Her much-awaited return to the stage comes after six years away from the public eye, due to the Covid-19 pandemic<\/a> and her ongoing health issues. She has been living with Stiff Person Syndrome, a rare and incurable neurological disorder, since 2022.<\/p>\n ‘Paris, I’m ready’: C\u00e9line Dion announces comeback concerts in Eiffel Tower message<\/a><\/p>\n “Paris has always held great importance for her, and the city provides an ideal setting to mark the beginning of this new chapter in her career. She\u2019s returning to her roots,” Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Longu\u00e9p\u00e9e, CEO of the\u00a0Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena<\/a>\u00a0where Dion’s concerts will be staged, told French news agency AFP.<\/p>\n Dion had planned to perform at this venue during her “Courage World Tour” in 2019, before it was cancelled due to the pandemic initially, and then Dion’s own health issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n Posters displaying the titles of C\u00e9line Dion songs appeared around Paris ahead of the announcement of the singer’s residency this autumn. \u00a9 REUTERS – Abdul Saboor <\/p>\n Located in Paris’s business district, just outside of the capital, the venue\u00a0has a maximum capacity of approximately 45,000 seats, which was tested in 2024 with Taylor Swift’s shows.<\/p>\n But for Dion’s residency<\/a>, the floor layout will be altered, with a seated section that will reduce the total capacity to around 30,000 seats per night, Longu\u00e9p\u00e9e explained.<\/p>\n The new concert dates prompted a surge of fans eager to enter a giant lottery granting access to three days of advance ticket sales which began on Tuesday, ahead of the general sale on Friday.<\/p>\n Entries for the lottery granting access to these presales are estimated to be in the millions worldwide, but no official figures have been released. The first people selected for the pre-sales were notified on Monday.<\/p>\n Faced with scammers attempting to exploit the event, Longu\u00e9p\u00e9e reiterated the importance of using official ticket sales websites Ticketmaster, AXS and Fnac Spectacles.<\/p>\n “We will be extremely vigilant, including filing complaints with the Paris Judicial Court, to prosecute anyone engaging in fraudulent activities,” he warned.<\/p>\n Vienna to stage Eurovision 2026 amid ongoing controversy over Israel’s inclusion<\/a><\/p>\n Tourism boost <\/p>\n “What makes this event so special is that it\u2019s generating genuine global interest. We\u2019ve seen a huge number of registrations coming in from China, Australia, Canada<\/a>, Latin America and all over Europe, of course, with phenomenal demand and interest throughout France,” noted Peter Quinlan of\u00a0AXS, the company responsible for collecting pre-sale registrations.<\/p>\n To combat the use of bots, the company asked those registering for their bank details to ensure they were indeed “real humans”.<\/p>\n “The idea is to give the most loyal fans a fair chance to get tickets, and to prevent bad actors and malicious individuals from getting hold of them,” Quinlan said, adding that some hacking organisations were not trying to obtain tickets but rather to “sow chaos and create problems”.<\/p>\n France clocks up record visitor numbers to remain world’s top destination<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Posters](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-03-24T174826Z-1268010757-RC25BKATAN0V-RTRMADP-3-PEOPLE-CELINE-DION-FRANCE.jpg\")
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