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Celine Dion returning to Vegas for 3-year stint

Celine Dion is returning to the Las Vegas Strip in 2011 to begin a three-year run at Caesars Palace.The Grammy award-winning singer announced Wednesday she’ll return to the 4,300-seat Colosseum, home of her previous show, “A New Day.” It grossed more than $400 million and was seen by nearly 3 million fans over five years before closing in December 2007.The new show begins March 15, 2011, wit
/ Source: The Associated Press

Celine Dion is returning to the Las Vegas Strip in 2011 to begin a three-year run at Caesars Palace.

The Grammy award-winning singer announced Wednesday she’ll return to the 4,300-seat Colosseum, home of her previous show, “A New Day.” It grossed more than $400 million and was seen by nearly 3 million fans over five years before closing in December 2007.

The new show begins March 15, 2011, with tickets for the first 54 performances going on sale Friday. Officials say ticket prices will range from $55 to $250 before taxes and fees.

Dion says the new show will feature songs ranging from timeless classics to fan favorites, with a concept incorporating the romance of classic movies.

“It’s going to be a very beautiful show, and I think we’ll be raising the bar higher than we’ve ever done before,” Dion said in a statement. “There’ll be some truly wonderful moments.”

The 41-year-old Canadian singer spent a year on an international tour after her previous Las Vegas show ended, and plans to spend the year before her Sin City return with her family.

She won Academy Awards for best original song in 1992 for the title song of “Beauty and the Beast,” and again in 1998 for “My Heart Will Go On” from “Titanic.”

Dion is the youngest of 14 children in a musical family. She sang publicly for the first time at age 5, and released her first two albums simultaneously when she was 13.

Dion has since sold more than 200 million albums worldwide and won five Grammy awards.