Celine Dion closes her Paris run with a 16th concert

Concerts in Paris

16 shows

The singer gave 16 concerts in just over a month at the Plenitude Arena, west of Paris, before crowds of 35,000.

Her illness

stiff person syndrome

The run began on Sep 12, after six years away from the stage; she revealed in 2022 that she has stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological disease.

"I have learned to live with this fragility," Celine Dion told fans, adding that she had decided to make it her strength to live.

— Celine Dion

In the audience

Rihanna, Michelle Obama, Zinédine Zidane, Lewis Hamilton and French President Emmanuel Macron were among those in the crowd.

And us?

The 58-year-old Quebec singer has sold more than 260 million albums over four decades.

Culture · 18 d ago

Celine Dion closes her Paris run with a 16th concert

The singer gave 16 concerts in just over a month at the Plenitude Arena, west of Paris, before crowds of 35,000.

The run began on Sep 12, after six years away from the stage; she revealed in 2022 that she has stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological disease.

"I have learned to live with this fragility," Celine Dion told fans, adding that she had decided to make it her strength to live.

Rihanna, Michelle Obama, Zinédine Zidane, Lewis Hamilton and French President Emmanuel Macron were among those in the crowd.

And us? The 58-year-old Quebec singer has sold more than 260 million albums over four decades.

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