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Overview
- The residency opens Saturday, September 12, 2026, with 16 shows running through mid‑October and 10 additional dates scheduled for May 2027.
- Organizers say about nine million people registered for presale access and roughly 500,000 tickets were offered and sold out within days.
- Analysts and consulting firms put the likely economic impact at about €1 billion, driven by hotel stays, restaurant spending, transport bookings and strong retail sales.
- Paris has been transformed by fan activity in the run‑up: nightly gatherings outside Céline Dion’s hotel, giant karaokés drawing thousands, and brisk sales at pop‑up shops and department stores.
- Rehearsals are complete and the show is staged by AEG with scenography by Willo Perron, but the official setlist remains unpublished and her rare stiff‑person syndrome leaves the continuity of performances uncertain.