{"id":623137,"date":"2026-09-13T06:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/623137\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T06:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:22:08","slug":"i-made-a-promise-celine-dion-moved-to-tears-during-paris-comeback-concert-ents-arts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/623137\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I made a promise’: Celine Dion moved to tears during Paris comeback concert | Ents & Arts News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celine Dion was brought to tears as she returned to the stage for the first time in almost six years after revealing she was battling a rare neurological disorder.<\/p>\n

Performing in Paris on Saturday to a sold-out crowd of tens of thousands, an emotional Dion<\/a> told her adoring fans that it was “amazing we are all together”.<\/p>\n

“I made a promise. I made a promise to come back and to be back on stage,” she added.<\/p>\n

“Here I am singing for you, and singing for me.<\/p>\n

“Thank you so very much for your support, your patience. I am everything I am because you love me.<\/p>\n

“The path was rocky, the road was longer \u200bthan planned, but I held on.”<\/p>\n

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney paid tribute to her return on social media by referencing one of her biggest hits.<\/p>\n

“It’s all coming back,” Mr Carney wrote on X. “Congratulations on an incredible return to the stage after six long years.”<\/p>\n

The French-Canadian singer took a break from performing after revealing her stiff person syndrome (SPS) diagnosis in December 2022<\/a>, which forced her to cancel a world tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SPS is a rare neurological disorder that causes progressive muscular stiffness and spasms. According to the NHS, there is currently no cure for the autoimmune disease.<\/p>\n

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\n From March: Dion announces comeback shows\n <\/p>\n

The five-time Grammy winner’s long-awaited comeback was revealed on her birthday on 30 March, when she posted on social media, expressing her excitement in a video message.<\/p>\n

Dion extended her residency at the La Defense Arena to 16 concerts due to popular demand, with further shows taking place until 14 October, and a further 10 dates in 2027. She will perform her biggest hits in both French and English during the concerts.<\/p>\n

Fans were also quick to praise Dion over her health issues, with British fan Catherine Rushforth telling Reuters as she was leaving the arena: “She didn’t shy \u200caway from what she suffered, and she shared it with her audience.”<\/p>\n

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The 58-year-old previously cancelled her Las Vegas residency due to health concerns in 2021, revealing her SPS diagnosis the following year.<\/p>\n

During her break from performing, Dion had a brief cameo singing in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics<\/a> in 2024 and had repeatedly expressed her desire to return to the stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celine Dion was brought to tears as she returned to the stage for the first time in almost…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-623137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}