Metro Manila — Multi-award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion will hold her first concert in the country this year.
Ovation Productions announced on Friday that Dion — the vocal powerhouse behind the hits "My Heart Will Go On," "Because You Loved Me" and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" — will be performing on July 19 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Ovation Productions is a pioneer concert promotions company in the Philippines operating since the 1970s headed by veteran promoter Renen de Guia.
Manila is one of seven stops in the highly anticipated Celine Dion Live 2018 Tour, which will kick off on June 26 in Tokyo. Dion will also perform in Macau, Singapore, Jakarta, Taipei and Bangkok.
One of the most immediately recognized, widely respected and successful performers in pop music history, Celine Dion has sold almost 250 million albums during her over 30-year career. She has earned five Grammy Awards, two Academy Awards and seven American Music Awards.
In 2004, Dion received the Diamond award at the World Music Awards recognizing her status as the best-selling female artist of all time. In 2016, the Billboard Music Awards presented her with the lifetime achievement Icon Award. Dion continues to break records with her ongoing Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace which has played over 1,000 shows to more than four million fans.
Dion was originally scheduled to perform in Manila in November 2014, but cancelled because of her husband's failing health. Canadian music producer Rene Angelil succumbed to throat cancer in January 2016.
Ovation said tickets for the concert will go on sale beginning Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. However, members of Team Celine, the singer's fan club, can buy tickets in a pre-sale from Jan. 16 to 17.
Ticket prices begin at ₱2,640 and go all the way up to ₱35,380 via SM Tickets.
