The Colour of My Love Tour

The Colour of My Love Tour
Tour by Celine Dion
Cover of the tour program
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumThe Colour of My Love
Start date11 February 1994
End date27 May 1995
Legs4
No. of shows63
Celine Dion concert chronology

The Colour of My Love Tour was the sixth concert tour by Canadian singer Celine Dion in support of her third English-language studio album, of the same name (1993).

History

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Dion's first US tour as a headliner took her to ten cities, from San Francisco to New York, in early 1994.[1] A review of her final performance of the tour in New York, by Elisabeth Vincentelli for New York Newsday indicated that Dion had grown more comfortable with English: "Ad-libbing between songs, Dion managed to seem down-to-earth and accessible.[1] Whether this was consummate manipulation or spontaneous joy, she pulled it off with gusto and humor".[1] Dion's concerts at the Montreal Forum in late March 1994 made the Pollstar 1994 year-end chart of Top 200 Concert Grosses, with $1,002,003.[2]

The set list included mainly songs from The Colour of My Love and Dion's previous English albums. There were also included few French songs and covers like "Calling You", "River Deep, Mountain High" and "Can't Help Falling in Love".

Before the tour, Dion performed two concerts in September 1993 in Quebec City, Canada, which were later used for the TV specials and a home video release, The Colour of My Love Concert. Another two concerts in Quebec were performed in November 1993, to mark the release of the album.

From 8 June to 27 August 1994, Dion toured the United States with Michael Bolton on his "The One Thing Tour". They performed in twenty-thousand-seat-arenas, and in the "sheds" that open onto natural amphitheaters. It was their second, sold-out tour.[3]

Setlist

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Canada
  1. "Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down"
  2. "Des mots qui sonnent"
  3. "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"
  4. "L'amour existe encore"
  5. "If You Asked Me To"
  6. "Only One Road"
  7. "Beauty and the Beast"
  8. "Misled"
  9. "Le blues du businessman"
  10. "Ce n'était qu'un rêve"
  11. "Je danse dans ma tête"
  12. "Refuse to Dance"
  13. "Unison"
  14. "When I Fall in Love"
  15. "Think Twice"
  16. "River Deep, Mountain High"
  17. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  18. "The Colour of My Love"
  19. "The Power of Love"
  20. "Can't Help Falling in Love"
France
  1. "Des mots qui sonnent"
  2. "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"
  3. "L'amour existe encore"
  4. "Je danse dans ma tête"
  5. "Beauty and the Beast"
  6. "Misled"
  7. "Calling You"
  8. "Elle"
  9. "Oxygène"
  10. Medley Starmania:
    1. "Quand on arrive en ville"
    2. "Les uns contre les autres"
    3. "Le monde est stone"
    4. "Naziland, ce soir on danse"
  11. "Le blues du businessman"
  12. "Le fils de superman"
  13. "River Deep, Mountain High"
  14. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  15. "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)"
  16. "The Power of Love"
  17. "Quand on n'a que l'amour"
United Kingdom
  1. "Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down"
  2. "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"
  3. "If You Asked Me To"
  4. "Beauty and the Beast"
  5. "Misled"
  6. "Calling You"
  7. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
  8. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  9. "Only One Road"
  10. "River Deep, Mountain High"
  11. "When I Fall in Love"
  12. "The Power of Love"
  13. "The Colour of My Love"
  14. "Think Twice"
  15. "Can't Help Falling in Love"

Tour dates

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List of 1994 concerts[4]
Date (1994) City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Revenue
11 February San Francisco United States Palace of Fine Arts
14 February Los Angeles Wadsworth Theatre
17 February Atlanta Roxy Theatre
18 February Miami Gusman Theater
20 February Chicago Park West
21 February Saint Paul World Theatre
23 February Cleveland Little Theatre
24 February Washington, D.C. Lisner Auditorium 1,385 / 1,385 $31,163
27 February Boston Berklee Performance Center Paul Wayne 1,058 / 1,058 $21,967
28 February New York City The Town Hall 1,324 / 1,324 $36,984
5 March Toronto Canada Massey Hall
6 March
7 March
12 March Sydney Centre 200 The Barra MacNeils 3,920 / 4,500 $81,148
14 March Halifax Halifax Metro Centre 5,754 / 6,000 $121,715
15 March Saint John Harbour Station 5,810 / 6,000 $127,783
17 March Moncton Moncton Coliseum 4,249 / 5,656 $94,455
25 March Montreal Montreal Forum Kathleen
Marc Dupré
33,866 / 35,340 $1,002,003
26 March
27 March
29 March
30 March
31 March
4 April London Alumni Hall 5,880 / 5,880 $111,563
5 April
7 April Hamilton Copps Coliseum
9 April Quebec City Colisée de Québec Marc Dupré 6,143 / 8,114 $138,286
6 May Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Theatre Anthony Kavanagh 7,342 / 8,793 $219,991
7 May
8 May
11 May Calgary Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium 4,342 / 5,404 $129,449
12 May
14 May Edmonton Northlands Coliseum 6,082 / 8,477 $150,595
17 May Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place 3,510 / 5,289 $83,860
18 May Regina Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts 1,829 / 2,029 $51,398
20 May Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena 6,882 / 7,253 $174,009
22 May Sudbury Sudbury Community Arena 4,027 / 4,027 $96,211
24 May Toronto O'Keefe Centre 4,705 / 4,705 $134,655
25 May
27 May Ottawa National Arts Centre 6,115 / 6,558 $176,554
28 May
29 May
31 May[a] Kitchener Centre In The Square 1,708 / 1,708 $50,443
26 August[b] Ottawa Frank Clair Stadium Mario Pelchat 7,034 / 15,000 $179,609
27 September Paris France L'Olympia Marc Dupré
28 September
29 September
4 October London England Cambridge Theatre Martyn Joseph
12 October Montreux Switzerland Auditorium Stravinski
24 November Montreal Canada Montreal Forum Marc Dupré 16,073 / 17,670 $486,949
25 November
26 November
5 December Tokyo Japan Nakano Sunplaza
6 December
8 December Nagoya Club Quattro
9 December Osaka Arukaikku Hall
10 December Tokyo Shibuya Public Hall
Total 139,038 / 162,170 (86%) $3,700,790
List of 1995 concerts[4]
Date (1995) City Country Venue
19 February[c] West Palm Beach United States West Palm Beach Auditorium
19 May Birmingham England Symphony Hall
20 May Nottingham Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
22 May Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
23 May Manchester England Manchester Apollo
25 May London Hammersmith Apollo
27 May The Hague Netherlands Nederlands Congres Centrum

Broadcasts and recordings

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Before the tour, 7–8 September 1993 concerts at Capitole de Québec, Quebec City, Canada were filmed and aired at CTV in December 1993 and the Disney Channel in February 1994. The concerts were conceived, staged and directed by Tony Greco. They were used for The Colour of My Love Concert home video. In September 1994, during a series of sold-out shows at the Paris Olympia, France, Dion recorded a live album. It was released at the end of the year, under the title À l'Olympia.

Personnel

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Adapted from The Colour of My Love Tour program.

Band
  • Musical director: Claude "Mego" Lemay
  • Drums: Dominique Messier
  • Bass: Jeff Myers
  • Keyboards: Yves Frulla
  • Guitars: André Coutu
  • Backing vocals: Sisandra Myers, Janice Thompson, Terry Bradford, Elise Duguay
Production
  • Tour director: Tony Greco
  • Director of operations: Lloyd Brault
  • Production manager: Ian Donald
  • Tour accountant: Sylvia Hebel
  • Sound engineer: Danis Savage
  • Monitor engineer: Daniel Baron
  • System engineer: François Desjardins
  • Lighting director: Yves Aucoin
  • Moving light operator: Normand Chassé
  • Equipment manager: Jean-François Dubois
  • Equipment assistant: Serge Lacasse
  • Tour assistant: Patrick Angélil
  • Tour assistant: Michel Dion
  • Tour assistant: Louise Labranche
  • Chauffeurs: Marc Deschamp, Jacques Riopel
  • Bodyguard: Eric Burrows
  • Hair: Louis Hechter

Notes

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  1. ^ The concert in Kitchener on 31 May 1994 was originally scheduled for 3 March 1994, but it was rescheduled due to sickness.
  2. ^ The concert in Ottawa on 26 August 1994, originally scheduled for 22 August, was part of the Central Canada Exposition.
  3. ^ The concert in West Palm Beach on 19 February 1995 benefited a non-profit organization, Ballet Florida.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Windisch Brown, Susan (29 May 2018). "Music: Popular and Jazz: Biographies - Celine Dion". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  2. ^ "1994 Top 200 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Pollstar. 31 December 1994. p. 28. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  3. ^ Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.
  4. ^ a b Tour dates: Washington, D.C. and New York City: Boston: London: Sydney to Montreal and Quebec City to Kitchener: Ottawa: Montreal: