, to care for her then ailing husband-manager, Canadian music producer  René Angélil, whose health was failing. He eventually succumbed to throat cancer in January 14, 2016. Two days later, Daniel, one of Dion's brothers also died from cancer at age 59.

Dion first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest where she represented Switzerland.  During her over 30-year career, Celine Dion has sold almost 250 million albums and  has earned five  Grammy Awards (including Album of the Year and Record of the Year), two Academy Awards (both for Best Original Song) and seven American Music Awards.

She has also received 12 World Music Awards, 20  Juno Awards  (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys), and 43  Félix Awards . In 2004, in recognition of her status as the best-selling female artist of all time, Celine received the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards and, in 2016, the Billboard MusicAwards presented her with the lifetime achievement Icon Award.

Regarded by many as the "Queen of Movie Themes," Dion is the vocal powerhouse behind the hits "My Heart Will Go On" (from 1997 blockbuster film Titanic), "Beauty and the Beast" (duet with Peabo Bryson from the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast), "Because You Loved Me" (from 1996 film Up Close and Personal), "When IFall In Love" (from the 1993 film "Sleepless in Seattle"), "I'm Alive" (from the 2002 film "Stuart Little 2"), and " "The Prayer" (a duet with Andrea Bocelli  from the 1998 film Quest for Camelot).

Her other well-loved hits include  "The Power of Love," "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," a remake of Eric Carmen's "All by Myself,"  "Think Twice," "Tell Him" (with Barbra Streisand), "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," "That's the Way It Is," the classically influenced ballad "My Heart Will Go On,"  "I'm Your Angel" (a duet with R&B singer R. Kelly and Dion's fourth US No. 1 single), "If You Asked Me To," "Immortality" and "To LoveYour More," which was famously covered by Sarah Geronimo.

Some of her songs that were never commercially released in other countries but became hits in the Philippines include "I Love You, Goodbye" and "I Love You." Celine continues to break records, playing over 1,000 shows to more than four million fans, with her ongoing residency (the most successful concert residency of all time, grossing US$385 million) at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.

The tour is produced by AEGPresents (one of the largest live music companies in the world) and co-produced by Ovation Productions (a pioneer concert promotions company in the Philippines operating since the 1970s, it is headed by veteran promoter Renen de Guia) in Manila.

Photo courtesy of Manila Concert Scene

Tickets for the concert went on sale beginning Jan. 18 at 10 AM on www.celinedion.com and www.smtickets.com.   However, members of Team Celine, the singer's fan club, can buy tickets in a pre-sale from Jan. 16 to 17. Ticket prices are PhP35,380 for VIP, PhP32,210 for Patron, PhP19,540 for Lower Box A, PhP16,370 for Lower Box B, PhP7,920 for Upper Box and PhP2,640 for General Admission. For more information, visit aegpresents.com and ovationproductionsmanila.com.