Celine Dion set to head to Paris two years after poignant Olympics performance

PARIS (AP) — Near, far, wherever she is… Celine Dion is heading again to Paris.

Confirming clues which have been popping up, tantalizingly, on posters across the French capital, an individual concerned within the planning informed The Associated Press that Dion will play autumn concert events on the La Defense Arena.

The particular person spoke on situation of anonymity to talk about the carefully guarded preparations, and didn’t give particulars.

Representatives for Dion within the United States didn’t instantly reply to questions.

The concert events within the City of Light will come after Dion electrified the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games the place she carried out Edith Piaf’s “Hymne à L’Amour” (“Hymn to Love”) from the Eiffel Tower — beside a rain-soaked piano.

Mysterious posters just lately hooked up to lampposts across the metropolis had been emblazoned with the titles of a few of her iconic songs: “Pour Que Tu M’aimes Encore” (“So That You Love Me Again”), and, in English, “Power of Love.” And the French-Canadian pop star posted a sequence of photographs on Instagram of her in Paris at varied occasions in her life — as a teenager and newer high-fashion pictures.

The La Defense Arena has a capability of 40,000 spectators and was one of many venues used for the Olympics.

In 2022, Dion was diagnosed with stiff person syndromea uncommon dysfunction that causes muscle rigidity and spasms, affecting her potential to stroll and sing. She had been absent from the stage since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic pressured the postponement of her tour, which was then suspended within the wake of her neurological dysfunction prognosis.

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Noveck contributed from London.