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Celine Dion<\/a> spent her weekend attending Metallica’s<\/a> concerts at Sphere<\/a> in Las Vegas. Please raise your hand if you had that wager.<\/p>\n The Canadian vocalist, known for numerous soaring hits in the pop world, like the blockbuster Titanic<\/a><\/em> theme, “My Heart Will Go On<\/a>,” which went to No. 1 in over 25 countries in the ’90s, was in the house to see the heavy metal legends on Thursday (Nov. 5) and Saturday (Nov. 7) in Sin City.<\/p>\n You can watch video of Dion below, enthusiastically playing air bass to “Blackened” by the\u00a0Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/a> inductees, hanging out in a VIP suite that also included\u00a0Jack Black<\/a>\u00a0on the guest list.<\/p>\n She commemorated the moment with a carousel of colorful photos on her Instagram<\/a>, of her subsequent meeting with the band. Among the pix, Dion is captured having a conversational moment with James Hetfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you James, Lars, Kirk and Rob and everyone from the Metallica organization for the warm welcome!\u201d Dion wrote. \u201cWe had such a wonderful time seeing you at the Sphere. We absolutely loved the show.”<\/p>\n In February, she posted a playlist on social media<\/a>, noting that, “I’m often asked what I’m listening to. So here are a few songs from my playlist lately. Different moods, different moments…but all ones I love.”<\/p>\n Among her selections: James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful,” “Love on My Brain” by Rihanna…..and Metallica’s “Until it Sleeps,” from their 1996 album Load<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n “Eddy, one of my twins, his favorite band is Metallica,” the diva explained, also sharing her\u00a0best heavy metal vocalist impression.<\/p>\n Both of her twin sons — Eddy and his brother Nelson — were there at the Sphere concerts to enjoy the hard rockin’ action. Although “Until it Sleeps” wasn’t in the set on either night, Load’s<\/em> “King Nothing” and the lengthy deeper cut from the same album, “The Outlaw Torn,” did make an appearance.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Metallica Songs Ranked<\/a><\/p>\n Both nights featured a heavy smattering of fan favorites beyond that, including warhorses like “The Unforgiven,” “Fuel” and of course, “Enter Sandman.”<\/p>\n The singer has shown her rock roots in the past. She shared the stage with Anastacia and Meredith Brooks at the 2002 VH1 Divas Concert in Las Vegas, a benefit for the Save the Music Foundation. They performed their version<\/a> of AC\/DC’s<\/a> “You Shook Me All Night Long,” which Dion had been covering in her concerts for a couple of years prior to that night.<\/p>\n In 2007, she told Billboard<\/em><\/a> that her love of\u00a0classic rock music had served her well over the years.\u00a0 \u201cEverybody always sent the hardest songs to sing to me: \u2018If somebody can hit those notes, it\u2019s Celine Dion,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cMaybe no one thought I was capable of doing anything else, but I\u2019ve got Heart<\/a> (she’s covered<\/a> “Alone”) and Doobie Brothers<\/a> and Janis Joplin<\/a> and Creedence Clearwater Revival<\/a> inside of me, too.\u201d<\/p>\n You’ll find other rock connections in her body of work also. Aldo Nova<\/a> has written a number of songs for Dion. The Canadian rocker, known for his ’80s AOR staple “Fantasy,” even snagged a Grammy Award in the ’90s for his work as co-producer on one of her albums, 1996’s Falling Into You<\/em>.<\/p>\n One more rock link: That’s Rush<\/a> designer Hugh Syme<\/a> who did the cover design for her 1990 album\u00a0Unison<\/em>, which features “Where Does My Heart Beat Now.” The track, which has some arena rock vibes, if you’re listening, deserves a spot on your ’80s\/’90s playlist. It was produced by Christopher Neil (A-Ha, Mike & the Mechanics, Bonnie Tyler, Cher<\/a>), while other Unison<\/em> songs were helmed by producer David Foster.<\/p>\nCeline Dion Has Talked about Metallica Before<\/h3>\n
Watch Celine Dion and Jack Black Rock to Metallica’s ‘Blackened’<\/h3>\n
Celine Has Plenty of Rock Cred<\/h3>\n