16 concert residency at La Defense Arena in Paris in September/October 2026

[No1IrishFan]

45 minutes ago, Mlaroche2711 said:

It’s now telling me I’m a bot when I try to get on the axs pre sale fs 

It’s so frustrating. I mailed AXS and they said it’s temporary so try later. I fully expect loads of us to fall into this bucket

[isurrender]

42 minutes ago, Ajax said:

This moment is Epic and unparalleled in her career. ❤️

Still Am I the only one being still worried and stressed out by her health with a lot of questions ? Like the tragedy it would be if she had to cancel again, how can she deal with this level of concerts ? How can she still belts and project her voice with her disease ? She is containing her disease thanks to sport and physiotherapy  at a high level but can it goes through this amount of concerts ? I’m really intrigued and a bit stressed let s say. 

There's a good solution for that. 

It's call lip-sync. 

[Alex_Incognito]

Well now we have over a week to have continual nightmares about not getting tickets.

[Bellamy]

Xinhua news agency (the official state news agency of China, as influential as AP, AFP, Reuters )covered this news. They don’t cover entertainment news regularly.

[Ajax]

2 minutes ago, isurrender said:

There's a good solution for that. 

It's call lip-sync. 

This is a possibility of course. But I guess if she is coming back it s to at least do the same amount of playback as before. 

[Dancing_Queen]

It's all over the news in Belgium as well, it's crazy. People keep asking me if I have tickets yet and how many shows I'm attending. Seems I have a reputation lol. 

Edited March 31, 2026 at 09:27 AM by Dancing_Queen

[LeChauffeur100]

So far AXS has been terrible for me. Couldn’t create an account even trying on several devices. La Defense Arena’s went fine, but no confirmation e-mail. Gosh these platforms are so stressful!!!

[scarletpimpernel]

28 minutes ago, Dancing_Queen said:

It's all over the news in Belgium as well, it's crazy. People keep asking me if I have tickets yet and how many shows I'm attending. Seems I have a reputation lol. 

It's all over the news in Aus

[A new day...]

AXS is the worst. I'm also a bot, apparently.

[Johnny79]

1 minute ago, LeChauffeur100 said:

So far AXS has been terrible for me. Couldn’t create an account even trying on several devices. La Defense Arena’s went fine, but no confirmation e-mail. Gosh these platforms are so stressful!!!

I've been struggling with AXS on my iPhone with Safari. Switched to Chrome and it worked flawless, could manage to register and got my confirmation email 

[scarletpimpernel]

2 hours ago, Shamrock_1982 said:

2026 and trying to get concert tickets has never been more difficult or stressful!

Another thing, when they asked us to sign up two months ago for announcements and news… what was that about?

Did anyone get an email?  🙄

I haven't...as yet

[LukeD]

1 hour ago, isurrender said:

There's a good solution for that. 

It's call lip-sync. 

She was belting out notes throughout 2011 - 2020 despite having SPS. 'The Prayer' in Courage World Tour sounded incredible. 'Over The Rainbow' demonstrated her dynamic range. Her vocals deteriorated progressively during that decade, but she was not getting any SPS treatment. Now she does, so we should see how this plays out before we insinuate she might need to resort to lip-sync. If anything, her speaking voice sounds better now than it did back in 2019-2020. 

[manu23]

2 hours ago, Mlaroche2711 said:

It’s now telling me I’m a bot when I try to get on the axs pre sale fs 

Are you using any kind of VPN? I couldn’t do it from my work computer as it uses VPN, but I could do it on my phone without a problem. This is actually the case for many tickets sales (happened to me with Shakira too). So be prepared for the day of the actual sale.

I might be wrong but I think AXS is the only presale happening on the 7th. Ticketmaster and La Defense presale will happen on the 9th.

[celine28]

6 hours ago, Matias said:

I think she had filler around her eyes to make her more "full",plus, great makeup and filters 

I agree with you. When I watched the live annoucement on my TV yesterday evening, that's the first thing (well after the excitement and joy to see her again lol) that caught my eye.. I couldn't tell what it was, as she looks like herself and that whatever she did is light and soft. Then I watched the video message again on Youtube on my laptop and I could tell what it was : there was a slight change in her eyes and cheek area.

She always used camera filters and good lighting that soften her skin for her official video recordings in the past (even in her illness video announcement back in 2022), she even admitted it in an interview (I can't remember which one), that her team made everything possible to make her look the best (with makeup, lighting and filter) and for her to feel comfortable when recording a video message. But here, even if it's clear there's a camera filter that softens her skin (there's some blurriness that appears sometimes in the video around her hair and neck), you can tell it's something else around her eyes area. You can spot it too in the la Défense Arena video with the black coat.

No body shaming here, just an observation  . She looks good, and if she's happy like that, none of our business . 

[isurrender]

1 hour ago, Dancing_Queen said:

It's all over the news in Belgium as well, it's crazy. People keep asking me if I have tickets yet and how many shows I'm attending. Seems I have a reputation lol. 

I'm from Belgium as well. 

Do you think we will get the Visa pre-sale as well? 

I am also wondering if the lottery is a real one (so everyone on the same level) , or if they will split  it per country/world area. 

[emiliejolie]

1 minute ago, isurrender said:

I'm from Belgium as well. 

Do you think we will get the Visa pre-sale as well? 

I am also wondering if the lottery is a real one (so everyone on the same level) , or if they will split  it per country/world area. 

Lottery is a real one, no discrimative rule. They really insist on ONE registration, if someone tried with different email or card he will be disqualified 

[Ukrfan]

I generally never understood the hate of cosmetic procedures, especially in celebrities. It's only ridicolous when clearly overdone / bad work (e.g. Madonna when she looked like an alien). 

 

Some subtle improvements here and there won't hurt anyone. Even teeth / veeners are a cosmetic procedure for most part, but people seem to tolerate them well. 

 

Some fillers, light botox, hair transplants in men - they all make people look much younger and fresher, so why not.  

[emiliejolie]

7 minutes ago, celine28 said:

I agree with you. When I watched the live annoucement on my TV yesterday evening, that's the first thing (well after the excitement and joy to see her again lol) that caught my eye.. I couldn't tell what it was, as she looks like herself and that whatever she did is light and soft. Then I watched the video message again on Youtube on my laptop and I could tell what it was : there was a slight change in her eyes and cheek area.

She always used camera filters and good lighting that soften her skin for her official video recordings in the past (even in her illness video announcement back in 2022), she even admitted it in an interview (I can't remember which one), that her team made everything possible to make her look the best (with makeup, lighting and filter) and for her to feel comfortable when recording a video message. But here, even if it's clear there's a camera filter that softens her skin (there's some blurriness that appears sometimes in the video around her hair and neck), you can tell it's something else around her eyes area. You can spot it too in the la Défense Arena video with the black coat.

No body shaming here, just an observation  . She looks good, and if she's happy like that, none of our business . 

My opinion on Celine face, or overloaded make up is : she seems to have to same hair style as for some photos of the new shooting. I think Celine recorded the videos the same day as she did the photos for the new shooting. This could be the explanation of so much make up

[emiliejolie]

2 minutes ago, Ukrfan said:

I generally never understood the hate of cosmetic procedures, especially in celebrities. It's only ridicolous when clearly overdone / bad work (e.g. Madonna when she looked like an alien). 

 

Some subtle improvements here and there won't hurt anyone. Even teeth / veeners are a cosmetic procedure for most part, but people seem to tolerate them well. 

 

Some fillers, light botox, hair transplants in men - they all make people look much younger and fresher, so why not.  

You are right till the point you know the limits and how to stop Botox and so on.

the problem is that when you enter this it is hard to stop … especially celebrities,

[dawn]

1 hour ago, LeChauffeur100 said:

So far AXS has been terrible for me. Couldn’t create an account even trying on several devices. La Defense Arena’s went fine, but no confirmation e-mail. Gosh these platforms are so stressful!!!

I did it right now, in less than five minutes.

[LukeD]

48 minutes ago, celine28 said:

I agree with you. When I watched the live annoucement on my TV yesterday evening, that's the first thing (well after the excitement and joy to see her again lol) that caught my eye.. I couldn't tell what it was, as she looks like herself and that whatever she did is light and soft. Then I watched the video message again on Youtube on my laptop and I could tell what it was : there was a slight change in her eyes and cheek area.

She always used camera filters and good lighting that soften her skin for her official video recordings in the past (even in her illness video announcement back in 2022), she even admitted it in an interview (I can't remember which one), that her team made everything possible to make her look the best (with makeup, lighting and filter) and for her to feel comfortable when recording a video message. But here, even if it's clear there's a camera filter that softens her skin (there's some blurriness that appears sometimes in the video around her hair and neck), you can tell it's something else around her eyes area. You can spot it too in the la Défense Arena video with the black coat.

No body shaming here, just an observation  . She looks good, and if she's happy like that, none of our business . 

The eyes and cheeks look different, there is no denying that. I think she had work done around the eyes. The cheeks might be different due to medication or weight gain.

Either way, she looks incredible! If anything she reminds me A LOT of the EUS album photos.  

[LukeD]

CBC News reporting the comeback. Also the Founder of the SPS Research Foundation and SPS patient expresses her gratitude for Celine. Really good to see! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0trtJfQK6OQ

[Critiaslux]

3 hours ago, comingback said:

So will we get a new album in autumn or is it a GH concert?

I tend to believe it would be more a GH concert with maybe one or two new songs if there is indeed an album release this year.

[symon]

"CELINE DION PARIS 2026 will be a musical experience highlighting her greatest French and English hits, a poignant tribute to the songs that have marked her remarkable career around the world for generations. This historic event also places Céline among the elite of artists who have given a long series of performances at Paris La Défense Arena. Directed by award-winning artistic director Willo Perron, this spectacular production promises an unforgettable reunion for Céline and her fans"

 

I see on Instagram he designed Beyonce s last tour staging

Edited March 31, 2026 at 12:07 PM by symon

[noyau]

I’m a bit confused: will VIP packages only be available during the general sale on April 10, or will they also be available in the presales?

[Ajax]

33 minutes ago, LukeD said:

CBC News reporting the comeback. Also the Founder of the SPS Research Foundation and SPS patient expresses her gratitude for Celine. Really good to see! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0trtJfQK6OQ

 

Interesting and disturbing at the same time. The Diva and the ordinary patient. Both have SPS. I respect if she doesn’t and understand it but I hope somehow that she would address it personally. I mean what says this founder is kind of heartbreaking about the reality of the disease. How much it takes for Celine to adresses those 10 shows ? How much efforts, people and physiotherapist, just to contain the symptoms and allow her to sing.  And after ? 
one thing also the founder is not mentioning is that there are as much SPS expression as there are patients. Can we say she has a very mild SPS and even partially and naturally disappearing as it also happen in autoimmune disease ?

im so happy but I don’t know it’s hard for me to just enjoy. 

[emiliejolie]

22 minutes ago, noyau said:

I’m a bit confused: will VIP packages only be available during the general sale on April 10, or will they also be available in the presales?

There are available on presales but maybe not all presales

[A new day...]

Do we have a price range for the VIP packages yet? 

[jolo87]

55 minutes ago, LukeD said:

The eyes and cheeks look different, there is no denying that. I think she had work done around the eyes. The cheeks might be different due to medication or weight gain.

Either way, she looks incredible! If anything she reminds me A LOT of the EUS album photos.  

She's always been very vocal about wanting to age naturally, so this is a surprising move from her. And yes, she's definitely had some work done, it's tasteful and she looks incredible. Whatever it is that she got, it's absolutely faultless and I hope she feels as good as she looks. 

I think she did this for a reason, though. There's already been some reporting on the doubts some members of her team (including AEG) had over the potential response to the residency considering her illness. She made a point to reference her health in the video announcement and I got the feeling that the way she framed it wasn't 100% her words -- even some of the posters make a point to depict her stretching. I'm not suggesting necessarily that she was convinced by AEG to undergo a cosmetic procedure, but it does seem that she's done this to make a statement about her health, to communicate to the audience and to her fans that she is healthy, that there has been a qualitative shift in her health since 2024, and thus, not to worry. She wants to look a certain way because she wants us to anticipate the shows with no worries or doubts about her health.

It also raises the stakes for her in a way. If she has taken the effort to change her appearance somewhat to convey the image that the "old Celine" we knew is back -- and it does, watching the video is like, to me, witnessing a resurrection almost -- then she must be supremely confident in her ability to pull off a spectacular performance. So it's maybe not just to send a message that she's back, but also to authentically represent the way she feels inside, and for that I can only applaud her. 

Edited March 31, 2026 at 12:33 PM by jolo87

[Céline RO]

25 minutes ago, Ajax said:

 

Interesting and disturbing at the same time. The Diva and the ordinary patient. Both have SPS. I respect if she doesn’t and understand it but I hope somehow that she would address it personally. I mean what says this founder is kind of heartbreaking about the reality of the disease. How much it takes for Celine to adresses those 10 shows ? How much efforts, people and physiotherapist, just to contain the symptoms and allow her to sing.  And after ? 
one thing also the founder is not mentioning is that there are as much SPS expression as there are patients. Can we say she has a very mild SPS and even partially and naturally disappearing as it also happen in autoimmune disease ?

im so happy but I don’t know it’s hard for me to just enjoy. 

Well, Céline is willing to put in that insane level of effort every day, not just for ten shows but for the rest of her life, and do whatever it takes. So, after the shows, it’s not over—it’s never over, she’s going to keep giving absolutely her all.

And Céline has had symptoms for 20 years and was already at the point where she had severe crises for years and struggled to walk, and who knows just how badly her disease would have progressed by now if she hadn’t discovered and addressed it. So I don’t think Céline has a mild form of SPS at all. Not all patients have crises of the intensity of Céline’s. If anything, I think she has a very advanced version of quite serious SPS, but it is kept under control exceptionally well due to extreme efforts from everyone involved—so much so that it allowed her to seemingly not just slow down progression but reverse it completely and be more fit, agile and energetic than most healthy young people.