They are among the many disappointed fans. Virginie, Céline, Shannon, and Nadège, unconditional admirers of Céline Dion, were all left disappointed: none of them managed to get a ticket for the 16 exceptional concerts of the Quebec star at the Paris La Défense Arena, scheduled between September and October 2026. Out of the 9 million registered fans, they were not among the lucky 480,000 winners. Faced with the impossibility of seeing their idol live, they had an idea: “At first, we said it was a joke: that we were going to launch a petition to express our dissatisfaction. Then, considering all the enthusiasm, we said to ourselves that we surely weren’t 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 over 700 people in a few days. Their goal? Convince the organizers, producers, and cinemas to broadcast the concerts live on the big screen, everywhere in France.
“Through a screen, we will feel the emotions”
For these fans, the cinematic experience may even be more enjoyable than the concert in the arena. “Me, being just 5’0″, I never see much at concerts,” joked Virginie. “But even through a movie screen, I’m sure that Céline Dion will manage to make us feel emotions,” she added, convinced that the magic will work.
This conviction is reinforced by the fact that broadcasting concerts in cinemas is becoming more common. Recently, artists like Orelsan, Taylor Swift, -M-, and SCH have already taken this step, with broadcasts that have attracted a wide audience, even in regions far from major venues.
Nadège, who has already seen Céline Dion about fifteen times (including three times in Las Vegas), made an appeal via ICI Limousin for “this plea to reach the ears of the organizers.” “May they be able to broadcast these concerts live in all cinemas in France, to make them accessible to as many people as possible,” she argued.
The petition is starting to circulate on social networks, and the idea is appealing beyond the region of Corrèze. “We’re starting this, we’ll see how far it goes. And if it actually happens, we would be happy to go to the cinema to see it on the big screen,” she said.
