Celine Dion’s Parisian residence has already been a great success, and more!
The 58-year-old Canadian singer is in the middle of a series of highly successful and highly anticipated concerts in Paris as part of her comeback.
However, the show also generated several viral moments, from the singer’s always impressive vocals, to her emotional speeches in front of the crowd, to the final moment, a fall on stage.
Videos circulating on social media showed Celine slipping and falling while performing her 1998 song “In Another World,” jumping on stage with one foot in the air, her pants getting caught in one of her heels.
However, she quickly brushed it off, got back up and gave the crowd a thumbs up to signal that she was okay, and continued singing. And it’s safe to say that fans were very impressed.
“Canadians know how to fall gracefully. That comes from growing up in the snow!” one joked, while another said: “But it was fire! She’s safe in her crazy heels, but we were scared,” and a third expressed some concern, adding: “It’s dangerous. She can sprain her ankle, anything can happen.”
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Fellow Canadian star Deborah Cox, who even starred in Céline’s jukebox musical Titanicreacted to a clip of the moment by also praising Céline, commenting: “Get up again. Unstoppable!!! Come on Céline!!!”
Celine Dion doesn’t let a fall bother her! (@Getty Images)
Speaking to the 30,000 fans in attendance at the residency’s opening night on September 12, the singer was filmed saying: “I made a promise…I made a promise to come back and get back on stage.”
“Here, I sing for you, and I sing for me. Thank you very much for your support, your patience. I am all that I am because you love me. The path was strewn with pitfalls, the road was longer than expected, but I held on.”
Tickets for Céline’s three-week residency this fall at Plénitude Arena (formerly La Défense Arena) sold out instantly, so much so that she added more dates in May 2027 due to high demand.
“I made a promise…I made a promise to come back and get back on stage.” (@Getty Images)
“It’s been so long that I’d like to give them something to show how much I’ve missed them,” she said. Harper’s Bazaar a few weeks before his first show. Celine first announced the shows on her 58th birthday as “the best birthday present of my life.”
When asked what she thinks is why her fans are so drawn to her, she said, “It’s probably because I’m an open book. I’m honest, and it’s not always pretty.”
“Sometimes it’s happy things, sometimes it’s sad, but it’s called life,” she continued. “Instead of questioning life, can you live life? So I live my life, girl. I live life.”
The singer’s residency will return for a second stage of shows in May 2027 (@Getty Images)
Céline’s residency will conclude its first leg on October 17 after 16 shows in total, and will return on May 8, 2027 for another series of shows until the end of the month.
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