Canadian singer Celine Dion announced in a statement on Friday the cancellation of the last concerts on her tour, which she called the "Courage Tour", for health reasons.
Dion posted a statement on her Twitter account announcing the cancellation of 42 concerts scheduled for 2023-2024, and the tour was supposed to start next August from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and include cities including Helsinki and London.
The Canadian singer said she regrets the disappointment of her fans, and continued in the statement, "It is not fair that I continue to postpone performances, it breaks my heart, but it is better to cancel everything until I am ready to come back again, and I want you all to know that I will not give up. I can't wait to see you again."
Je suis désolée de vous décevoir... Et bien que cela me brise le cœur il vaut mieux tout annuler jusqu'à ce que je sois vraiment prête à remonter sur scène. Je veux que vous sachiez que je n'abandonne pas... et j'ai très hâte de vous revoir ! -Céline xx...
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— Celine Dion (@celinedion) May 26, 2023
Dion is undergoing treatment but her health condition prevents her from appearing on stage, and the production company said it would refund cancelled concert tickets.
This is not the first time that Celine Dion has had to cancel her concerts, as she announced last December that she had a rare neurological disorder, which prompted her to cancel her summer concerts in 2023, and postpone them for next year, the same concerts that she announced on Friday to cancel.
Rare immune disease
Celine Dion, 55, suffers from "stiff person" syndrome, a rare immune disease that affects one in a million people and causes severe pain and difficulty moving, preventing the patient from doing strenuous physical activities.
The Canadian singer said in a video posted earlier that this disorder causes muscle spasms and does not allow her to use the vocal cords to sing the way she used to.
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Dion's last appearance on stage was in March 2020 in New York City, and the concert was part of the "Brave" tour that began in 2019 and was disrupted for a while due to the spread of the "Covid-19" pandemic, and was supposed to include 52 concerts.
Celine Dion, who began her career in the eighties of the last century, was nicknamed the Queen of Pop and Contemporary Art, and her fame increased at the international level after presenting the song for the film "Titanic", and won the Grammy Award in 1992 for Best Pop Performance.