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

[DoronTam]

Didn't get a code and am bitterly disappointed! I would like 2 tickets to any of the first 3 shows if anyone is willing to purchase an extra two. Looking to be as close as possible and willing to pay extra!

[Davey84]

36 minutes ago, RosieBarron said:

It's incredible, I defo consider you and some of the others on here who haven't got a look in to be fellow die hard fans who were still around on this forum even in the very dark recent years just desperately hoping for something to happen. And nothing in return. Good luck to you. I hope you are successful eventually.

Thank you very much Rosie! That means a lot to me! 💖 

[Shaun]

27 minutes ago, LukeD said:

I kindly disagree with all of you who complain on the grounds of not receiving what you want in your capacity as 'real fans'. I am a real fan, but I do not feel entitled to special treatment. Being a real fan is not doing Celine any favors. I am doing a favor to myself, because I gain so much from my fandom. The enjoyment of her music, the comfort zone that it is, the connection with fellow fans, a sense of belonging, understanding of different cultural contexts, even meaning. You might all dislike what I say, but being a fan is a choice, not a right. Food for thought. Do not hate me. ❤️

Exactly. Who qualifies the most as a "real fan?" Someone who has bought all the albums? Someone who streams her 100 times a day? Someone who has met her 4 times in person? Or perhaps it's someone who has visited Charlemagne? The reality is there is no way to decide who "deserves" a ticket more than anyone else.

Back in the paid TeamCeline days that was THE solution. Your annual membership got you perks which included access to concert tickets. That was the deal.  Even then though it was on a first come first served basis. Once TeamCeline ended as a paid organisation that perk (and all the others) was always going to end I'm afraid. As the old saying goes, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

Naturally I'm devastated for those who haven't been successful, myself included, but I'm not sure how they could've made the process any fairer? Everyone had access to the same pre-sales and then a lottery was drawn? Does it suck? Yes. But that's just how you deal with never ever seen before demand.

Let's all now hope and pray for luck in the general sale and more shows to be announced. 

[lyn]

31 minutes ago, mirage said:

And what's the point of promoting that newsletter with these words when, first of all they were 2 days late with the announcement, and 2nd of all what member only offer?

"Subscribe now and be the first to get members-only offers and updates!"

You know her managers John and Joyce are on instagram, Glastry Management is on instagram. I think we should let them know how messed up this is. We can't let this happen again in the future.

The people who always looked weird at you when you said I LIKE CELINE DION, or that you travelled to different cities just to see her. They are now the people who like IACBTMN because TikTok told them, and see that Celine is trending and now they want to be at her shows.

The people who are there for the tree. They deserve to be at this opening night. They deserve to have a whole block in front of the stage for themselves. 

I am so mad that really no one I know from the forum, or through the years of attending her shows with the same people got access to the presale. Nobody.

GOd. I was just telling someone that I miss when she was uncool... when I absolutely got teased as a kid and had to hide the true nature of all my trips to 'see family' as a grown up lol. In the end I can't be completely mad, because i dID go see her all those times, and I guess I shoulD be happy for all the tiktok n00bs who will get to see her now... but I just feel I really deserve to shake my fist at all the young'uns now and go I TOLD YOU SO... I was just cool before the rest of you 😂 And so id I'm being honest i'm slightly more angry about TC denying me this moment, than I am about not getting tickets. 😅

[Tintin Leblanc]

I didn’t get any email. But I am not hopeless.. but for those who received an email confirmation, maybe you have a kind heart to include me when you buy your tix! 😁😁😁 if yes, I want the front row seat. 🙂 willing to send my payment hahahaha 🫣🫣🤣

[CélineI'mAlive]

56 minutes ago, ryba said:

¿Así que van a sacar una canción sobrante que tiene 10 años como nuevo single, después de 10 años? Vaya...

Más vale que sea una canción muy buena...

That's what scares me; if she were that good, she would have been included in Encore Un Soir.

[Shaun]

1 minute ago, CélineI'mAlive said:

That's what scares me; if she were that good, she would have been included in Encore Un Soir.

You're actually complaining about the quality of a song you've never heard that may not actually ever be released?

Leftover songs are sometimes excellent! Look at the "One Heart" album, most of that is leftovers from the ANDHC sessions and it's one of the most cohesive albums she's ever released!

[Els]

49 minutes ago, LukeD said:

I kindly disagree with all of you who complain on the grounds of not receiving what you want in your capacity as 'real fans'. I am a real fan, but I do not feel entitled to special treatment. Being a real fan is not doing Celine any favors. I am doing a favor to myself, because I gain so much from my fandom. The enjoyment of her music, the comfort zone that it is, the connection with fellow fans, a sense of belonging, understanding of different cultural contexts, even meaning. You might all dislike what I say, but being a fan is a choice, not a right. Food for thought. Do not hate me. ❤️

Thank you for saying this, LukeD. I completely agree. I've been a fan for 35 years, have loved her through thick and thin. I didn't get any codes either and am feeling a little sad tonight... But what's making me the saddest now is seeing the pitchforks being raised on so many fan accounts on social media... and all I can keep thinking is how deeply I hope that none of that ever, ever gets back to Céline. What an absolute miracle that she's able to do this at all. Like, I'm not religious at all, but I have prayed for SO hard for her health and well-being these past few years, with the images of the documentary burned in my brain. And now she's smiling and happy and strong...! I don't want anything, especially from us fans, to tarnish that or make it anything other than the absolute joy that it should be for her right now. She's so afraid of disappointing us as it is, and I never want her to be made to feel that. I'm just so proud of her, and even if I don't make it in that stadium, I'll be cheering for her so loudly she'll hear me anyway. I just want her to always feel the love and support from us. Her life has had many prices to pay as it is, and I don't want us to feel like another one, ever. I wish we could make the space around her just a little softer and gentler, that's what she deserves from us.

For everyone else who didn't get pre-sale codes, I'm so sorry. But I don't think this is the end, and my fingers are crossed for all of us through the next days of pre-sale and general sale and resale and maybe additional dates and whatever else might come our way.

And for everyone who will get tickets, take a little bit of our love with you into that stadium and send it her way from us all. 💙

Edited April 6, 2026 at 07:48 PM by Els

[RosieBarron]

6 minutes ago, Shaun said:

Exactly. Who qualifies the most as a "real fan?" Someone who has bought all the albums? Someone who streams her 100 times a day? Someone who has met her 4 times in person? Or perhaps it's someone who has visited Charlemagne? The reality is there is no way to decide who "deserves" a ticket more than anyone else.

Back in the paid TeamCeline days that was THE solution. Your annual membership got you perks which included access to concert tickets. That was the deal.  Even then though it was on a first come first served basis. Once TeamCeline ended as a paid organisation that perk (and all the others) was always going to end I'm afraid. As the old saying goes, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

Naturally I'm devastated for those who haven't been successful, myself included, but I'm not sure how they could've made the process any fairer? Everyone had access to the same pre-sales and then a lottery was drawn? Does it suck? Yes. But that's just how you deal with never ever seen before demand.

Let's all now hope and pray for luck in the general sale and more shows to be announced. 

The Team Celine presale still existed for the Courage tour and the cancelled Vegas residency. Literally the last time we were all buying tickets to see her. It was still valid and very much appreciated by fan club members.

[Shaun]

3 minutes ago, RosieBarron said:

The Team Celine presale still existed for the Courage tour and the cancelled Vegas residency. Literally the last time we were all buying tickets to see her. It was still valid and very much appreciated by fan club members.

There were 125 shows planned for the Courage World Tour. There are 10 planned for Paris. 

[CélineI'mAlive]

2 minutes ago, Shaun said:

Y¿De verdad te quejas de la calidad de una canción que nunca has escuchado y que quizá nunca se publique?

¡Las canciones que sobran a veces son excelentes! Mira el álbum "One Heart", la mayoría son restos de las sesiones de ANDHC y es uno de los discos más cohesionados que ha sacado jamás.

We haven't heard all of Céline's rejects to say whether they are really all good or not. I remind you that One Heart isn't made up of all the rejects, just some of them; A New Day Has Come has many more rejects than you might imagine, and even when there were no more rejects left to release from A New Day Has Come, Céline recorded some extra songs.

[Céline RO]

Have we not already established that the new song will not be a leftover from EUS? I tend to believe Le Parisien when they say the song was written in 2021 since they were right about everything, not Benzi who has no clue and is just remembering that there was a song back then that wasn’t used and who knows maybe it could be this one.

[Shaun]

2 minutes ago, CélineI'mAlive said:

We haven't heard all of Céline's rejects to say whether they are really all good or not. I remind you that One Heart isn't made up of all the rejects, just some of them; A New Day Has Come has many more rejects than you might imagine, and even when there were no more rejects left to release from A New Day Has Come, Céline recorded some extra songs.

You yourself said that if the rumoured song was "that good, she would have been included in Encore Un Soir."

Then you've said we haven't heard all of Celine's rejects so we can't say whether they are really good or not. 

That was kinda the point I was making in the first instance.

[EmiOnyx]

39 minutes ago, LukeD said:

I kindly disagree with all of you who complain on the grounds of not receiving what you want in your capacity as 'real fans'. I am a real fan, but I do not feel entitled to special treatment. Being a real fan is not doing Celine any favors. I am doing a favor to myself, because I gain so much from my fandom. The enjoyment of her music, the comfort zone that it is, the connection with fellow fans, a sense of belonging, understanding of different cultural contexts, even meaning. You might all dislike what I say, but being a fan is a choice, not a right. Food for thought. Do not hate me. ❤️

As a real fan, I disagree with you. You don't really 'choose' to be a fan, that's a connection you feel to an artist that you can't control. It’s not a hobby you pick up and put down, it’s part of your identity. When you’ve invested years of emotional energy into someone’s journey, it’s only natural to feel a sense of shared history. Expecting communication or consideration isn't about 'entitlement,' it’s about acknowledging that long-standing loyalty.

[mirage]

16 minutes ago, Shaun said:

Exactly. Who qualifies the most as a "real fan?" Someone who has bought all the albums? Someone who streams her 100 times a day? Someone who has met her 4 times in person? Or perhaps it's someone who has visited Charlemagne? The reality is there is no way to decide who "deserves" a ticket more than anyone else.

 

Technically it would be impossible, but if they want it to be fair. Everyone who had a ticket for the Courage tour in my eyes is a fan and should have 'deserved' the presale.

Everyone who just wants to attend because suddenly she is so cool to like, and they don't wanna miss out on things while next year they have moved on. They can enter the general sale.

[Shaun]

1 minute ago, mirage said:

Technically it would be impossible, but if they want it to be fair. Everyone who had a ticket for the Courage tour in my eyes is a fan and should have 'deserved' the presale.

Everyone who just wants to attend because suddenly she is so cool to like, and they don't wanna miss out on things while next year they have moved on. They can enter the general sale.

I don't necessarily disagree but like I've said previously, there were 125 planned shows for the "Courage World Tour." There are 10 planned for Paris. It would've been literally impossible to give all "Courage World Tour" ticket holders first access to the 10 Paris shows. 

[RosieBarron]

13 minutes ago, Shaun said:

There were 125 shows planned for the Courage World Tour. There are 10 planned for Paris. 

Exactly. All the more need for the Team Celine presale.

[LukeD]

6 minutes ago, EmiOnyx said:

As a real fan, I disagree with you. You don't really 'choose' to be a fan, that's a connection you feel to an artist that you can't control. It’s not a hobby you pick up and put down, it’s part of your identity. When you’ve invested years of emotional energy into someone’s journey, it’s only natural to feel a sense of shared history. Expecting communication or consideration isn't about 'entitlement,' it’s about acknowledging that long-standing loyalty.

I find this too deterministic. The external force we do not control. IMO, the emotional investment is not unconditional. We're here because we gain something from it. 

[Shaun]

4 minutes ago, RosieBarron said:

Exactly. All the more need for the Team Celine presale.

So, for the sake of this conversation, let's say there are one million people registered as Team Celine members.

There are 400,000 tickets, at most, available for Paris. How would your TeamCeline presale have worked?

[EmiOnyx]

4 minutes ago, LukeD said:

I find this too deterministic. The external force we do not control. IMO, the emotional investment is not unconditional. We're here because we gain something from it. 

You see it as a transaction where we 'gain' something, but for many of us, it truly is unconditional. Personnally I've always been there for the tree. It’s a lifelong commitment. While we do find comfort in her music, she also gains her platform and longevity from our support. You can't separate the artist's success from the fans' devotion, it's a two-way street. 

[RosieBarron]

2 minutes ago, Shaun said:

So, for the sake of this conversation, let's say there are one million people registered as Team Celine members.

There are 400,000 tickets, at most, available for Paris. How would your TeamCeline presale have worked?

Firstly we don't know the exact figure registered. We would also have to assume that not every member would apply for tickets due to financial reasons or the distance they would have to travel to get to Paris. Therefore Team Celine members would get an email offering them the chance to apply for tickets before the general public as has always been the case in the past and that would have increased the number of fan club members who could actually attend. All pretty simple really.

[LukeD]

1 minute ago, EmiOnyx said:

You see it as a transaction where we 'gain' something, but for many of us, it truly is unconditional. Personnally I've always been there for the tree. It’s a lifelong commitment. While we do find comfort in her music, she also gains her platform and longevity from our support. You can't separate the artist's success from the fans' devotion, it's a two-way street. 

This is another discussion and I never said/implied this was not a two-way street. I agree Celine's gaining back from the fanbase. The relationship is symbiotic. And IMO conditional.

[EmiOnyx]

8 minutes ago, LukeD said:

This is another discussion and I never said/implied this was not a two-way street. I agree Celine's gaining back from the fanbase. The relationship is symbiotic. And IMO conditional.

We can agree to disagree on that point. You see it as conditional, but for me, that connection transcends a simple exchange. If it were conditional, many fans would have walked away long ago. The fact that we are still here shows that, for some of us, it’s much deeper than a 'transactional' symbiosis.

[EmiOnyx]

18 minutes ago, Shaun said:

So, for the sake of this conversation, let's say there are one million people registered as Team Celine members.

There are 400,000 tickets, at most, available for Paris. How would your TeamCeline presale have worked?

They should have used a quiz for the presale. It would have separated the lifelong fans from the casual buyers

[homerton]

My father got the link. Hopefully we will get tickets. 🥰. Sending everyone love and luck xx

[Steeeepphh]

I received an email for the presale! I previously mentioned that I want to buy 6 tickets (I’ll use 2 myself) and sell the other 4 to you guys. But I’m seeing other members say you should just buy your own tickets and not get 6 at once.

If I get through the presale, I’d love to help you all get tickets too—that’s the reason I want to buy 6. But if you think I shouldn’t do it because it might ruin things for others, then I won’t.

First let’s see if I even get through the presale 🤣

[Johnny79]

9 minutes ago, EmiOnyx said:

They should have used a quiz for the presale. It would have separated the lifelong fans from the casual buyers

A quiz would have taken seconds to resolve using ChatGPT. 
 

I would like to adress something tho the theme. As I said earlier, I've been a Celine fan for more than 30 years. I listen to her music in English, French, Spanish, Japanese.. got most of her albums, listen and watch her videos and concerts. But, for several reasons, I have never been able to see her live or being a paid member of Team Céline. Does it make me less fan than others who have the money to spend on the tickets, planes and hotels? 

Edited April 6, 2026 at 08:25 PM by Johnny79

[stevo]

3 minutes ago, Steeeepphh said:

I received an email for the presale! I previously mentioned that I want to buy 6 tickets (I’ll use 2 myself) and sell the other 4 to you guys. But I’m seeing other members say you should just buy your own tickets and not get 6 at once.

If I get through the presale, I’d love to help you all get tickets too—that’s the reason I want to buy 6. But if you think I shouldn’t do it because it might ruin things for others, then I won’t.

First let’s see if I even get through the presale 🤣

Honestly, you do whatever you think is best Steph- if you are open to selling to forum members that didn’t get the code, I’m sure people will chew your hand off!

[stevo]

3 minutes ago, Johnny79 said:

A quiz would have taken seconds to resolve using ChAtGPT. 
 

I would like to adrede something tho the theme. As I said earlier, I've been a Celine fan for more than 30 years. I listen to her music in English, French, Spanish, Japanese.. got most of her albums, listen and watch her videos and concerts. But, for several reasons, I have never been able to see her live or being a paid member of Team Céline. Does it make me less fan than others who have the money to spend on the tickets, planes and hotels? 

Absolutely not 

[No1IrishFan]

I can’t figure the Fnac presale out. I’m delighted to be in it but I know so little about it compared to AXS / TM. I don’t know if it can cope with the demand but then again; I’ve seen so few people say they got Fnac presale. It’s odd