Celine Pulls An Elvis

07 February 2002

First her heart, now Celine Dion says her career will go on.
The Grammy-winning, gazillion-selling pop chanteuse, semi-retired for the past two years to procreate and spend time with her ailing husband, is ready to relaunch her career.
We already knew that Dion's new single, the aptly named "A New Day Has Come," was due out this month and her first new studio album in five years, also titled A New Day Has Come, will be released March 26.
Now, the diva's publicist confirms that Dion will pull an Elvis and return to the stage next spring with a series of Vegas headlining gigs.
Dion, who emerged from her self-imposed hiatus to sing "God Bless America" during the America: A Tribute to Heroes telethon in September, has signed a three-year deal reportedly worth $100 million to perform five nights a week at Caesar's Palace beginning in March 2002.
The casino-resort is building a 4,000-seat replica of the Roman Colosseum to serve as Dion's backdrop.
The singer has a thing for playing make-believe at Caesar's.
In 2000, she and hubby Rene Angelil renewed their wedding vows at the hotel, which converted its chapel into a custom-designed Arab mosque and its ballroom into an Oriental garden with six tents - each representing a different scene from 'A Thousand and One Arabian Nights'.
Dion's comeback announcement comes one year after she gave birth through in-vitro fertilization. Her son, Rene Charles, was born January 25, 2001.