Celine Dion will not sing at the Paléo on July 17th. Her concert in Nyon and all those scheduled in Europe in the coming months have been canceled due to health reasons.
The Quebec superstar “continues to be treated by his medical team for severe and persistent muscle spasms that prevent him from performing in concert,” Paléo organizers said Thursday. in a press release. All tickets will be refunded, within the terms that will be communicated at the end of January.
Progressive muscle stiffness
Also on Thursday, Celine Dion revealed on her Instagram account that she suffers from a “very rare neurological disorder”. Visibly moved in this video message, the 54-year-old singer explains that she “has had health problems for a long time”. And add: “I was recently diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder, called in English“ stiff person syndrome ”,“ she detailed.
This disorder, characterized in particular by progressive muscle stiffness, causes Celine Dion to have difficulty walking and prevents her from using her vocal cords as much as she would like. “It saddens me enormously to have to tell you today that I won’t be ready to resume my tour of Europe in February,” she admitted, saying she has “an excellent team of doctors” by her side.
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It was planned for Paléo in 2020, then in 2021
Celine Dion had played the first 52 shows of her tour before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, in early 2020. The artist then announced last January that she would cancel the North American portion of this tour due to of his health problems.
At the Paléo, Celine Dion’s return was initially scheduled for the 2020 and 2021 editions, later canceled due to the coronavirus. Her arrival was highly anticipated, her last concert in Switzerland dates back to 2017 in Bern at the Stade de Suisse, and even in 2008 for her last performance in French-speaking Switzerland. The 30,000 tickets for his concert in Nyon sold out in less than half an hour.
Organizers had even scheduled an extra day at the festival on Monday to welcome the superstar. Finally, the next Paléo will take place as usual from Tuesday to Sunday, from 18 to 23 July.
