They are part, like many other fans, of the disappointed. Virginie, Céline, Shannon, and Nadège, unconditional admirers of Céline Dion, were all equally disappointed: none of them managed to get tickets to the 16 exceptional concerts of the Quebec star at the Paris La Défense Arena, scheduled between September and October 2026. Out of 9 million registered fans, they were not among the 480,000 lucky winners. Faced with the impossibility of seeing their idol live, they had an idea: “At first, we said it was just a joke: that we were going to start a petition to express our dissatisfaction. Then, given all the excitement, we thought we were definitely not the only disappointed ones,” one of them told BFMTV.
So, they took action and launched an online petition titled “Let’s make Céline Dion’s concerts accessible to everyone in 2026”, already signed by more than 700 people in a few days. Their goal? Convince the organizers, producers, and cinema theaters to broadcast the concerts live on the big screen, all over France.
“Through a screen, we will feel the emotions”
For these fans, the cinematic experience could even be more enjoyable than the concert in a traditional venue. “Me, being 5’0″, I never see much at concerts,” jokes Virginie. “But even through a cinema screen, I’m sure that Céline Dion will make us feel emotions,” she adds, convinced that the magic will work.
This conviction is reinforced by the fact that broadcasting concerts in cinemas is becoming increasingly common. Recently, artists like Orelsan, Taylor Swift, -M-, and SCH have already taken the step, with broadcasts that have appealed to a wide audience, including in regions far from major venues.
Nadège, who has already seen Céline Dion about fifteen times (including three times in Las Vegas), has made an appeal via ICI Limousin for “this plea to reach the organizers.” “May they be able to broadcast these concerts in live streams in all the cinemas of France, to make them accessible to as many people as possible,” she pleads.
The petition is starting to circulate on social networks, and the idea is appealing far beyond Corrèze. “We started this, we’ll see how far it can go. And if it happens, we would be happy to go to the cinema to see it on the big screen,” she confides.
