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Suffering from a rare “neurological disorder”, Celine Dion postpones the start of her European tour

Canadian singer Celine Dion has once again postponed the start of the European dates of her tour, scheduled for February, on Thursday 8 December.

In an almost five-minute video posted on Instagram, in French and English, Céline Dion, visibly moved, says she has had “long-term health problems”. ” I was recently diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called “stiff person syndrome”. (stiff person syndrome)”, details the singer from Quebec.

This disorder, characterized in particular by progressive muscle stiffness (see box), causes Celine Dion to have difficulty walking and prevents her from ” use (one’s) vocal cords as she would like. ” We don’t know everything about this rare disease yet, but we now know it’s the cause of the muscle spasms I suffer from “, keep on.

The singer had already hinted at these pangs in the spring, during the previous postponement of her European tour. She later said she felt ” a little better “even if he” it still happened to have spasms ».

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While some 2023 concerts are rescheduled for 2024, others are cancelled. Among these was his coming to the Vieilles Charrues festival in Brittany, where he was expected on July 13, after the first two cancellations.

(With AFP extension)

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