The Celine Dion concert at The Mar-a-Lago Club, scheduled for Saturday night, has been canceled due to the sudden illness of Dion, according to the Trump Organization.

Dion has agreed to reschedule a new date next season. In addition to ticket holders receiving an immediate refund, Donald Trump is inviting all ticket holders to come, as his guest, to a “lavish party-to-have-a-party” Saturday night at the club.

Celine Dion enlisted the help of her fellow Caesars Entertainment headliners in a $6 million bid for her children’s sickle-cell-research benefit concert “Play Without Pain” on Sunday night to jump start close-to-the-cure clinical trials.

Husband and manager Rene Angelil and Celine welcomed 150 of the well-heeled donors and the amazing doctors of Children’s Hospital Boston backstage at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace for a meet-and-greet and photo session. The couple then donated the entire proceeds of her special 4,200-seat performance to the fundraiser.

“As a mother, I was incredibly moved by the stories that were shared with me regarding the impact this disease has on children. This benefit is a way in which I can get involved to positively touch these children’s lives,” Celine said. “Your compassion and kindness could be the tipping point in helping researchers eradicate the disease and bring relief to millions across the globe. The funds we raise will allow these children to grow up pain free and lead longer, more productive lives. Our prayer is they grow up to play without pain.”

Celine Dion has recorded two songs of her first studio album in four-and-a-half years and hopes to release it in May.

Her husband/manager Rene Angelil, in weekend interviews with Vegas Confidential, said she is scheduled to resume her recording Jan. 31 in Florida and will likely put the finishing touches on the album at the Palms Recording Studios.

One of the songs will be a cover of Janis Ian ‘s “At 17,” which Dion sings in her show at Caesars Palace .

She started recording in November.

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Here’s a nice article from Yahoo.com about Celine’s upcoming projects. Looks like the whole world is waiting for her new CDs! :)

Celine Dion has been in the business for decades, with hits like “Because You Loved Me” in 1996 and “A New Day Has Come” in 2002. But will Dion be more popular than ever in 2012?

At 43 years old, Dion is not slowing down. With a lineup of exciting Dion-centric projects in the works, it seems the Canadian singer may have her hottest year yet. Here’s why: Dion will be releasing two new albums this year. The Canuck superstar is set to release an English album in April and a French album in October. Rene Angelil, Dion’s husband and manager, told the Montreal Gazette that the English album will include Dion’s take on Journey’s “Open Arms” and Janis Ian’s “At Seventeen.”

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This year, the 54th GRAMMY Awards are offering a special 200-plus-page commemorative souvenir program book to fans for the first time. Celine, who has won many GRAMMY Awards herself, contributed to the book’s editorial along with other GRAMMY winning artists such as Common, Chris Isaak and Kid Rock. The book will be available in major U.S. bookstores and newsstands starting mid-January. Watch the 54th GRAMMY Awards on February 12, 2012 on the CBS network at 8pm (ET/PT).

Source: CelineDion.com

Superstar Celine Dion and her manager husband Rene Angelil confirmed to Vegas DeLuxe in an exclusive interview that negotiations are under way for their Caesars Palace contract to be extended. “We are in talks,” Rene said. “It’s not finalized yet, but soon. We love it here in Vegas.

“Celine does here what she loves to do. She loves the Colosseum. It has the best conditions for a performer. We couldn’t ask for better. We are close to lots of people in Vegas, and we are here to stay. You will probably be the first to know when it’s signed and extended.”

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Celine Dion donated a private concert Friday, Dec. 16, to a sell-out audience to benefit the expansion of Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Miami.

Dion gave her performance in gratitude to the Institute for the life-saving procedure carried out on her husband, René Angélil, under the leadership of Dr. Barry Katzen, the Institute’s founder and medical director.

“It started a little over two and a half years ago. We had quite a scare. Our family doctors discovered that Rene had a critical narrowing of the artery to his brain, the carotid artery, putting him at a high risk for stroke,” Dion said in a video presented with her husband at the event.

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It is shaping up as an action-packed 2012 for notre Celine nationale. Celine Dion has two new studio albums coming in 2012. The new English disc is coming in April and then there will be a French-language collection coming in October. She will also be headlining 70 shows in Las Vegas.

We don’t know many details about the records yet though her husband/manger Rene Angelil told me in September that the English album will definitely include Dion’s version of the old Janis Ian hit At Seventeen, a tune that is one of the highlights of Dion’s current Las Vegas show. He also said the English album will feature her take on the Jacques Brel classic Ne me quitte pas and her update of the old Journey anthem Open Arms.

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Here are some highlights of this French article (thanks to Céline Dion Informatiepunt), which includes a new interview with Céline & René:

• At the moment, the English album is still due for release in April and the French album for October.
• Work on the English album has hardly begun, they’re still receiving songs. She wil most likely record in-between shows, when she starts a new run of shows on December 28.
• The virtual duet with Stevie Wonder, will be replaced for the holidays by a virtual duet with Andrea Bocelli on ‘The Prayer’.
• There may be a costume change for the Michael Jackson tribute.
• When the new album is released, they may be adding 3/4 news songs to the show.
• Besides the songs she currently performs in Vegas, Céline will also do “Treat Her Like A Lady” with Diana King, when she performs at the Jamaica Jazz & Blues festival late January.