Falling into You: Around the World was the eighth concert tour by Canadian singer Celine Dion, launched to support her fourth English‑language studio album, Falling into You (1996). Spanning North America, Europe, and Asia, the tour became the most extensive of Dion's career, comprising 145 performances and attracting large audiences across multiple continents. Designed to present material from Falling into You—an album that would go on to sell more than 32 million copies worldwide—the tour also incorporated selections from Dion's earlier repertoire.
Background In February 1996, Dion announced a global concert tour in support of her album Falling into You, with performances initially planned across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. The tour ultimately expanded into an international concert venture lasting more than a year, comprising 145 shows in 17 countries—making it the most extensive concert tour of her career in terms of total performances.
The tour began on 18 March 1996 in Perth, Australia, and concluded on 28 June 1997 in Nice, France. During the final European leg in June 1997, Dion performed for some of the largest audiences she had attracted up to that point, with attendance figures ranging from 35,000 to 70,000 people. Total worldwide attendance for the tour is estimated at approximately 1.7 million.
Opening acts Soul Attorneys (select North American dates, summer 1996) Jamie Porter (Tampa – 11 March 1997) Keb' Mo' (select US dates) The Corrs (select North American dates, August 1996; Europe, autumn 1996) Mike and the Mechanics Human Nature (Australia – March 1996; Europe – June 1997)
Set list The following set list is taken from the 1996 US leg of the tour and does not represent all concerts.
"Everybody's Talkin' My Baby Down" "The Power of Love" "Falling into You" "Make You Happy" "River Deep, Mountain High" "Seduces Me" "All by Myself" "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" "J'irai où tu iras" "If You Asked Me To" "Beauty and the Beast" "When I Fall in Love" "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" "Misled" "Declaration of Love" "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" "To Love You More" "Le ballet" "Love Can Move Mountains" "Fly" "Call the Man" "The Power of the Dream" "Twist and Shout" "Because You Loved Me"
Notes During the European leg, Dion added "Think Twice", "Only One Road", and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman". In French-speaking countries, additional French-language songs were included.
Tour dates + List of 1996 concerts Date (1996) City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Revenue 18 March Perth Australia Perth Entertainment Centre Human Nature rowspan="29" rowspan="29" 21 March Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre 22 March Melbourne Centre Court 23 March 25 March Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre 26 March 28 March Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre 30 March Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 1 April Auckland New Zealand ASB Auditorium rowspan="21" 18 May Vancouver Canada General Motors Place 20 May Calgary Canadian Airlines Saddledome 21 May Edmonton Edmonton Coliseum 23 May Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place 25 May Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena 26 May Thunder Bay Fort William Gardens 28 May Sudbury Sudbury Community Arena 29 May Hamilton Copps Coliseum 31 May Ottawa Corel Centre 1 June 5 June Saguenay Palais des Sports de Saguenay 7 June Quebec City Colisée de Québec 8 June 12 June Halifax Halifax Metro Centre 13 June Sydney Centre 200 15 June Moncton Moncton Coliseum 16 June Saint John Harbour Station 18 June Montreal Molson Centre 19 June 20 June 22 June Toronto Molson Amphitheatre Soul Attorneys 18,349 / 18,349 $509,482 23 June 23 July Mansfield United States Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts rowspan="4" rowspan="4" rowspan="4" 24 July Hartford Meadows Music Theatre 26 July Wantagh Jones Beach Theater 27 July Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center 29 July New York City The Theater at Madison Square Garden Soul Attorneys 5,345 / 5,345 $274,435 30 July Philadelphia Mann Center for the Performing Arts 1 August Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Soul Attorneys 6,140 / 6,509 $169,248 2 August Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 4 August Columbus Polaris Amphitheater 5 August Vienna Wolf Trap Filene Center Soul Attorneys 7,034 / 7,034 $178,202 7 August Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center The Corrs 6,176 / 18,000 $159,190 8 August Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 10 August Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center 11 August Tinley Park New World Music Theatre 9,378 / 15,000 $236,887 13 August Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheater rowspan="5" rowspan="5" 15 August The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 16 August Dallas Reunion Arena 18 August Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheatre 19 August Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater 21 August Denver Red Rocks Amphitheatre 6,219 / 9,450 $166,547 23 August Las Vegas Circus Maximus Showroom rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 24 August 26 August Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre Soul Attorneys 6,251 / 6,251 $226,365 28 August Concord Concord Pavilion rowspan="14" rowspan="46" rowspan="46" 29 August Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 20 September Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 21 September 22 September 24 September 25 September 27 September Lyon Halle Tony Garnier 28 September Grenoble Palais des Sports 4 October Nîmes Arena of Nîmes 6 October Le Mans Antarès 7 October Caen Zénith de Caen 9 October Strasbourg Strasbourg Rhénus 10 October Amnéville Galaxie Amnéville 12 October Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo Center The Corrs 13 October 15 October Cologne Germany Sporthalle Köln 16 October Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt 18 October Rotterdam Netherlands Sportpaleis van Ahoy 19 October 21 October Hamburg Germany Alsterdorfer Sporthalle 23 October Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen 25 October Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena 26 October Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene 28 October Berlin Germany ICC Berlin 30 October Milan Italy Forum di Assago 31 October Lausanne Switzerland Patinoire de Malley 1 November Geneva SEG Geneva Arena 3 November Zürich Hallenstadion 4 November 6 November Neuchâtel Patinoire du Littoral 7 November Nuremberg Germany Frankenhalle 10 November Liévin France Stade Couvert Régional 11 November Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena 13 November Sheffield England Sheffield Arena 14 November Manchester NYNEX Arena 16 November London Wembley Arena 17 November 19 November Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre 20 November 22 November Birmingham England NEC Arena 23 November 25 November Dublin Ireland Point Theatre 26 November 28 November London England Wembley Arena 29 November 17 December Montreal Canada Molson Centre rowspan="3" 30,928 / 34,734 $1,106,457 18 December 19 December
+ List of 1997 concerts Date (1997) City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Revenue 2 February Yokohama Japan Yokohama Arena rowspan="11" rowspan="11" rowspan="11" 3 February Tokyo Nippon Budokan 6 February Osaka Osaka-Jo Hall 7 February 10 February Hiroshima Hiroshima Green Arena 11 February Fukuoka Marine Messe Fukuoka 14 February Tokyo Nippon Budokan 15 February 16 February 19 February Nagoya Nagoya Rainbow Hall 21 February Seoul South Korea Olympic Gymnastics Arena 11 March Tampa United States Ice Palace Jamie Porter 11,333 / 11,333 $436,977 12 March West Palm Beach Coral Sky Amphitheater Keb' Mo' 17,332 / 18,784 $411,269 14 March Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 11,103 / 17,816 $416,445 15 March 16 March New Orleans UNO Lakefront Arena 5,943 / 5,943 $239,865 18 March Orlando Orlando Arena 11,674 / 11,674 $447,150 25 March Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre 5,724 / 5,724 $269,672 27 March San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 29 March Portland Rose Garden Arena 6,576 / 6,576 $185,968 31 March Seattle KeyArena 12,523 / 12,523 $443,185 4 April Pittsburgh Civic Arena 13,142 / 13,142 $349,877 5 April Atlantic City Etess Arena 7 April Boston FleetCenter Keb' Mo' 15,508 / 15,508 $444,330 8 April Ledyard MGM Grand Theater 3,686 / 3,686 $236,725 12 April New York City Madison Square Garden Keb' Mo' 13,524 / 13,524 $624,260 25 April Las Vegas Circus Maximus Showroom rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 26 April 27 April 5 May Montreal Canada Molson Centre 23,009 / 25,862 $827,613 6 May 11 May 23,583 / 25,862 $843,822 12 May 12 June Dublin Ireland Lansdowne Road Human Nature rowspan="8" rowspan="8" 14 June London England Earls Court Exhibition Centre 15 June 18 June Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena 20 June Brussels Belgium King Baudouin Stadium 22 June Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium 24 June Berlin Germany Waldbühne 26 June Zurich Switzerland Letzigrund
Broadcasts and recordings
The concerts held on 14–15 March 1997 at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee were filmed and later broadcast on television. The performance was released on VHS in November 1998. A DVD edition was scheduled for release in Japan on 27 February 2008, but the project was ultimately cancelled.
A 1996 concert in Zurich was recorded for promotional use as a live CD, with only a limited number of copies produced.
Concerts in both Australia and Montreal were also filmed and broadcast as television specials. The Australian program featured four songs along with interview segments in which Dion discussed the album. The Montreal special included six songs, and the performances of "All by Myself" and "To Love You More" were later released as live music videos.
Personnel Celine Dion – lead vocals
Band Claude "Mego" Lemay – musical director, keyboards Dominique Messier – drums Marc Langis – bass Yves Frulla – keyboards André Coutu – guitars Paul Picard – percussion Taro Hakase – violin on "To Love You More" Terry Bradford – backing vocals Rachelle Jeanty – backing vocals (1996) Julie LeBlanc – backing vocals (1997) Elise Duguay – backing vocals, cello
Production René Angélil – management Bud Scheatzle – tour director Ian Donald – production director Michel Dion – assistant to the tour director Denis Savage – front-of-house sound engineer Daniel Baron – stage sound engineer François Desjardins – sound system technician Marc Beauchamp – sound system technician Marc Thériault – sound system technician Yves Aucoin – lighting director Normand Chassé – assistant lighting director Yves "Kiwwi" Lefebvre – video director Yves "Uncle Bill" Beriault – camera technician Louis Lefebvre – camera technician Jean-François Canuel – lighting technician Antoine Malette – lighting technician Michel Pommerleau – lighting technician Jean-François Dubois – band gear technician Guy Vignola – band gear technician Stéphane Hamel – band gear technician Tonje Wold – set design Donald Chouinard – set design Frédéric Morosovsky – head rigger Patrick Angélil – production assistant Louise Labranche – tour assistant Manon Dion – assistant to Céline Eric Burrows – bodyguard Louis Hechter – hairstylist Annie L. Horth – stylist Dominique Giraldeau – choreographer D-U-B-U-C mode de vie – musicians' wardrobe
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