{"id":622973,"date":"2026-09-13T02:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T02:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622973\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T02:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T02:04:13","slug":"celine-dion-paris-2026-setlist-every-song-played-at-first-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622973\/","title":{"rendered":"Celine Dion Paris 2026 Setlist: Every Song Played at First Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tC\u00e9line Dion<\/a> returned to the stage on Saturday night (Sept. 12) after six years away, opening her 26-date Paris residency at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre. The crowd of 30,000 was the first of more than 480,000 total across Dion\u2019s first 16 dates staged this autumn, with every ticket bought within hours of the sale. The access lottery drew more than nine million people.<\/p>\n

\n\tDion hadn\u2019t headlined a concert since publicly sharing her diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome. On Saturday she leaned on the songs that made her a phenomenon in France, a good number of them pulled from D\u2019eux, the Jean-Jacques Goldman-written album that remains the best-selling French-language record ever made. The English blockbusters were there, too. The staging stayed spare on purpose: a large set, no pyrotechnics, everything built to keep the focus on her voice.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe show started 47 minutes late and ran to 11:14 p.m. local time, close to two and a half hours. She opened in tears on \u201cOn Ne Change Pas,\u201d dropped into a mirror-ball disco stretch partway through, sang the opera aria \u201cLa Wally\u201d under falling snow, and pulled a gospel choir around her before the \u201cPour Que Tu M\u2019aimes Encore\u201d sing-along everyone was waiting for. She debuted \u201cDansons,\u201d her 2026 Goldman-written comeback single, and took \u201cAll by Myself\u201d a cappella. <\/p>\n

\n\tMichelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Aya Nakamura and Thomas Pesquet were among the guests in the room.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe night\u2019s biggest gamble was the turn onto the dance floor. \u201cI Feel Love,\u201d \u201cSweet Dreams\u201d and a reworked \u201cI\u2019m Alive\u201d showed a looser, more playful Dion than the balladeer many had come expecting.<\/p>\n

\n\tThinking about catching the Paris residency? Here\u2019s Dion\u2019s full setlist from opening night.<\/p>\n


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\t\u201cOn Ne Change Pas\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cDestin\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBecause You Loved Me\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cEncore un Soir\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cLes Derniers Seront les Premiers\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cTout L\u2019or des Hommes\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Power of Love\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cMy Heart Will Go On\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Chase\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cJ\u2019irai O\u00f9 Tu Iras\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cNe Bouge Pas\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cDans un Autre Monde\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI Feel Love\u201d (Donna Summer Cover)<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI\u2019m Alive\u201d (Electro-Disco Version)<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThat\u2019s the Way It Is\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cSweet Dreams (Are Made of This)\u201d (Eurythmics Cover)<\/p>\n

\t\u201cDansons\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cZiggy (Un Gar\u00e7on Pas Comme les Autres)\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cCourage\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cLove Can Move Mountains\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Prayer\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt\u2019s All Coming Back to Me Now\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cJe Chanterai\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cEbben? Ne Andr\u00f2 Lontana\u201d (La Wally, Alfredo\u00a0Catalani)<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAll by Myself\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cPour Que Ti M\u2019aimes Encore\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cS\u2019il Suffisait D\u2019aimer\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cDes Milliers de Baisers\u201d<\/p>\n

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