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• Direct “It was a promise.” From “Titanic” to “Destin”, Celine Dion performs hits at the Plenitude Arena in front of won over fans
After two weeks of rehearsals at the Plénitude Arena in Nanterre, the Quebec star made his debut on stage, after six years of absence and a memorable appearance at the opening of the Olympic Games.
What you need to know
It's D-Day. Céline Dion returns to the light, Saturday September 12, for the first concert of a Parisian residency with worldwide resonance. Fans' impatience has been felt since his arrival in Paris on August 28. She performs at the Plénitude Arena in Nanterre, near Paris, during a series of 16 concerts, until October 17, in front of a large, fervent audience, sometimes from far away. The star began this first concert with his title On ne change pas, written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and released in 1998.
Before the fans entered the room, our journalist met a few of them. “It’s the concert of our lives,” declared Estelle, who came from Montpellier, with her friend Sabrina. A Norman couple spent almost 4,000 euros to attend Céline Dion's first concert in Paris. Leslie and her beautiful daughter Manon, 15, have just arrived from Reims: "We are very happy to be there for the premiere. Nothing has leaked, it will be a total surprise." Follow our live stream.
Thirty thousand people expected each evening. The first female artist to fill the Stade de France, in June 1999, Céline Dion knows how to control her communication, letting nothing leak out about what she is preparing for her 16 concerts in September and October – before 10 others in May – at the Plénitude Arena in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), on the outskirts of the capital, a venue which will welcome around 30,000 people at each concert.
Hard to get places. Obtaining a ticket was an obstacle course for fans, between multiple pre-sales, endless virtual queues and prices of several hundred euros, prohibitive for many budgets.
Unprecedented economic benefits. In a format never before seen in Paris, his residence, produced by AEG, one of the American entertainment giants, promises significant economic benefits, direct and indirect (hotels, restaurants, merchandising, etc.), by attracting international tourists, including many Canadians.
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#CELINE_DION In the absence of Jean-Jacques Goldman, it was with one of his singers that Céline Dion covered her hit J'irais où tu iras.
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#CELINE_DION From another angle?
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#CELINE_DION And here is the video, filmed by our journalist in the room!
Response from the Respondent
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Good evening Pierre, I am happy to see you following the Celine Dion concert with as much enthusiasm as an RCL match, and I am sure that this enormous breath of slightly suspended freshness does you as much good as it does us.
Pierre Godon
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#CELINE_DIONNEaaaaarrr, faaaaaarrrrr, wherever you aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare... It's the expected moment of the Titanic song, without a little heady flutiau at the beginning, but taken up by the singers.
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#CELINE_DION Even on hits in English, the Plenitude Arena sings at the top of its lungs. The proof on The Power of love, a classic.
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#Dion It’s true! Between the war in Ukraine and the war in the Middle East, the madness of the Trumps and the mediocrity of the actors in the future presidential election... it feels good what is happening this evening around Céline! This is excessive but it is not insignificant. Thanks to her and thanks to you, FI, for understanding this.
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#CELINE_DION We continue to build the setlist little by little. We don't change, Destin and now One more evening, 100% Goldman even if the last song is later. Between each song, she speaks to the audience. She notably looked back on these years of struggle: "The road was long, with stopovers longer than expected, but I held on. I believed in it, I believed in it, Tonight I want to sing about life."
Response from Antoinettedu59
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I am enraged to know that some people have tickets for several dates while I was left empty-handed. It's so unfair!
Response from Nico_P
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Between the two there was Because you loved me :) you have to look at the setlist site!
Response from Pierre Godon
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@Nico P In fact, I had forgotten this song following its little interlude in English. I am taking this opportunity to share your site with all our readers, so that they can follow the concert even remotely.
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#CELINE_DION The singer was in tears after the audience's ovation: "These are tears of joy." And indeed, after overcoming Covid and her stiff person's illness, it's a small miracle to see her on stage.
Response from Olivier572
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I'm not really a fan of Céliiiiine, but when we sell so many tickets in such a short time after such an absence, when the fans are still so unconditional, when such a star chooses Paris to return to the stage, I think you owe it to yourself to dedicate your live to her! It makes a lot of people happy!
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#CELINE_DION The Céline Dion concert has the false air of a congress of former Macronists, with the added bonus of Gabriel Attal, Edouard Philippe, the former tenant of Matignon Jean Castex. But also Valérie Pécresse, boss of the Ile-de-France region and the mayor of Paris Emmanuel Grégoire. Céline Dion therefore drains left and right, but quite a bit in the center.
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#CELINE_DION Celine Dion continues the repertoire of the Goldman years, with Destin. Note that unlike what she usually does in France, she will put quite a few songs in English in the setlist to satisfy the international audience.
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#CELINE_DION According to our comrades from Le Parisien, among the host of stars, there is also Michelle Obama and our national astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Excuse me a little.
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