Incognito Tour

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Incognito Tour
Tour by Celine Dion
Incognito Tour poster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationNorth America, Europe
Associated album Incognito
Start date11 January 1988 (1988-01-11)
End date11 July 1989 (1989-07-11)
No. of shows84
Celine Dion concert chronology
  • Céline Dion en concert
    (1985)
  • Incognito tournée
    (1988–1989)
  • Unison Tour
    (1990–1991)

Incognito Tour was the second concert tour by the Canadian singer Celine Dion, who embarked on it to support her eighth studio album, Incognito (1987). The tour began on 11 January 1988 in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada, and concluded on 11 July 1989, in Quebec City, Canada. It encompassed over 80 shows and visited 27 cities in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario in Canada.A special date was held in Lausanne, Switzerland during the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 week.

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History

Dion toured Quebec only. The Incognito tournée started on 11 January 1988 at the Theatre du Cuivre, Rouyn-Noranda. Dion gave 7 concerts in the northern region of Quebec and 2 in Laval. [1] [2] [3]

Dion gave a series of 42 consecutive shows at the Saint-Denis Theatre in Montreal. She performed there for a month starting on 10 February 1988, and later between 12–17 April 1988, 14–19 June 1988, 21–24 September 1988 and 14–18 December 1988.

Dion performed mainly tracks from Incognito , but also a medley of songs from the musical Starmania , "Ton visage" (Jean-Pierre Ferland's cover) and she did imitations of Michael Jackson, Mireille Mathieu, Ginette Reno and Diane Dufresne. During that tour she lost her voice for the first time. [4]

On 2 May 1989, a year after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with "Ne partez pas sans moi," Dion gave her first concert in Switzerland. She performed in Theatre de Baulieu in Lausanne. [5]

In reference to this tour Dion has said "The memories that first come to mind when I think of the Incognito tour are filled with fits of laughter. From the beginning, in Abitibi, just like the preceding tour, we all knew that we had a good product. And an audience that had been conquered in advance."

Set list

This set list was taken from the official Incognito Tour brochure. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.

  1. "Délivre-moi"
  2. "Incognito"
  3. "That's What Friends Are For"
  4. "On traverse un miroir"
  5. "Somewhere"
  6. "The Way We Were"
  7. "Summertime"
  8. Number of imitations
  9. "I'm So Excited"
  10. "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)"
  11. "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour"
  12. "Mes blues passent pu dans port"
  13. "Ton visage"
  14. "Quand on arrive en ville"
  15. "Les uns contre les autres"
  16. "Le monde est stone"
  17. "Ce soir on danse à Naziland"
  18. "Le blues du businessman"

Notes

Tour dates

List of 1988 shows [7] [8]
Date (1988)CityCountryVenue
11 January Rouyn-Noranda CanadaThéâtre du Cuivre
12 January
13 January
20 January Quebec City Palais Montcalm
21 January
22 January
23 January
9 February Montreal Théâtre Saint-Denis
10 February
11 February
12 February
13 February
14 February
18 February
19 February
20 February
25 FebruaryQuebec CityPalais Montcalm
26 February
27 February
28 February
12 AprilMontrealThéâtre Saint-Denis
13 April
14 April
15 April
16 April
17 April
24 May Longueuil Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
25 MayQuebec CityPalais Montcalm
26 May
27 May
28 May
1 June Ottawa National Arts Centre
2 June
3 June Maniwaki
14 JuneMontrealThéâtre Saint-Denis
15 June
16 June
17 June
18 June
19 June
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
4 August
9 August Matane Centre Sportif de Matane
17 AugustOttawaNational Arts Centre
21 SeptemberMontrealTheatre Saint-Denis
22 September
23 September
24 September
4 October Sherbrooke Centre culturel de l'Université de Sherbrooke
5 October
6 October
12 OctoberQuebec CityPalais Montcalm
13 October
14 October
15 October
16 October
26 OctoberMontrealTheatre Saint-Denis
27 October
28 October
29 October
13 November Sainte-Foy Cégep Salle Albert Rousseau
23 November Chicoutimi Auditorium Dufour
24 November
25 November
26 November
27 November
29 November
8 DecemberQuebec CityPalais Montcalm
9 December
10 December
11 December
14 DecemberMontrealTheatre Saint-Denis
15 December
16 December
17 December
18 December
List of 1989 shows [7] [8]
Date (1988)CityCountryVenue
20 JanuaryQuebec CityCanadaPalais Montcalm
21 January
22 January
3 FebruarySherbrookeCentre culturel de l'Université de Sherbrooke
2 May Lausanne Switzerland Théâtre de Beaulieu
30 MayMontrealCanadaTheatre Saint-Denis
31 May
24 June Toronto Harbourfront
11 JulyQuebec City Place d'Youville

Personnel

Adapted from the credits from the Incognito Tour brochure.

Band

Production

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