She has called Las Vegas home ever since beginning her residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in 2003.
And Celine Dion, 49, was brought to tears on stage in Las Vegas on Tuesday night as she gave an emotional speech paying tribute to the victims of the horrific Route 91 Harvest Music Festival attack.
The Think Twice songstress questioned whether it was too soon to performed two days after the shocking incident which claimed the lives of 59 people and left more than 500 injured on Sunday.
Heartfelt: Celine Dion, 49, was brought to tears on stage in Las Vegas as gave an emotional speech to her audience on Tuesday night following the horrific attack at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival
She said to the audience: ‘I hope that you’re doing OK…before we start the show, I need to talk to your for a moment..I never start the show like this but tonight is very different.
‘”For me it’s can I see do my show?” Should I still do my show only two days after the nightmare?’
As the crowd fell completely silent, she revealed that all the proceeds from the night’s concert would be going directly to the families of those affected by the horrific attack.
A generous gesture by the Grammy-award winning hitmaker, she later referenced the shocking tragedy as she told concert goers that the victims were looking down on them from above.
Emotional: The Think Twice songstress questioned whether it was too soon to performed two days after the shocking incident which claimed the lives of 59 people and left more than 500 injured
The Canadian vocalist first graced the Las Vegas stage in 2003 with her show A New Day at the 4,000-seat Colosseum at Caesars Palace which fused song, performance art and theatrical entertainment.
Originally contracted for three years, Celine continued for another two years due to its immediate success and performed more than 700 shows and to three million people in the five-year run.
The residency broke world records in the music industry having grossed over $400,000,000 during the five years.
She then returned to the same stage four years later for her new show Celine which began on March 15th in 2011 and was extended two years later in 2013 until 2019.
However, a statement was released following her husband René Angélil’s diagnosis with throat cancer on August 13th 2014 that all her performance would be cancelled until March 22th 2015.
Taking time: She said to the audience: ‘I hope that you’re doing OK…before we start the show, I need to talk to your for a moment..I never start the show like this but tonight is very different’
Resuming the residency on August 27th 2015, she later postponed her shows when sadly her other half passed away on January 14th 2016 before resuming again a month later.
Having faced her share of highs and lows, the iconic singer celebrated her 1000th Las Vegas show in October 2016.
Meanwhile, her emotional display comes after hundreds of people gathered at vigils held across Las Vegas on Tuesday night to honor and mourn the 58 victims who lost their lives when a gunman opened fire at Route 91 Harvest Music Festival.
Stephen Paddock, 64, injured more than 500 people in the senseless attack Sunday night from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel before turning the gun on himself.
Stage star: The Canadian vocalist first graced the Las Vegas stage in 2003 with her show A New Day at the 4,000-seat Colosseum at Caesars Palace which fused song, performance art and theatrical entertainment
About 22,000 people were attending the third day of the country music festival, which featured top acts like Eric Church and Sam Hunt.
Photos of the hotel on Monday morning show two windows on the 32nd floor shattered. It’s believed that Paddock was staying in a large suite or connected rooms and was shooting down on the concertgoers below from both windows.
Police were able to pinpoint where the shooter was firing from because the gunfire set off fire alarms in the hotel.
In the past: However, a statement was released following her husband René Angélil’s diagnosis with throat cancer on August 13th 2014 that all her performance would be cancelled until March 22th 2015 (Pictured together in 2012)
They responded to the room and breached the door using explosives. But by the time they entered the room it was too late – Paddock had shot himself dead. Inside the room, they found an ‘arsenal’ of 23 firearms.
Paddock had four Daniel Defense DDM4 rifles, three FN-15s and other rifles made by Sig Sauer.
It appears that he bought the gun legally and at least six of the weapons were purchased at a Cabela’s in Verdi, Nevada.
Others were purchased from Discount Firearms and Ammo, a few blocks from the strip in Las Vegas, and at Guns and Guitars located in Mesquite.
Music maker: Resuming the residency on August 27th 2015, she later postponed her shows when sadly her other half passed away on January 14th 2016 before resuming again a month later (Pictured together in 2002)