D'eux Tour

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D'eux Tour
Tour by Celine Dion
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Cover of the tour programme
Associated album D'eux
Start date25 September 1995
End date3 February 1996
Legs2
No. of shows
  • 5 in North America
  • 42 in Europe
  • 47 in total
Celine Dion concert chronology

The D'eux Tour was the sixth concert tour by Celine Dion. The tour was organized to support the highly successful tenth French language and thirteenth studio album D'eux (1995). [1] [2]

Contents

History

After 5 concerts in Quebec City, Canada, Celine toured Europe for four months. Dion crossed 11 countries and gave 42 sold-out concerts, among which 9 in Paris, France, most in rooms of at least 14,000 seats. One of the opening acts was made by the group The Corrs (in the United Kingdom and Ireland). During one of the spectacles at the Zenith de Paris Celine broke her voice. [3] [4]

Broadcasts and recordings

The show at Zénith de Paris in Paris was recorded before an audience of over 6,000 fans [5] and released on CD in October 1996 as Live à Paris . The next month a VHS under the same name was issued. The home video was re-released on DVD in November 2003.

Personnel

Band
Production

Opening acts

Setlist

Francophone
Anglophone
  1. "Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down"
  2. "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"
  3. "If You Asked Me To"
  4. "Only One Road"
  5. "Beauty and the Beast"
  6. "Misled"
  7. "Unison"
  8. "Calling You
  9. "The Power Of Love"
  10. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
  11. "Des mots qui sonnent"
  12. "River Deep – Mountain High"
  13. "When I Fall in Love"
  14. "Le ballet"
  15. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  16. "The Colour of My Love"
  17. "Think Twice"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [6]
25 September 1995 Quebec City Canada Le Capitole de Québec
26 September 1995
28 September 1995
29 September 1995
30 September 1995
Europe [6] [7] [8]
6 October 1995 Montpellier France Zénith de Montpellier
7 October 1995 Toulon Zénith Oméga de Toulon
10 October 1995 Marseille Le Dôme de Marseille
11 October 1995 Nice Apollon
13 October 1995 Toulouse Palais des Sports de Toulouse
14 October 1995 Bordeaux Patinoire de Mériadeck
17 October 1995 Lille Zénith de Lille
18 October 1995 Brussels Belgium Forest National
20 October 1995 Paris France Zénith de Paris
21 October 1995
22 October 1995
23 October 1995
24 October 1995
27 October 1995 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition Hall 4
29 October 1995 Manchester England NYNEX Arena
30 October 1995 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
1 November 1995 London Wembley Arena
4 November 1995 Birmingham NEC Arena
5 November 1995 Belfast Northern Ireland King's Hall
10 November 1995 Caen France Zénith de Caen
11 November 1995 Amnéville Galaxie Amnéville
14 November 1995 Geneva Switzerland Arena de Genève
15 November 1995 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier
17 November 1995 Grenoble Palaise des Sports
19 November 1995 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
20 November 1995 Strasbourg France Rhénus Hall
22 November 1995 Düsseldorf Germany Philipshalle
24 November 1995 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
25 November 1995 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
26 November 1995 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
27 November 1995 Copenhagen Denmark Valby-Hallen
29 November 1995 Hamburg Germany Halle H at Congress Centrum
1 December 1995 Rotterdam Netherlands De Doelen
2 December 1995ForestBelgiumForest National
4 December 1995ParisFrance Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
25 January 1996MarseilleDôme de Marseille
26 January 1996LyonHalle Tony Garnier
29 January 1996ParisPalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
30 January 1996
31 January 1996
2 February 1996ForestBelgiumForest National
3 February 1996

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