Celine Dion will compose a song for the Beijing Olympic Games and debut it at her maiden concert in the city in April.

The Canadian singer’s Taking Chances World Tour 2008 will open in Beijing on April 13 with a perfromance at the Workers’ Stadium in Sanlitun. It forms part of a series of Olympic celebrations by Games organizers BOCOG.

Via a video link-up Celine Dion, said, ‘I’m looking forward to my first-ever concert on the Chinese mainland.’

She sang The Power of the Dream as the theme song for the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Kan Ke, deputy director of BOCOG’s Culture and Ceremonies Department said, ‘Dion performed a great song for the 1996 Games and I hope there will be more like it in Beijing.’
Source: China Daily