Live in Las Vegas - A New Day...

Infobox music DVD
Name = Live in Las Vegas - A New Day...
Type = DVD, Blu-ray Disc
Artist = Céline Dion

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Released = flagicon|Europe December 7 2007
flagicon|U.S. December 11 2007
flagicon|Australia December 15 2007
flagicon|Japan December 19 2007
Recorded = January 17-21, 2007
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Length = 307:00
Label = Columbia, Epic
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Last DVD = "On ne change pas"
(2005)
This DVD = "Live in Las Vegas - A New Day..."
(2007)
Next DVD =

"Live in Las Vegas - A New Day..." is Céline Dion's eighth home video, released on DVD between December 7 and 10, 2007 in Europe, on December 11 2007 in North America, December 15 2007 in Australia and December 19 2007 in Japan. [ [http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/whatsgoinon_archive.cgi?page=6 A New Day... DVD Info!] . Retrieved February 9, 2007.] It includes the record-breaking "A New Day..." show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. [ [http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/whatsgoinon_archive.cgi?page=8 A New Day... Final Countdown!] . Retrieved February 9, 2007.] in Europe. [ [http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/celinedion_newday.html Celine Dion: A New Day... Live in Las Vegas (Blu-ray) - High-Def Digest] . Retrieved October 29, 2007.]

"A New Day..." has ended on December 15 2007, after a 5 year run, of more than 700 shows and 3 million spectators. The 2 disc DVD contains more than 5 hours of never-before seen footage, including the concert and 3 exclusive documentaries: "Because You Loved Me (A Tribute to the Fans)," A New Day: All Access" and "A New Day: the Secrets." [ [http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/whatsgoinon_archive.cgi?page=6 A New Day... DVD Info!] . Retrieved February 9, 2007.] It contains subtitles in 9 languages. The inside booklet includes richly detailed photographs and generous liner notes.

History

The originally scheduled DVD release date (autumn 2004) was postponed because of changes and improvements made to the show since the initial filming. "A New Day..." was re-shot in high-definition during the January 17-21, 2007 week. [ [http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/whatsgoinon_archive.cgi?page=8 A New Day... DVD Filming] . Retrieved February 9, 2007.] According to the "A New Day: the Secrets" documentary on the second disc, one of the major reasons for the delay was that Dion and her producers gradually realized that Dion's change to a short blonde bob for "A New Day" was highly unpopular with her fan base, and the hairstyle also looked terrible on screen during the first DVD shoot. As a result, she returned to brunette hair with extensions.

The "Live in Las Vegas - A New Day..." DVD includes the last version of the show, performed between November 2006 and December 2007. But during "A New Day..." previous years, Dion performed also seven other songs: "Nature Boy," "At Last," "Fever," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "Have You Ever Been in Love," "Et je t'aime encore," and "What a Wonderful World." Some of them are included on the "A New Day... Live in Las Vegas" CD, released in June 2004. [ [http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/music.cgi?album_id=19 A New Day... Live In Las Vegas] . Retrieved June 14, 2004.]

Promotion

"The Power of Love," "I Drove All Night," "I Surrender," and "I Wish" from the DVD were first released on the deluxe edition of Dion's album "Taking Chances" from November 2007. An exclusive sneak preview from the show was also included.

"A New Day..." was shown on television in selected countries, including the Netherlands (first part on November 18 and second one on November 25 2007 on SBS 6), Spain (November 29 2007 on TVE2), South Africa (first part on December 2 and second one on December 8 2007 on SABC 3), Italy (December 25 2007 on Italia 1), and Quebec (bonus features on January 20 2008 and the show on January 27 2008 on TVA).

"A New Day..." was also broadcast to movie theatres in some countries, including Poland (Multikino on December 5 2007) [ [http://muzyka.onet.pl/0,1647460,newsy.html Céline Dion na dużym ekranie] . Retrieved November 26, 2007.] and the United States (various theatres on December 17 2007). [ [http://www.fathomevents.com/details.aspx?eventid=691 Event details] . Retrieved November 28, 2007.]

The Quebec TV station TVA broadcasted a TV special dedicated to the last show of Céline Dion at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, on December 16 2007. The show was entitled "Les Adieux de Céline Dion à Las Vegas" ("Céline Dion's Vegas Farewells"). The cameras entered the intimacy of Dion and René Angélil during latest show's night (December 15th). Viewers could see Céline Dion leaving her home with her husband and their son who attended his mother's show. We saw Dion in her dressing room, in the elevator that took her to the stage. The special lasted 45 minutes.

Chart success

According to the Quebec press, Dion's much-anticipated and long-awaited DVD was completely sold-out in Quebec, Canada in less than few hours after the release. [ [http://www.canoe.com/divertissement/musique/nouvelles/2007/12/11/4719391-ca.html Folie furieuse pour le DVD de Céline] . Retrieved December 11, 2007.] Céline Dion made history on January 18 2008 as "Live in Las Vegas - A New Day..." became the only music DVD to be certified triple diamond status in Canada, for over 300,000 units sold (although "Le Journal de Montréal" reported two days earlier that the DVD has sold more than 400,000 copies). Only 5 other DVD releases have ever reached double diamond. Dion's DVD captured also the biggest debut week sales in Nielsen SoundScan history for a DVD only release - over 70,000 copies. And after adding several stores not considered by SoundScan, the DVD exceeded the 100,000 units in the first week. Something like that never happened in the whole Canadian music history. [ [http://www.canoe.com/divertissement/musique/nouvelles/2007/12/11/4719391-ca.html Folie furieuse pour le DVD de Céline] . Retrieved December 11, 2007.] "Live in Las Vegas - A New Day..." has been holding the number 1 position on the Music Video Chart in Canada for many weeks since its release. [ [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2008/17/c2039.html Céline Dion DVD Surpasses Triple Diamond Status] . Retrieved January 18, 2008.]

Outside Canada, the DVD peaked at number 1 in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Japan (international chart), Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand and Estonia. It reached number 2 in Portugal and Sweden, number 3 in Argentina, Australia, Ireland and Greece, number 4 in Austria, number 6 in Italy and number 7 in Czech Republic. "Live in Las Vegas - A New Day..." also debuted in the top 10 for DVD sales in Finland and Germany. [ [http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/whatsgoinon.cgi 'Celine Dion - Live in Las Vegas' Is Flying Off The Shelves!] . Retrieved December 23, 2007.]

Close to 500,000 copies of the DVD have been sold worldwide in the first week. [ [http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/whatsgoinon.cgi 'Celine Dion - Live in Las Vegas' Is Flying Off The Shelves!] . Retrieved December 23, 2007.] "Live in Las Vegas - A New Day..." was certified 3× diamond (300,000) in Canada [ [http://cria.ca/goldplat.php Gold & Platinum Certification] . Retrieved March 20, 2008.] (over 400,000 copies sold according to "Le Journal de Montréal"), 3× platinum (60,000) in France (140,000 copies have been sold and it's now eligible for diamond) and Australia (45,000), platinum in Argentina (6,000) and New Zealand (5,000), and gold in Belgium (15,000) and Portugal (4,000). In Japan, it has sold 30,000 copies during first three months. The DVD has sold more than 335,000 copies in the U.S. and is certified 6x platinum. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/index.jsp Ask Billboard] . Retrieved April 18, 2008.]

According to Belgian magazine "Cine Tele Revue" from May 2008, the dvd has sold 2 million copies to date, which makes it one of the best selling DVDs in the music history.

Track listing

DISC 1
*A New Day: the Concert – 93:00
# "A New Day Has Come"
# "The Power of Love"
# "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
# "Because You Loved Me"
# "To Love You More"
# "I'm Alive"
# "I Drove All Night"
# "Seduces Me"
# "If I Could"
# "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
# "I Surrender"
# "Ammore Annascunnuto"
# "All the Way"
# "I've Got the World on a String"
# "I Wish"
# "Love Can Move Mountains"
# "River Deep, Mountain High"
# "My Heart Will Go On"
*Bonus feature: Because You Loved Me: a Tribute to the Fans – 41:00

DISC 2
*Special feature: A New Day: All Access – 120:00
*Bonus feature: A New Day: the Secrets – 53:00

Chart performance

¹ should be certified diamond (100,000)

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