▁concert ▁gross ed ▁$ 1 , 8 2 9 , 3 3 1 . ▁D ion ' s ▁performances ▁at ▁the ▁Bell ▁Centre ▁( in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ) ▁ranked ▁second ▁in ▁Bill boards ▁Top ▁ 2 5 ▁Box sc ores . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁The ▁concert s ▁received ▁mixed ▁reviews ▁in ▁the ▁press . ▁D iane ▁Co et zer ▁of ▁Billboard ▁claimed ▁D ion ' s ▁first ▁performance ▁in ▁South ▁Africa ▁" may ▁not ▁have ▁ultimately ▁succeeded ▁in ▁present ing ▁her ▁as ▁a ▁multi - fac et ed ▁perform er , ▁but ▁it ▁definitely ▁confirmed ▁that ▁D ion ▁is ▁a ▁singer ▁of ▁un par alle led ▁ability . ▁Perform ing ▁in ▁a ▁stad ium ▁that ▁ordin arily ▁holds ▁rugby ▁fans ▁and ▁fl ank ed ▁by ▁two ▁huge ▁screens , ▁D ion ▁used ▁her ▁aston ishing ▁voice ▁to ▁capt iv ate ▁the ▁near - cap acity ▁crowd ." ▁ ▁Co et zer ▁pra ised ▁the ▁dan cing ▁and ▁visual s , ▁but ▁believed ▁the ▁choice ▁in ▁covering ▁soul ▁songs ▁and ▁songs ▁from ▁Queen ▁made ▁the ▁show ▁awk ward ▁until ▁the ▁closing ▁in ▁which ▁" My ▁Heart ▁Will ▁Go ▁On " ▁was ▁performed . ▁ ▁Jon ▁Car aman ica ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁wrote ▁that ▁D ion ▁" show ed ▁off ▁a ▁few ▁new ▁tr icks ▁without ▁viol ating ▁her ▁core ▁ten ets ▁of ▁scale ▁and ▁pom p ." ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁he ▁described ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁songs , ▁such ▁as ▁" My ▁Love " ▁as