From January 1988 to July 1989, Céline Dion gave over 80 concerts for the Incognito tour, which promoted the album of the same name. This tour passed through 27 cities in the province of Quebec and Ontario.
Tour Programme
Two separate brochures in French were distributed. There were only few copies available. The brochures, totally in black and white, were a few pages with information about the songs performed, the tour personnel and four small pictures from the concerts, plus the cover photo.
Tour Route
Céline Dion mainly toured Quebec. It started on 11 January 1988 at the Theatre du Cuivre, Rouyn-Noranda. She gave concerts in the northern region of Quebec, in Laval, as well as numerous shows at the Saint-Denis Theatre in Montreal.
On 2 May 1989, a year after winning Eurovision Song Contest with "Ne partez pas sans moi," Celine gave her first concert in Switzerland. She performed in Theatre de Baulieu in Lausanne.
On July 11, 1989, Celine Dion gave a concert as part of the Festival d'Été de Quebec at the Place D’Youville, Quebec, in front of an audience 30 000 people. For the occasion, the Pop Philharmonic ensemble composed of 52 musicians, under the direction of Gilles Ouellet, accompanied Celine Dion for her show.
Known Tour Dates
- 11-Jan-88 : Theatre du Cuivre, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
- 12-Jan-88 : Theatre du Cuivre, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
- 13-Jan-88 : Theatre du Cuivre, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
- 20-Jan-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 21-Jan-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 22-Jan-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 23-Jan-88: Salle André-Mathieu, Laval, Canada
- 9-Feb-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 10-Feb-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 11-Feb-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 12-Feb-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 13-Feb-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 14-Feb-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 18-Feb-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 19-Feb-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 20-Feb-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 25-Feb-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 26-Feb-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 27-Feb-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 28-Feb-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 12-Apr-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 13-Apr-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 14-Apr-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 15-Apr-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 16-Apr-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 17-Apr-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 24-May-88 : Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, Longueuil, Canada
- 25-May-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 26-May-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 27-May-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 28-May-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, Canada
- 01-Jun-88 : National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada
- 02-Jun-88 : National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada
- 03-Jun-88 : Maniwaki, Canada
- 14-Jun-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 15-Jun-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 16-Jun-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 17-Jun-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 18-Jun-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 19-Jun-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- Jun-88 : Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Canada
- 04-Aug-88 : Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Canada
- 09-Aug-88 : Centre Sportif de Matane, Canada
- 17-Aug-88 : National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada
- 21-Sep-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 22-Sep-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 23-Sep-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 24-Sep-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 04-Oct-88 : Centre culturel de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
- 05-Oct-88 : Centre culturel de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
- 06-Oct-88 : Centre culturel de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
- 12-Oct-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 13-Oct-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 14-Oct-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 15-Oct-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 16-Oct-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 26-Oct-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 27-Oct-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 28-Oct-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 29-Oct-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 13-Nov-88: Cégep Salle Albert Rousseau, Ste-Foy, Canada
- 23-Nov-88: Auditorium Dufour, Chicoutimi, Canada
- 24-Nov-88: Auditorium Dufour, Chicoutimi, Canada
- 25-Nov-88: Auditorium Dufour, Chicoutimi, Canada
- 26-Nov-88: Auditorium Dufour, Chicoutimi, Canada
- 27-Nov-88: Auditorium Dufour, Chicoutimi, Canada
- 29-Nov-88: Auditorium Dufour, Chicoutimi, Canada
- 08-Dec-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 09-Dec-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 10-Dec-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 11-Dec-88 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 14-Dec-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 15-Dec-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 16-Dec-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 17-Dec-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 18-Dec-88 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 20-Jan-89 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 21-Jan-89 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 22-Jan-89 : Palais Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
- 03-Feb-88 : Centre culturel de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
- 02-May-89 : Theatre de Baulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 30-May-89 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 31-May-89 : Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- 24-Jun-89 : Harbourfront, Ontario, Canada
- 11-Jul-89 : Place d'Youville, Quebec City, Canada
List of songs
Depending on the concerts, Celine performed a selection of the following songs :
- Délivre-moi
- Incognito
- That's What Friends Are For
- On traverse un miroir
- Somewhere
- The way we were
- Summertime
- Bad (imitation Michael Jackson)
- La danse des canards (imitation de Mireille Mathieu)
- Je ne suis qu'une chanson (imitation Ginette Reno)
- Les hauts et les bas d'une hôtesse de l'air (imitation Diane Dufresne)
- I'm so excited
- Lolita (Trop jeune pour aimer)
- D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour?
- Mes blues passent pu dans porte
- Ton visage
- Quand on arrive en ville
- Les uns contre les autres
- Le monde est stone
- Naziland, ce soir on danse
- Le blues du business man
- Comme un cœur froid,
- Carmen (L'amour est enfant de bohême),
- Love by Another Name,
- Ne partez pas sans moi
- Endless Love
Recordings
The tour was never released on a CD / DVD but a TV show followed Celine for the concert of July 1989 in Quebec. It featured a behind-the-scenes and extracts from the show like "That's What Friends Are For", "L'amour est enfant de bohême (Carmen)", "Ton Visage", "Love by Another Name" and the medley from Starmania and some extracts from the songs "Incognito", "Délivre-moi", "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" and "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour?". The show ended with "Ne partez pas sans moi" from the Eurovision Song Contest.
Team
Production
- Management: René Angélil (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: Breen LeBoeuf,
- Guitars: Pierre Gauthier,
- Keyboards: Paul Morin,
- Saxophones: Martin Daviault,
- Backing Vocals: Ghislaine Dion
