Do we like Céline Dion?
Our score: 8 out of 10. She wrote a warm Pride letter, her team told off a Trump rally for using her song, and no harmful words or company turned up.
Céline Dion is back on stage. She announced her Paris run on 30 March 2026, her birthday, in a video posted to X, and said “I'm so ready to do this.” It was her first major live performance since the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, and her first return to the stage in almost four years.
The reviews are a mix of love and wobbles. A Paris Match Belgium write-up of the 16 October show says she missed a couple of notes early on and came in too early on a Eurythmics cover. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron were in the audience, and the singer told the crowd she'd be back in May. That's a pro shrugging off a rough opening, which is what you'd want from her.
On the harm test, the record is clean. For Billboard's 2017 Pride project she wrote a letter to LGBTQ fans, saying “acceptance and tolerance are virtues that we can never have enough of”. In August 2024 her management and label said that Trump's use of “My Heart Will Go On” at a Montana rally was unauthorised and not an endorsement. The statement signed off with “And really, THAT song?” We found nothing harmful from her and no dodgy company. We also found little on her views about trans issues, climate or vaccines, so that's the gap.
The nearest thing to a scandal is a fight over money. In November 2020 a California Labor Commission ruling went against her in a dispute with her former concert agent Rob Prinz. It found his commission agreement on a $489 million touring contract was binding. Dion said “I have paid Mr. Prinz many millions of dollars over the years”, and her lawyer said they would appeal. We couldn't find how the appeal ended. It's a contract stoush, not a character problem.
On the good stuff, the Céline Dion Foundation gave $2 million to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2024 to endow a chair in autoimmune neurology. Her Pride letter was also a public act of support for her LGBTQ+ fans, who have loved her for decades. For a woman with her fame, the record is short on drama and long on decency.
So, would we support her? Yes. She passes the harm test with nothing against her, and she passes the good-person test with one money dispute that went the wrong way. She isn't a perfect ten because we found nothing on trans issues, climate or vaccines. That's all we've got on the negative side.