“Whether it winds, snows or rains, I will sing up there”. We hadn't seen her on stage for years. But on July 26, 2024, Céline Dion surprised everyone when she sang The hymn to love from the Eiffel Tower. An event which marks the return of the star, whose career we were beginning to think was over. And for good reason, for around ten years, the artist, ex-wife of the late René Angélil, has suffered from a rare illness: stiff person syndrome. An illness of which she revealed the moving behind the scenes in I am: Celine Dionan intimate documentary unveiled on Prime Video during the summer. Six months later, BFMTV devoted a program to the Canadian singer: Celine Dion, The Iron Ladybroadcast Sunday December 22, 2024 at 8:50 p.m.
Will Celine Dion return to the stage? These clues that the star sows
The documentary, in which Claudette Dion testifies about the illness that is gnawing at her sister, looks back on her journey. From the first appearances of the disease to the Eiffel Tower, including his childhood and his early career. A journey marked by struggles and resilience. The star trains, stretches, to relax muscles and vocal cords, in addition to heavy treatment and therapy. A discipline to which she clings and sticks, because she absolutely wants to get back on stage. And to achieve this, she will, for several months, make appearances and sow clues to her audience… She also makes a media comeback, gives interviews and lets her intentions shine through, without arousing the slightest suspicion. Until the climax: his big comeback before the eyes of millions of television viewers around the world for the Olympic Games. Since then, Céline Dion seems to have regained momentum and seems determined to never again live away from her passion. On November 13, 2024, she was in Riyadh to celebrate the anniversary of the fashion house Elie Saab… in song! “It’s vital for her”confides her sister in front of the cameras, crossing her fingers for the future.
Celine Dion soon to return to Las Vegas?
But what next? “I know there is a dormant project”, continues her sister. “Still in Vegas. You saw like everyone else, she went to Caesars Palace to meet Adèle. […] She wants that. She wants to hear and see the scene again, from among the audience. She feeds off all that, that's for sure. I understand her so much”. If this statement suggests a good hope of a return for the singer of the tube So that you love me againthe fact remains that the illness from which she suffers currently has no cure. The multiple treatments and other palliatives certainly allow her to have more good days than bad, but she still suffers from stiff person syndrome. The disease can be managed, not cured. Perhaps she will record new albums, as she hinted in the Prime Video documentary? According to one of the speakers in the BFMTV documentary, the “discographic return” would be “the only short-term solution” : she could thus record one, or even two albums, in English and in French, going to the recording studio according to her possibilities and allowing herself breaks. She and her team are certainly working behind the scenes on this second part of Céline Dion's career which she so longs for. Fans will have to be patient to find out what their idol has in store for them. In the meantime, the star has donated two million dollars to advance research.
