Incognito Tour

The Incognito Tour was the third concert tour by Canadian singer Celine Dion, launched to promote her eighth studio album, Incognito (1987). The tour began on 11 January 1988 in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada, and concluded on 11 July 1989 in Quebec City. It included more than 80 performances across 27 cities in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.

The tour initially focused on venues across Quebec, opening on 11 January 1988 at the Théâtre du Cuivre in Rouyn-Noranda. Dion performed several shows in northern Quebec and in Laval.^[1][2][3] Dion also gave 42 consecutive shows at the Théâtre Saint-Denis in Montreal across several periods in 1988: 10 February–10 March, 12–17 April, 14–19 June, 21–24 September, and 14–18 December.

Her set included songs from Incognito, a medley from the musical Starmania, a cover of "Ton visage" by Jean-Pierre Ferland, and a segment in which she imitated artists such as Michael Jackson, Mireille Mathieu, Ginette Reno, and Diane Dufresne. During the tour, Dion experienced her first significant vocal strain.^[4]

On 2 May 1989, one year after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with "Ne partez pas sans moi", Dion gave a special concert at the Théâtre de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland, held outside the regular tour schedule.^[5]

The following set list is taken from the official tour brochure and does not represent all concerts.^[6][7]

1. "Délivre-moi"
2. "Incognito"
3. "That's What Friends Are For"
4. "On traverse un miroir"
5. "Somewhere"
6. "The Way We Were"
7. "Summertime"
8. Imitations segment
9. "I'm So Excited"
10. "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)"
11. "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour"
12. "Mes blues passent pu dans port"
13. "Ton visage"
14. "Quand on arrive en ville"
15. "Les uns contre les autres"
16. "Le monde est stone"
17. "Ce soir on danse à Naziland"
18. "Le blues du businessman"

• During the imitations segment, Dion portrayed several artists, including Michael Jackson ("Bad"), Mireille Mathieu ("Santa Maria de la mer"), Ginette Reno ("Je ne suis qu'une chanson"), and Diane Dufresne ("Les hauts et les bas d'une hôtesse de l'air").
• At the 11 July 1989 concert in Quebec City, Dion also performed "Comme un cœur froid", "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle", "Love by Another Name", and "Ne partez pas sans moi".^[8]

Adapted from the credits in the official tour brochure.

• Celine Dion – lead vocals

• Claude "Mégo" Lemay – musical direction, arrangements
• Marc Alie – drums
• Martin Daviault – saxophone
• Pierre Gauthier – guitar
• Breen LeBoeuf – bass
• Paul Morin – keyboards
• Ghislaine Dion – backing vocals

• René Angélil – management
• Jean Bissonnette – stage direction
• Michel Robidas – costume design
• Michel Murphy – lighting design
• Jean-Pierre Plante – parody texts
• Pierre Huet – parody texts
• Suzanne Gingue – stage management
• Mario Petit – lighting engineer, artistic direction
• Denis Savage – concert hall sound technician
• Daniel Baron – stage sound technician
• Rachel Tremblay – wigs
• Georges Couture – costumes