If there was an effervescent performer who brings such raw talent, tenacity and vitality to the stage, it would be the charming, charismatic… the queen that Celine Dion. Whether she does her residency in Vegas or performing in the numerous stages around the world, her voice defines a generation and knows no bounds. Our dynamic diva continues to deliver her impressive vocal range last at Royal Farms Arena – thanks in part to her Courage World Tour!

The tour is named for last year’s album, Dion’s first English-language collection in six years, and the first since the loss of her husband and manager Rene Angelil in 2016. She started the night, dressed in a red sequin dress belting out the Jim Steinman love ballad It’s All Coming Back to Me Now. Her brilliant is to be applauded, and it was, repeatedly.

Dion’s vocals are always fine-tuned and very impressive, to hear her live in the sold-out crowd at Royal Farms Arena you can only imagine how she has perfected her craft since her debut in the US thirty years ago with his Unison album. Throughout her sets, she brought her dynamic personality to the stage and thanks her audience for their tremendous support for the good times and the bad she has experienced. When introducing the John Farnham song “You’re the Voice,” Dion really wanted everyone in attendance to help — so she and her backup vocalists taught the audience a special part of the tune, encouraging people to sing with her. Then, during later Because You Loved Me she told the audience join her once again to sing the last line of the songs “because you know the words.” Of course, everyone was already singing with her the whole time.

One of highlights of the show came Celine deliver a showstopper compilation of rock cover songs including Let’s Dance, Another One Bites the Dust, Kiss, and added the epic soul songs of Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High” (a song Celine covered for her 1996 Falling into You album) and Labelle’s Lady Marmalade“. It’s incredible that this amazing diva covered David Bowie, Queen and Prince in a silver sequin jumpsuit and sounded even better than the originals. Her covers had everyone in the aisles dancing and singing along. Who better to perform the tunes than Ms. Dion – the dynamic diva!

Another highlight came during a break in the set when we saw a video of Ms. Celine doing some ballet with a handsome partner nailing every step in the piece. Shot in black and white with only a musical accompaniment, you can feel the passion and dedication that Celine puts into this piece. Honestly, is there anything that Celine can’t do to wow us every time.

No Celine Dion show could not close until she sings her signature hit from the movie Titanic and she delivered in a white frilly dress. Her performance really soared to new heights – literally – with the help of small drones that hover and illuminate over the stage as Celine and her fans sings the beautiful love ballad together.

Her second encore was Imagine by the great John Lennon, a song Dion sang to the crowd as a parting gift and “hope” for the future. Our Queen Celine reminded everyone at the Royal Farms Arena that night why she’s one of the biggest superstars in the universe. For the amazing artist who proclaimed way back in a 1983 interview that her dream was “to be an international star”. She has the Courage, the Drive and the Tenacity to achieve her dream and we thank Celine for bringing it to see and believe it in Baltimore!

In case you didn’t get to see Celine in Baltimore, she will be performing in DC at the Capital One Arena on March 11th.

About The Author

Dean Rogers

Editor-in-Chief/Entertainment Reporter

I knew early on that I wanted to take my place among the stars. One day, my mother saw me reading The Washington Post at a very young age. Who would have known that it would be the building blocks of my journey? Since that day, I dedicated my life to learn all that is learnable. I read everything from encyclopedias, to books, to dictionaries, to magazines. I’m also an avid consumer of television, with my favorite genre being game shows. If you’ve seen me on Who Wants to be a Millionaire or Wheel of Fortune, then you know that this interest has served me well!

My unique style of reporting began back in junior high school, when I started to chronicle the events that shaped my life. Whether it was the annual family vacation or the local science fiction convention, I shot numerous pictures and recorded my thoughts so I could truly appreciate the history. During my senior year at Friendly High, I wrote what was to be my first masterpiece, “Advanced Space Academy – A One Week Journey.” I sent the eleven-page article back to the U.S. Space Camp staff. The article was highly praised for being “one of the best written articles in the history of U.S. Space Camp.” From then on, I knew what I wanted to do for rest of my life — to be a reporter.

Since then, I have trained in Broadcast Journalism at Bowie State University (2008) in Bowie, MD earning a B.S. in Communications. I gained experience in news production and editing through field experiences with Bowie Community Media Corporation, Prince George’s Community Television, and Bowie State University Television. I also wrote scripts for a variety of quiz shows for over five years.

As a lifelong movie buff, I now see close to 100 films every year. I took this love of movies to the next step when I became a co-host for Eclipse Magazine TV in the fall of 2005. While at EMTV, I interviewed celebrities, worked red carpets, and attended a wide variety of movie screenings. In January 2009, I took a leap of faith and started my own entertainment news magazine, The Rogers Revue. Shortly afterward, my life-long journey of studying the silver screen and writing about what I learned finally earned me a place in the Washington Area Film Critics Association.

All of this has led me here, giving you the latest entertainment news for the DMV and the entire nation, and I am truly excited for whatever will come next.

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