Celine Dion down with rare health condition, cancels upcoming shows

Popular Canadian singer Celine Dion has cancelled her upcoming shows and rescheduled some following the revelation by the pop star that she is currently battling a rare disease.
The 54-year-old star made the announcement in an emotional video posted on her verified Instagram page on Thursday, expressing that she can no longer hide her health predicament from the public anymore.
“I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through,” Celine said in the broadcast. “It hurts me to tell you that I won’t be ready to restart my tour in Europe in February.”
She said in the video that she has been dealing with a lasting serious health condition and was recently diagnosed with a very rare condition which affects only “one in a million people” called the Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS).
SPS is a neurological disorder with features of an autoimmune disease, which the singer revealed has been hard for her to deal with.
The condition has left Celine Dion unable to walk properly, and sing too, thus, she could no longer carry on with her scheduled UK and Europe next year.
However, the shows planned for Spring 2023 have been postponed to 2024, while the eight other shows scheduled for summer of next year, have been cancelled permanently by the singer.
The historic best-selling Canadian artist has been in and out of studio in recent years following the unfortunate death of her husband René Angélil, who died as a result of cancer in 2014 and brother, Daniel Dion.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette

States
Independence: NBA urges Nigerians to expect better future
The NBA said that ordinary Nigerians should be deriving benefit from the subsidy removal rather than hardship.

Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

Hot news Home top
PDP tackles Gov Diri for snubbing Tinubu in APC campaign billboards
The party accused Mr Diri of being reluctant to identify with Mr Tinubu’s re-election campaign despite defecting to the APC.

Hot news Home top
Flamingos make history, beat Japan to win first-ever U-17 Women’s World Cup
Despite a defeat in their group opener, the Nigerian team returned to winning ways, with six consecutive victories.

Agriculture
FG targets 600 Niger farmers for N300,000 interest-free loans
The loans are under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP).

States
Firefighters contain vehicle fire in Ilorin
The vehicle, with registration number LAF 154 AE, caught fire while in motion on Saturday.

Sport
Man City lose to Nottingham Forest as Arsenal pip Hull City to extend lead on EPL table
Jair Cunha opened the scoring in the 6th minute, while Liam Delap made it two for Nottingham Forest in the 18th minute.

Africa
Ghana police arrest 57-year-old man for alleged shoplifting
The suspect was arrested on Thursday by the Somanya District Police Command.





