Celine Dion has been traveling the world with her Courage World Tour since 2019. An incurable disease is currently preventing her from further appearances, the Canadian now reveals in an emotional video. The five appearances in Germany will also be postponed.
Canadian singer Celine Dion has had to postpone the European concerts of her world tour again due to health problems. She suffers from a "very rare neurological disorder" that affects her singing, among other things, Dion announced in an Instagram video. In the almost five-minute video, Dion says in English and French that she has had "health problems for a long time".
"I was recently diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called stiff person syndrome," she explains. The disease mainly causes muscle cramps. "Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes resulting in difficulty walking and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing in the way I'm used to," Dion continues.
Dion had already postponed the European concerts of her "Courage World Tour" in the spring and complained about muscle cramps even then. She later said she felt "a little better," although she still had cramps at times.
All concerts that were supposed to take place from February to April 2023 will now be postponed to March and April 2024. Five Germany concerts in Cologne, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Mannheim are also affected. Several concerts that were supposed to take place in May, June and July are even canceled completely.
"It makes me very sad to announce today that I will not be able to continue my tour in Europe in February," Dion said in the clip. And further: "I miss seeing you all, being on stage and performing for you. I always give 100 percent at my shows, but that's not possible for me at the moment," says Dion. She has no choice but to focus on her health - "and I have hope that I'm on the mend," she says confidently.
