{"id":492767,"date":"2026-03-24T14:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/492767\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:59:12","slug":"celine-dion-set-for-comeback-shows-four-years-after-stiff-person-syndrome-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/492767\/","title":{"rendered":"Celine Dion set for comeback shows four years after Stiff Person Syndrome diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Celine Dion<\/a> is set to return to the stage for her first concerts since she was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) in 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 57-year-old is reported to be preparing a twice-weekly residency this September and October at Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena.<\/p>\n

The French-Canadian newspaper La Presse<\/a> broke the news Sunday, and by Monday posters had gone up around the French capital displaying the titles of various Dion songs including \u201cPour que tu m\u2019aimes encore\u201d and \u201cPower of Love.\u201d<\/p>\n

The singer has not yet officially commented on the reports. The Independent has approached her representatives for confirmation.<\/p>\n

Dion<\/a>, who is the best-selling Canadian musician of all time, last headlined a show in Newark, New Jersey on March 8, 2020. Her \u201cCourage\u201d tour was subsequently cut short by the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

\"CelineCeline Dion made a rare recent public appearance to sing Edith Piaf’s \u2018Hymne A L\u2019Amour\u2019 at the 2024 Paris Olympics (IOC\/Getty)<\/p>\n

In 2022 she was diagnosed with SPS, and the following year she announced that she was cancelling the remaining dates of her rescheduled tour.<\/a><\/p>\n

In a statement at the time, she said: \u201cI\u2019m working really hard to build back my strength, but touring can be very difficult even when you\u2019re 100 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n

When she first announced her diagnosis in December 2022, the \u201cMy Heart Will Go On\u201d singer posted an emotional video to her Instagram page<\/a> explaining that she had been diagnosed with SPS, which she said affects \u201cevery aspect of my daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said that the rare condition has been causing muscle spasms which affect her ability to perform and sing. \u201cI\u2019ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it\u2019s been really difficult for me to face my challenges and to talk about everything that I\u2019ve been going through,\u201d Dion said in a teary-eyed video.<\/p>\n

\"DionDion made a rare appearance at the 2024 Grammy Awards (Getty Images for The Recording A)<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cRecently I\u2019ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called the Stiff Person Syndrome which affects one in a million people. While we\u2019re still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what\u2019s been causing all the spasms I\u2019ve been having.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI miss you so much,\u201d the singer told fans. \u201cI always give 100 percent when I do my shows but my condition is not allowing me to give that to you right now\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, Dion assured fans that she had a \u201cgreat team of doctors\u201d working hard to help her get better, but admitted it had been a \u201cstruggle.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2024, she made a rare appearance at the Grammy Awards, where she received a standing ovation. That same year, she made a brief, moving comeback performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics<\/a>, singing Edith Piaf’s \u201cHymne A L\u2019Amour\u201d from the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-492767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}