They are part, like many other fans, of the disappointed. Virginie, Céline, Shannon, and Nadège, unconditional admirers of Celine Dion, were all disappointed: none of them managed to get a ticket for the 16 exceptional concerts by the Quebec star at Paris La Défense Arena, scheduled between September and October 2026. Out of 9 million registered, they were not among the 480,000 lucky ones. Faced with the impossibility of seeing their idol live, they had an idea: “At first, we thought it was a joke: that we were going to launch a petition to express our discontent. Then, seeing all the enthusiasm, we thought we were surely not the only disappointed ones,” one of them recounts to BFMTV.
So, they take action and launch an online petition, entitled “Let’s make Celine 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 cinemas 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 the hall. “Me, with my 5’0, I never see much at concerts,” jokes Virginie. “But even through a cinema screen, I am sure and certain that Celine Dion will manage to make us feel emotions,” she adds, convinced that the magic will happen.
This conviction is reinforced by the fact that the transmission of concerts in cinemas is becoming increasingly common. Recently, artists like Orelsan, Taylor Swift, -M-, and SCH have already taken this step, with broadcasts that have attracted a large audience, including in regions far from the major concert halls.
Nadège, who has already seen Celine 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.” “That they can broadcast these concerts live in all cinemas in France, to make them accessible to as many people as possible,” she argues.
The petition is starting to circulate on social networks, and the idea is appealing well 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 confesses.
