Celine Dion has canceled the remaining dates of her world tour, which had already been postponed several times due to the pandemic and the singer’s health problems.
“It is with great disappointment that we have to announce today the cancellation of the Courage World Tour,” Dion, 55, he wrote on Instagram.
Dion had completed 52 tour dates before the COVD-19 pandemic shut down shows in 2020. When industries reopened in 2021, Dion filmed a move, “Love Again.” However, at the end of 2022, he revealed he was diagnosed with rigid person syndromea rare neurological disorder, and had to postpone the European leg of the tour.
“I’m so sorry to disappoint you all once again. I’m working really hard to get my strength back, but touring can be very difficult even when you’re at 100%,” the post continued. “It’s not fair that you keep postponing shows, and even though it breaks my heart, it’s best that we cancel everything now until I’m really ready to get back on stage. I want everyone to know, I’m not giving up -me…and I can’t wait to see you again!”
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Although he is working hard on his recovery, he was unable to prepare for the upcoming shows, which were scheduled to begin in August in the Netherlands and continue until the spring of 2024, according to a press release he shared at his post on Instagram.
All tickets for the 42 canceled dates will be refunded, the statement said.
Stiff person syndrome is similar to an autoimmune disease and causes people to become stiff, with increased sensitivity to noise and touch that can also cause muscle spasms. in accordance with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. It can also leave patients with “hunched over and stiff” postures.
Dion’s career has stretched decades after winning Eurovision — an internationally popular song contest with singers from different countries competing against each other — in 1988. After establishing herself as a power ballad icon with five Grammy wins, she began a popular residency in Las Vegas.
Dion had to do it postpone concert dates earlier. In 2014, she announced that she was battling an illness that caused inflammation in her throat muscles and was also caring for her husband Rene, who had cancer. (He died in 2016.) Dion said in a statement at the time that it had been “a very difficult and stressful time” for the family and that she had to postpone her Caesars Palace residency shows and cancel dates tour in Asia
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