Tour by Celine Dion | |
Location |
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Associated album | D'eux |
Start date | 25 September 1995 |
End date | 3 February 1996 |
Legs | 2 |
No. of shows | 47 |
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]
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]
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.
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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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 1995 | Forest | Belgium | Forest National |
4 December 1995 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy |
25 January 1996 | Marseille | Dôme de Marseille | |
26 January 1996 | Lyon | Halle Tony Garnier | |
29 January 1996 | Paris | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | |
30 January 1996 | |||
31 January 1996 | |||
2 February 1996 | Forest | Belgium | Forest National |
3 February 1996 | |||
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