Pop icon Celine Dion on Friday canceled all of her remaining shows scheduled for 2023-2024, saying she was not strong enough to tour as she battles a rare neurological condition.
Last year, the 55-year-old Canadian singer revealed she suffered from the rare medical condition that hampered her singing.
“I’m sorry to disappoint you all again… and while it breaks my heart, it’s best we cancel everything until I’m really ready to get back on stage,” said the singer of My Heart Will go-on. tweeted.
“I’m not giving up…and I can’t wait to see you again!” she added.
A statement from her tour read: “It is with a sense of immense disappointment that Celine Dion’s Courage World Tour today announced the cancellation of all remaining dates currently on sale for 2023 and 2024.”
“I’m working very hard to rebuild my strength, but touring can be very difficult, even when you’re at 100%,” the statement quoted Dion said.
In December 2022, she posted a tearful video to Instagram to say she had recently been diagnosed with Stiff-Person Syndrome and would not be ready to embark on a European tour in February as planned.
She said the condition caused muscle spasms and “didn’t allow me to use my vocal cords to sing like I’m used to”.
The “Courage World Tour” began in 2019 and Dion completed 52 shows before the Covid-19 pandemic put the rest on hold.
She later canceled the North American leg of the tour due to health concerns.
The tour would be the Grammy-winning actress’s first worldwide concert tour in a decade and the first without her husband-manager Rene Angelil, who died of cancer in 2016.
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