CELINE RETURNS HOME TO CAESARS EXCLUSIVE & STARTLING FIRST RUMBLINGS
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Canadian songbird Celine Dion headlined and broke box-office records during five amazing years at Caesars Palace and now she’s coming home to the Strip again!
Just three months ago in February she began a yearlong world tour, which is also setting records attracting giant crowds. In fact her recent two nights in Sydney, Australia has just been certified as the top live grossing event in the world by Billboard!
I’ve gotten the first rumblings on my gossip grapevine that she will return to Caesars Palace sometime at the end of 2009 or early 2010. The talks about a specific date and length of the new engagement run have just begun! Not if, but when it all comes together, it fulfils a vow that husband manager, Rene Angelil made to me at her then final Caesars performance.
Click here for our extraordinary Luxe Life coverage of Celine’s final night of her Caesars run and our candid chat with Rene.
Here’s what I wrote that weekend: ‘But even before leaving the theater at 1:20 a.m. yesterday (SUN) Rene promised me: “We will be back. She will perform again in Vegas. We’re definitely going to take off for a year after the upcoming world tour. I’ve made the promise to her we’ll try for a new baby. And then we’ll return to Vegas to perform again. Yes, maybe 2009 or 2010!” Caesars Palace president, Gary Selesner commented: “We will always keep an empty room ready for her to return whenever she wishes. They are always welcome here, they are an important part of our family now and will be forever.”
The new plan now firming up is that she will finish her current “Taking Chances” world tour as planned on Jan. 30 in Florida and then she’ll take a year-long rest between her homes in Lake Las Vegas, Florida and Montreal and maybe hopefully have a new baby to fulfill one last remaining dream. She’s just celebrated her 40th birthday and so her biological clock is ticking just a little faster these days. This week after a brief break following her April 13 Malaysian concert in Kuala Lumpur she starts up again in England with two-back-to-back concerts on Saturday and Sunday in Manchester.
I’m told the talks with Rene are underway as Caesars and its partner AEG/ Concerts West want to have it all in place when Sir Elton John ends his run and as Bette Midler gets closer to the end of hers. Luxe Life will continue to keep a close watch on this developing story for her exact return date and new engagement run details.















