As thousands of fans prepare to descend on Paris for Céline Dion’s long-awaited concert comeback, fraudulent websites and social media accounts are targeting people desperate to get inside. The Plenitude Arena, where Dion begins her sold-out run this weekend, is preparing for potentially hundreds of fans to arrive with tickets that look legitimate but are in fact couterfeit, the Associated Press reports.
More than nine million people reportedly entered the ticket lottery for Dion’s initial Paris shows, with the 16-date residency selling out within hours, making it a great opportunity for scammers. Another 10 concerts have been added for 2027.
Cybersecurity firm Group-IB has identified nearly 200 websites and social media accounts impersonating Dion, the arena or legitimate ticketing companies. Some use web addresses designed to look almost identical to the real thing, making it easy for a fan moving quickly to miss the difference.
The arena has had to deal with a similar situation, when Taylor Swift brought her Eras Tour to Paris in 2024, where between 400 and 500 fans were reportedly turned away after arriving with fraudulent tickets. Arena officials now expect Dion’s shows could produce hundreds of similar cases.
That makes buying a last-minute ticket particularly risky. The arena says legitimate resale is limited to AXS France, Ticketmaster France and Fnac Spectacles. Tickets advertised by individuals through social media are a different story, with no reliable way for a buyer to know whether the ticket is genuine or has been sold to multiple people.
The 58-year-old Québec-born singer stepped away from touring after revealing her diagnosis with stiff-person syndrome in 2022, a rare neurological disorder that severely affected her ability to perform.
