Almost five years after Celine Dion first took the stage at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the show has come to an end.

For a crowd of cheering fans, Dion bid farewell to Vegas Saturday night and emotionally reminisced about the early problems the show faced.

Pregnancy almost stopped production on the elaborate show while it was still in development in 2000, CTV reports.

The 39-year-old superstar reportedly told her husband and manager Rene Angelil that she wanted to focus on motherhood and back out of the Vegas commitment.

“I had a life for the first time,” Dion said via video before the final show, “I knew then that I wanted to have more success as a mother than a singer.”

But the show went on and despite poor early reviews Dion’s, “A New Day . . . ” made a five-year run, grossed hundreds of millions of dollars and was enjoyed by almost three million fans.

Dion’s husband and son joined her on stage after the last number of the show.

Bette Midler’s “The Showgirl Must Go On,” is set to open Feb. 20 in place of Celine Dion.






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