canadian singer Celine Dion canceled his world tour, Courage World Tour, due to the disease he suffers from, Stiff Person Syndrome (SPR), which affects the nervous system and causes muscle spasms.
“I’m so sorry for letting you down again. I work really hard to get my strength back, but being on tour can be very difficult, even when you are at 100%,” said the 55-year-old artist, in a statement published this Friday. in their social networks.
I’m so sorry to disappoint all of you once again… and even though it breaks my heart, it’s best that we cancel everything until I’m really ready to be back on stage… I’m not giving up… and I can’ don’t wait to see you again!” – Celine xx…
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The statement explains that the winner of two Oscars and several Grammy awards has continued to receive treatment for her illness, which prevents her from performing, as the world has emerged from the pandemic, but, although she is working hard to recover, she is currently unable to to prepare the rest of his tour well and get on stage.
In this way, Dion cancels the concerts that remained on her world tour, which corresponded to the European leg, after having given 52 in North America before the start of the pandemic, when she had to take a break due to the restrictions imposed in March of 2020.
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He still had 42 concerts left -19 in 2023 and 23 in 2024- in France, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Ireland, England and the United Kingdom. .
If he had not canceled the tour, the next concert he had scheduled was in Amsterdam on August 26 and the last one was going to be in London on April 22, 2024.
The statement recalls that after suspending the tour in March 2020, Dion shot his first film love againalong with Priyanka Chopra and Sam Heughan, in early 2021. The singer later revealed that she had been diagnosed with PRS.
Céline Dion reveals that she suffers from a rare neurological disease
“We hope that one day soon,” he adds, “Celine will be able to go to every city in Europe to perform for her fantastic fans, but now is just not the time.”
The price of the tickets for the 42 canceled concerts will be returned to Dion’s fans at the point of sale where they were purchased.
With information from EFE.