Incognito tournée was the second

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organized to support her eighth French-language and eighth studio album ''

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'' (1987). Dion gave 75 shows in Quebec.

History

Dion toured

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only. The Incognito tournée started on 11 January 1988 at the Theatre du Cuivre,

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. Dion gave 7 concerts in the northern region of Quebec and 2 in

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. Dion gave a series of 42 consecutive shows at the Saint-Denis Theatre in

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. She performed there for a month starting on 10 February 1988, and later between 12–17 April 1988, 14–19 June 1988, 21–24 September 1988 and 14–18 December 1988. Dion performed mainly tracks from ''

'', but also a medley of songs from the musical '' Starmania'', "Ton visage" (

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's cover) and she did imitations of

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and

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. During that tour she lost her voice for the first time. On 2 May 1989, a year after winning the

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," Dion gave her first concert in

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. She performed in Theatre de Baulieu in

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.Concert Celine Dion
In reference to this tour Dion has said "The memories that first come to mind when I think of the Incognito tour are filled with fits of laughter. From the beginning, in Abitibi, just like the preceding tour, we all knew that we had a good product. And an audience that had been conquered in advance."

Set list

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Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer) "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" (meaning "Lolita (Too Young to Love)") is the third single from Celine Dion's album ''Incognito'', released in October 1987 in Quebec, Canada. The song was composed and produced by Jean Roussel and the lyrics were ...

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D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour? "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour" (meaning "At First, What's Love?") is the sixth single from Celine Dion's album '' Incognito'', released in October 1988 in Quebec, Canada. "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour" topped the Quebec chart for two weeks. It ent ...

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Tour dates

Personnel

Production

* Management:

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, Feeling Productions Inc. * Tour Manager: Suzanne Gingue * Sound Technician: Denis Savage * Stage Sound: Daniel Baron

Band

* Keyboards, Vocals, Guitars: Claude "Mégo" Lemay * Drums: Marc Alie * Bass, Vocals:

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* Guitars: Pierre Gauthier * Keyboards: Paul Morin * Saxophones: Martin Daviault * Backing Vocals: Ghislaine Dion

References

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