{"id":493201,"date":"2026-03-24T20:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/493201\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T20:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:17:14","slug":"celine-dion-to-make-concert-comeback-four-years-after-stiff-person-syndrome-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/493201\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9line Dion to make concert comeback four years after Stiff Person Syndrome diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n         Published on<br \/>\n            24\/03\/2026 &#8211; 11:22 GMT+1\n            <\/p>\n<p>Following a series of teaser posters displayed in the streets Paris, featuring titles of some of her iconic songs, Canadian superstar C\u00e9line Dion is now officially making a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old singer is set to return to the stage later this year, four years after being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/12\/19\/celine-dion-no-longer-has-control-over-her-muscles-says-sister-in-health-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Dion is reported to be preparing a twice-weekly residency this September and October at Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena, according to French-Canadian newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/arts\/chroniques\/2026-03-22\/celine-dion-de-retour-sur-scene-a-paris.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">La Presse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The singer last headlined a show in Newark, New Jersey on 8 March 2020. Her Courage World Tour was subsequently cut short by the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>She has not yet officially commented on the reports. <\/p>\n<p>In 2022, C\u00e9line Dion was diagnosed with SPS, a rare and incurable neurological disorder that severely impacts mobility and the ability to sing. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/05\/29\/celine-dion-cancels-all-remaining-concerts-of-her-courage-world-tour-over-poor-health\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cancelled the remaining dates<\/a> of her tour the following year. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/12\/19\/celine-dion-no-longer-has-control-over-her-muscles-says-sister-in-health-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">statement at the time<\/a>, 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<p>Dion\u2019s battle against this illness was chronicled in the 2024 documentary I Am: C\u00e9line Dion. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024, she made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/02\/05\/grammys-2024-winners-and-key-takeaways-from-a-dramatic-evening\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a rare appearance at the Grammy Awards<\/a>, where she received a standing ovation. That same year, she made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/07\/26\/paris-olympics-celine-dion-lady-gaga-aya-nakamura-and-gojira-among-acts-revealed-for-openi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a stage comeback at the Paris Olympics<\/a>, singing Edith Piaf&#8217;s \u2018Hymne A L\u2019Amour\u2019 from the Eiffel Tower. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 24\/03\/2026 &#8211; 11:22 GMT+1 Following a series of teaser posters displayed in the streets Paris, featuring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[95183,5664,96,819,102,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-493201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-celine-dion","tag-concert","tag-entertainment","tag-france","tag-health","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493201","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=493201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}