Dion played the first of a 26-night stint at the 40,000-capacity Paris La Défense Arena, and was visibly emotional as she marked the beginning of her first major series of live shows since revealing she was battling a rare neurological disorder.
Celine Dion belts out “My Heart Will Go On” as she returns to the stage for her first concert in 6 years pic.twitter.com/VVBMBPhZ40
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“I had promised myself not to cry,” Dion told thousands of fans last night as she kicked off the concert, which saw her storm through hits including ‘The Power of Love’, ‘Because You Loved Me’, ‘Pour que tu m’aimes encore’, ‘All By Myself’, ‘I’m Alive’ and ‘My Heart Will Go On’.
Addressing her return to the stage, she went on to say that “the road was rocky”. She last performed in the capital in 2024 for the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony, which was her first live performance since she revealed she suffers from stiff person syndrome (SPS).
Les larmes de Céline Dion en prononçant ses premiers mots : "Je suis debout sur scène, dans cette ville que j'aime tant, grâce à votre soutien. Le chemin était rocailleux, avec des escales non planifiées, mais je me suis accroché : J'y croyais !"
La chanteuse de 58 ans retrouve… pic.twitter.com/qfmF25q7Xw
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“The journey was longer than expected, with unplanned stops along the way,” she said on Saturday. “But I hung in there. A faint ray of light in the distance, deep in the mountains, I believed in it. And here it is. The sun — the sun is here. The sun, right in front of me.
