• Video
  • Shop
  • Culture
  • Family
  • Wellness
  • Food
  • Living
  • Style
  • Travel
  • News
  • Book Club
  • GMA3: WYNTK
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your US State Privacy Rights
  • Children's Online Privacy Policy
  • Interest-Based Ads
  • Terms of Use
  • Do Not Sell My Info
  • Contact Us
  • © 2025 ABC News
  • Culture

Celine Dion's 16-year Vegas residency comes to an end Saturday with final show

2:12
Celine Dion's new single has a surprise guest star
VCG via Getty Images
ByAndrea Dresdale
June 07, 2019, 11:32 AM

After more than a thousand performances in front of more than four million fans, Celine Dion is finally cashing in her chips. The singer's performance Saturday night at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace will be the final one of her Las Vegas residency.

"Bittersweet" is how Dion describes her feelings about doing her final show in the city where she's been performing on and off for the last 16 years.

Her first residency show, "A New Day," launched March 25, 2003. Her current one, "Celine," premiered in 2011.

"Vegas has given me, in a way, stability to be home every night, raising my kids," the legendary singer told ABC News earlier this year. "I mean, I love touring, don't get me wrong, but it's very, very, very different."

It may be difficult to believe that when Dion, 51, announced her first residency, few believed it was a good move. Back then, Vegas was where careers went to die.

Related Articles

(MORE: 3 years after her husband's death, Celine Dion shares advice to overcome loss: 'You cannot stop living')

"People thought I was going to finish my career here, and that the Titanic was going to sink again," she said, laughing. But even she admits she was skeptical.

"When I started, they built that Colosseum specifically for that show," she told ABC News. "And me, I was like, 'Uh....suuuure.'"

But the gamble paid off: "A New Day" was a smashing success.

Related Articles

(MORE: Celine Dion talks parenting and letting her kids find their own way)

Since then, the biggest stars in the world staged Vegas residencies: Elton John, Cher, Rod Stewart, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Aerosmith, Ricky Martin, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson and the Backstreet Boys, to name only a few.

Even after she sings her last note Saturday night, Dion isn't stopping. On Sept. 18, she kicks off her "Courage" World Tour, which will visit more than 50 cities across North America.

Up Next in Culture—

Simone Biles gives commencement address: See her advice to graduates

May 12, 2025

Simu Liu proposes to girlfriend Allison Hsu in Paris: 'I choose you forever and always'

May 12, 2025

Bindi Irwin misses Steve Irwin Gala due to medical emergency

May 12, 2025

Gisele Bündchen shares photos with youngest child in Mother's Day post

May 12, 2025

Shop GMA Favorites

ABC will receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

Sponsored Content by Taboola

The latest lifestyle and entertainment news and inspiration for how to live your best life - all from Good Morning America.
  • Contests
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Do Not Sell My Info
  • Children’s Online Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with us
  • Your US State Privacy Rights
  • Interest-Based Ads
  • About Nielsen Measurement
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Shop FAQs
  • ABC News
  • ABC
  • All Videos
  • All Topics
  • Sitemap

© 2025 ABC News
  • Privacy Policy— 
  • Your US State Privacy Rights— 
  • Children's Online Privacy Policy— 
  • Interest-Based Ads— 
  • Terms of Use— 
  • Do Not Sell My Info— 
  • Contact Us— 

© 2025 ABC News