Bell Centre is the busiest indoor arena in the province of Quebec, it has been a popular venue for many concerts and other musical events. A list of artists whom have performed concerts at the venue are included in the table below, while non-concert entertainment events are also added. Most shows put on by big acts visit the arena unless they require more room than is available in a hockey rink-sized facility; in which case the Olympic Stadium is used, or less frequently, Parc Jean-Drapeau.
| Entertainment events at Bell Centre | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dates | Artists | Events |
| 1996 | ||
| April 10 | Celine Dion | |
| April 11 | ||
| April 12 | ||
| June 18 | ||
| June 19 | ||
| June 20 | ||
| August 3 | Kiss | Alive/Worldwide Tour |
| September 4 | Gloria Estefan | Evolution World Tour |
| September 7 | Garth Brooks | The Garth Brooks World Tour |
| September 13 | Def Leppard | Slang World Tour |
| September 27 | Ozzy Osbourne | Retirement Sucks Tour |
| December 17 | Celine Dion | |
| December 18 | ||
| December 19 | ||
| 1997 | ||
| January 3 | Backstreet Boys | Live in Concert Tour |
| March 17 | Phil Collins | The Trip into the Light World Tour |
| March 18 | ||
| March 19 | Backstreet Boys | Live in Concert Tour |
| March 20 | ||
| March 21 | ||
| March 28 | Metallica | Poor Touring Me |
| May 5 | Celine Dion | |
| May 6 | ||
| May 11 | ||
| May 12 | ||
| June 12 | Toni Braxton | Secrets Tour |
| June 28 | Rush | Test for Echo Tour |
| July 4 | Aerosmith | Nine Lives Tour |
| July 5 | Tina Turner | Wildest Dreams Tour |
| July 28 | The Who | 1996 - 1997 Tour |
| November 11 | Elton John | Big Picture Tour |
| November 12 | ||
| December 30 | Backstreet Boys | Backstreet's Back Tour |
| December 31 | ||
| 1998 | ||
| January 1 | Backstreet Boys | Backstreet's Back Tour |
| January 5 | ||
| January 6 | ||
| April 19 | The Rolling Stones | Bridges to Babylon Tour |
| April 20 | ||
| June 20 | Hanson | Albertane Tour |
| July 10 | Spice Girls | Spiceworld Tour |
| July 26 | Tori Amos | Plugged Tour |
| August 1 | The Verve | Urban Hymns Tour |
| August 10 | Shania Twain | Come On Over Tour |
| August 20 | Pearl Jam | Yield Tour |
| September 30 | Janet Jackson | The Velvet Rope Tour |
| October 2 | Garth Brooks | The Garth Brooks World Tour |
| October 3 | ||
| October 20 | Aerosmith | Nine Lives Tour |
| November 6 | Depeche Mode | The Singles Tour |
| December 1 | Kiss | Psycho Circus World Tour |
| December 7 | Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love World Tour |
| December 8 | ||
| December 11 | ||
| December 12 | ||
| December 13 | ||
| December 17 | ||
| December 18 | ||
| 1999 | ||
| March 15 | Shania Twain | Come On Over Tour |
| May 15 | Alanis Morissette | Junkie Tour |
| June 20 | Sarah Brightman | One Night in Eden Tour |
| July 13 | Iron Maiden | The Ed Hunter Tour |
| July 21 | Cher | Believe Tour |
| July 31 | Roger Waters | In the Flesh Tour |
| September 8 | Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love World Tour |
| September 9 | ||
| November 10 | Backstreet Boys | Into the Millennium Tour |
| December 31 | Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love World Tour |
| 2000 | ||
| March 23 | Ricky Martin | Livin' la Vida Loca Tour |
| March 24 | ||
| April 30 | Nine Inch Nails | Fragility Tour |
| June 10 | Tina Turner | Twenty Four Seven Tour |
| June 22 | Kiss | Kiss Farewell Tour |
| July 3 | Diana Ross The Supremes | Return to Love Tour |
| August 2 | Iron Maiden | Brave New World Tour |
| August 15 | AC/DC | Stiff Upper Lip World Tour |
| August 19 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication Tour |
| August 23 | Britney Spears | Oops!... I Did It Again Tour |
| September 18 | Sarah Brightman | La Luna World Tour |
| September 28 | Tina Turner | Twenty Four Seven Tour |
| October 4 | Pearl Jam | Binaural Tour |
| October 27 | Eminem | Anger Management Tour |
| November 28 | Bon Jovi | Crush Tour |
| 2001 | ||
| May 3 | Elton John Billy Joel | Face to Face 2001 |
| May 27 | U2 | Elevation Tour |
| May 28 | ||
| June 15 | Depeche Mode | Exciter Tour |
| July 19 | Bon Jovi | One Wild Night Tour |
| August 3 | Janet Jackson | All for You Tour |
| August 29 | Yes | Magnification Tour |
| September 17 | Backstreet Boys | Black & Blue Tour |
| October 12 | Garbage | Beautiful Garbage World Tour |
| U2 | Elevation Tour | |
| October 31 | Aerosmith | Just Push Play Tour |
| 2002 | ||
| June 27 | Korn | Untouchables Tour |
| August 12 | Bob Dylan | Never Ending Tour 2002 |
| August 16 | Oasis | Heathen Chemistry Tour |
| October 18 | Rush | Vapor Trails Tour |
| October 21 | Cher | |
| November 20 | Tori Amos | On Scarlet's Walk Tour |
| November 27 | Shakira | Tour of the Mongoose |
| December 5 | Korn | Untouchables Tour |
| 2003 | ||
| January 8 | The Rolling Stones | Licks Tour |
| February 21 | Bon Jovi | Bounce Tour |
| February 25 | Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour |
| March 14 | Scorpions | 2003 Tour |
| April 11 | Avril Lavigne | Try to Shut Me Up Tour |
| April 19 | Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | The Rising Tour |
| May 15 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | By the Way World Tour |
| June 29 | Pearl Jam | Riot Act Tour |
| August 2 | Iron Maiden | Give Me Ed... 'Til I'm Dead Tour |
| December 13 | David Bowie | A Reality Tour |
| 2004 | ||
| January 20 | Iron Maiden | Dance of Death World Tour |
| February 2 | Sarah Brightman | Harem World Tour |
| February 12 | Nickelback | The Long Road Tour |
| April 4 | Britney Spears | The Onyx Hotel Tour |
| April 20 | Aerosmith | Honkin' on Bobo Tour |
| May 6 | Shania Twain | Up! Tour |
| August 18 | Yes | 35th Anniversary Tour |
| August 21 | Rush | |
| October 3 | Metallica | Madly in Anger with the World Tour |
| October 4 | ||
| October 25 | Sarah Brightman | Harem World Tour |
| November 4 | Green Day | American Idiot World Tour |
| November 9 | Van Halen | Summer Tour |
| 2005 | ||
| April 7 | Cher | |
| August 3 | Coldplay | Twisted Logic Tour |
| August 26 | Tori Amos | Original Sinsuality Tour |
| September 3 | Avril Lavigne | Bonez Tour |
| September 13 | Backstreet Boys | Never Gone Tour |
| September 15 | Pearl Jam | 2005 North American and Latin American Tour |
| October 12 | Judas Priest | Retribution Tour |
| November 11 | Nine Inch Nails | |
| November 26 | U2 | Vertigo Tour |
| November 28 | ||
| December 4 | Depeche Mode | Touring the Angel |
| December 11 | Gwen Stefani | Harajuku Lovers Tour |
| December 14 | Bon Jovi | Have a Nice Day Tour |
| December 15 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| January 10 | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour |
| February 17 | Nickelback | All the Right Reasons Tour |
| May 17 | Depeche Mode | Touring the Angel |
| June 21 | Madonna | Confessions Tour |
| June 22 | ||
| August 12 | Dixie Chicks | Accidents & Accusations Tour |
| August 15 | Mariah Carey | The Adventures of Mimi |
| September 12 | Black Eyed Peas | Monkey Business Tour |
| September 21 | Roger Waters | The Dark Side of the Moon Live |
| September 27 | Megadeth Lamb of God Opeth Arch Enemy Overkill Into Eternity Sanctity The SmashUp | Gigantour |
| September 28 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium World Tour |
| October 10 | Iron Maiden | A Matter of Life and Death Tour |
| October 15 | Barbra Streisand | Streisand Tour |
| November 8 | Bob Dylan | Never Ending Tour 2006 |
| November 11 | Elton John | The Captain and the Kid Tour |
| December 5 | Aerosmith | Route of All Evil Tour |
| 2007 | ||
| January 31 | Justin Timberlake | FutureSex/LoveShow |
| February 5 | Billy Talent | Billy Talent II Tour |
| March 26 | Heaven & Hell | 2007 Tour |
| March 28 | Christina Aguilera | Back to Basics Tour |
| May 1 | Ricky Martin | Black and White Tour |
| May 6 | The Killers | Sam's Town Tour |
| May 9 | My Chemical Romance | The Black Parade World Tour |
| May 29 | Gwen Stefani | The Sweet Escape Tour |
| June 7 | Roger Waters | The Dark Side of the Moon Live |
| July 17 | Def Leppard | Downstage Thrust Tour |
| July 25 | The Police | The Police Reunion Tour |
| July 26 | ||
| July 28 | Deep Purple | Rapture of the Deep tour |
| August 7 | Daft Punk | Alive 2006/2007 |
| August 8 | Marilyn Manson | Rape of the World Tour |
| August 14 | Beyoncé | The Beyoncé Experience |
| August 17 | Dream Theater | Chaos in Motion Tour |
| August 18 | Justin Timberlake | FutureSex/LoveShow |
| September 15 | Rush | Snakes & Arrows Tour |
| September 24 | Rihanna | Good Girl Gone Bad Tour |
| October 12 | Jennifer Lopez Marc Anthony | El Cantante Tour |
| November 10 | Van Halen | 2007 - 2008 North American Tour |
| November 12 | The Police | The Police Reunion Tour |
| November 14 | Bon Jovi | Lost Highway Tour |
| November 15 | ||
| November 28 | Avril Lavigne | The Best Damn Thing Promotional Tour |
| 2008 | ||
| January 31 | Spice Girls | The Return of the Spice Girls |
| February 22 | Linkin Park | Minutes to Midnight World Tour |
| February 24 | Spice Girls | The Return of the Spice Girls |
| March 2 | Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | Magic Tour |
| April 2 | Avril Lavigne | The Best Damn World Tour |
| April 29 | Megadeth In Flames Children of Bodom Job for a Cowboy High on Fire | Gigantour |
| May 20 | Kanye West | Glow in the Dark Tour |
| June 3 | Alicia Keys | As I Am Tour |
| June 12 | Rush | Snakes & Arrows Tour |
| July 29 | Coldplay | Viva la Vida Tour |
| August 5 | Backstreet Boys | Unbreakable Tour |
| August 12 | Judas Priest | Nostradamus World Tour |
| August 15 | Celine Dion | Taking Chances World Tour[1] |
| August 16 | ||
| August 19 | ||
| August 20 | ||
| August 23 | ||
| August 25 | ||
| August 31 | ||
| September 1 | ||
| September 5 | Oasis | Dig Out Your Soul Tour |
| September 20 | New Kids on the Block | Live Tour |
| October 22 | Madonna | Sticky & Sweet Tour |
| October 23 | ||
| October 26 | Lenny Kravitz | Love Revolution Tour |
| November 18 | Bob Dylan | Never Ending Tour 2008 |
| November 26 | Sarah Brightman | The Symphony World Tour |
| December 8 | Tina Turner | |
| December 10 | ||
| 2009 | ||
| February 12 | Celine Dion | Taking Chances World Tour |
| February 14 | ||
| February 15 | ||
| March 20 | Britney Spears | Circus Tour |
| May 5 | Britney Spears | Circus Tour |
| June 3 | Elton John Billy Joel | Face to Face 2009 |
| July 13 | Kiss | Alive 35 World Tour |
| July 18 | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown World Tour |
| July 21 | Beyoncé | I Am... World Tour |
| July 25 | Depeche Mode | Tour of the Universe |
| August 7 | Blink-182 | Live in Concert |
| August 12 | Dream Theater | Progressive Nation 2009 |
| September 5 | The Killers | Day & Age World Tour |
| September 19 | Metallica | World Magnetic Tour |
| September 20 | ||
| September 22 | Marilyn Manson | The High End of Low Tour |
| October 1 | Kiss | Alive 35 World Tour |
| October 21 | Laura Pausini | World Tour 2009 |
| October 30 | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 Tour |
| November 27 | Lady Gaga | The Monster Ball Tour |
| 2010 | ||
| January 27 | Guns N' Roses | Chinese Democracy Tour |
| February 4 | Mariah Carey | Angels Advocate Tour |
| February 17 | John Mayer | Battle Studies World Tour |
| February 28 | Alicia Keys | The Freedom Tour |
| March 10 | Muse | The Resistance Tour |
| March 19 | Bon Jovi | The Circle Tour |
| March 20 | ||
| March 24 | Billy Talent | Billy Talent III Tour |
| April 9 | Nickelback | Dark Horse Tour |
| June 26 | Scorpions | Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour |
| June 28 | Lady Gaga | The Monster Ball Tour |
| July 7 | Iron Maiden | The Final Frontier World Tour |
| July 31 | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. World Tour |
| August 5 | Michael Bublé | Crazy Love Tour |
| August 6 | ||
| August 7 | Rihanna | Last Girl on Earth Tour |
| August 12 | Paul McCartney | Up and Coming Tour |
| August 16 | Backstreet Boys | This Is Us Tour |
| September 15 | Shakira | The Sun Comes Out World Tour |
| October 3 | Gorillaz[2] | Escape to Plastic Beach Tour |
| October 19 | Roger Waters | The Wall Live |
| October 20 | ||
| November 22 | Justin Bieber | My World Tour |
| November 23 | Ozzy Osbourne | Scream World Tour |
| December 9 | Rammstein | Liebe ist für alle da Tour |