Courage World Tour - EU shows CANCELED

[george_matei]

I hove no words. I am still in shock. Listening now to Courage, I started to cry. I wish her a full recovery and a long healthy life and nothing else. She can retire, I do not care that much anymore about those concerts and albums. I am praying for her. Such a difficult time for her and for us, as fans.

 

Dear members, please, stay safe and take care of you and of your loved ones. We should learn something from this.

 

Yes, I was expecting to see her next year in Bucharest, but at this point it does not matter anymore.

 

Also, I am happy that more and more people will find out about SPS more informations.

 

I don't know, I'm just devastated by the news...

[sarit_celine]

Celine saying in the last part, "see you soon", maybe that's indicated that they saw a small improvement?

I don't even think at this stage of her going back on touring though it will be very emocional once it happens.

Wishing her many strength to handle this challenging chapter in her life, she has the best team of doctors on her side

and this alone gives me hope. I do think that one day or another she will do an important interview about her current situation.

[jolo87]

Celine saying in the last part, "see you soon", maybe that's indicated that they saw a small improvement?

I don't even think at this stage of her going back on touring though it will be very emocional once it happens.

Wishing her many strength to handle this challenging chapter in her life, she has the best team of doctors on her side

and this alone gives me hope. I do think that one day or another she will do an important interview about her current situation.

 

That was a really bittersweet "see you soon." The kind of thing you say because you want to believe but can't. It shows how much she cares about us and doesn't want us to be upset.

[Dancing_Queen]

Now that 'the secret is out', maybe she'll be a bit more open again. She really doesn't have to, she's given more than enough. But I (selfishly) hope she keeps us posted so we have some idea about how she's doing/feeling (little messages, maybe a Christmas picture). She's so much more than a voice to me, the thought that we won't get another update for months makes me infinitely sad 😔

[Thomas]

She's so much more than a voice to me

Yeah, exactly. It was her voice that made us take notice, but it was her beautiful soul that kept us coming back. For decades for some of us! Her positive attitude and her love of life, her kindness and compassion, her fun and generous personality...there are so many reasons why we fell in love with Celine as a person. It's why this has hit us all so hard.

 

Who knows what the future will bring. She may not be able to do a 2 hour show, night after night anymore. But she might have good days when she can sing a few lines in a recording studio, record a song now and then even if it's over a long period. So she can keep her dream alive and still do what she loves, but in a different way.

Edited December 9, 2022 at 01:02 PM by Thomas

[LukeD]

Yesterday I spent over 9 hours listening to her songs on Spotify. Anyone else with me? 😆

[actofcontrition]

I’ve listened her french video message yesterday. Usually i dont like her video message because its too « im reading a text ». But this one.. oh god i was crying! To see her like that almost crying telling about the pain and things like « singing was all my life ». It gets me so sad!

 

While watching her video, i was remembering the first time i heard her voice when i was 6 years old in 1991. It really sound like a farewell. Like she know that maybe her career is over but she doesnt want too. Its hard to explain. It cant finish like this! Im praying for her health and hope she will stop suffering and that she will sing again for us someday and be happy with her childrens.

 

Im very nostalgic since yesterday. I decided to listen to all her albums since La voix du bon dieu and im gonna watch all her dvds too.

 

Like many times in my life, i need Celine’s voice to comfort me!

[comingback]

30 years ago, I heard Celine's voice for the first time. The song was WDMHBN and it was on the CD KUSCHELROCK (a Sony compilation with Soft Rock ballads). I have always loved big voices (Whitney, Mariah..) and during the following years, I saw her videos on the MTV Charts (TPOL, TT, BYLM and IACBTMN) and on French TV (PQTME /during my holiday trip to France). But in Dezember 1997 I watched the MHWGO video on VH-1 and I was hooked. It made me a fan. The rest is history. Merci Celine ❤️. Edited December 9, 2022 at 02:52 PM by comingback

[jolo87]

 

Yeah, exactly. It was her voice that made us take notice, but it was her beautiful soul that kept us coming back. For decades for some of us! Her positive attitude and her love of life, her kindness and compassion, her fun and generous personality...there are so many reasons why we fell in love with Celine as a person. It's why this has hit us all so hard.

 

Who knows what the future will bring. She may not be able to do a 2 hour show, night after night anymore. But she might have good days when she can sing a few lines in a recording studio, record a song now and then even if it's over a long period. So she can keep her dream alive and still do what she loves, but in a different way.

 

It's possible, but she might not be able to use her voice melodically at all. This disease can cause damage to the muscles and can fundamentally change a person's body. She may have more limited lung capacity and her vocal muscles might be damaged. Let's not expect anything and just be grateful to be able to see her again if we can.

[A new day...]

The world is behind her. She was trending worldwide on twitter yesterday. Everyone was moved by her announcement. Around me, even some people who don't particularly follow her career told me it was really painful to watch, as she looks so sad announcing this to us. It's a shock for everyone.

 

I still can't get over those video messages. I'm pretty sure she burst into tears for a few takes. I really want to hug her. Let's fill stadiums all around the world and sing FOR her.

Edited December 9, 2022 at 03:24 PM by A new day...

[Alex_Incognito]

Yesterday I spent over 9 hours listening to her songs on Spotify. Anyone else with me? 😆

 

I can't yet. I'm still processing this.

[anewdayhascome]

I don't know how you manage to listen to Celine's songs...

 

Since yesterday ANY song, even random tune in a tv series or in a shop makes me cry. I just can't process... And when they used Celine's snippets in those media reports... I just couldn't... The only thing that has always kept my spirits up is gone...

 

In her message she tries to be positive and we should stay positive but her eyes and facial expressions say otherwise. It's heartbreaking.

[comingback]

 

In her message she tries to be positive and we should stay positive but her eyes and facial exp<b></b>ressions say otherwise. It's heartbreaking.

 

Yes, we all try to be positive and that's great. But in my heart I know (and Celine also) that there will be no Tour or Vegas Show in 2024. And that's so sad...😭.

[CelineDionFreak]

How’s everyone this morning?

 

I’m listening to her Xmas album on the way into work at the minute and all I can think about is her.

Yesterday I had to drive 2.5 hours each way to get my phone fixed and listened to Céline on my way there and back. It’s so so sad. I listened to TCWT and Courage to remember the good times. I just wish it wasn’t that way. Today I just kinda feel like it’s a bad dream I wish we could forget about it, but it’s reality unfortunately. I just hope and pray she will be able to do something again one day. But as many others have said, I’ve come to terms she may never perform again, and I’m okay with that. Celine needs to do what is best for her.

[Nmj]

 

 

I can't yet. I'm still processing this.

 

I turned on Celine on my car commute today a random playlist and the first song they played was “Prayer” from ANDHC, it felt so raw and emotional with a new meaning.

 

“Every voice along the shoreline

Standing still within time

Spinnin' unresolved

Walking as each season passes

Through wonderland, through walking glasses

A secret garden shines, beckons you

Gentle flower don't fade away

Sweet innocence still harbors thee

In the faint of golden dreams

Where one love lives eternally“

 

She in my book will ALWAYS be the greatest voice of all time, for me it’s not even arguable, just a nasty irony that Celine’s fate included a muscle disease… especially because learned to love her because of the golden muscle, her vocal chords.

[MLowery855]

Like all of you, I share in the grief.. for Celine the person, and for what Celine the artist has meant to me for the majority of my life. For a decade, I visited Las Vegas 2-3 times a year and, at times, caught multiple shows back to back in one go. Sometimes I wondered if this was truly worth it, but I always settled on "yes". As scripted as it was, every show was just a little bit different. Maybe a note was different. Maybe she told a new story - for example, I only ever heard the "toast" story once, about her mother making toast for 14 kids. It was long but I enjoyed it. And yes, I rolled my eyes at the story of how Ashes came to be. I was there in June of 2019 for her last Vegas show. I was not celebrating her departure because I had taken for granted how easy it was to see her for so many years, but I was excited to see the next chapter.

 

The last time I saw her was in Raleigh, NC in February of 2020. I sat next to an older woman who was seeing her for the first time and I was alone. I had flown from Atlanta to Raleigh just for the show, flying back immediately after it. My seat mate found this hilarious, and we had so much fun watching that show. I always loved witnessing someone see Celine sing live for the first time. And she asked me so many questions that I was able to answer.. and finally she asked how many shows I'd seen. I told her this was my 55th time seeing Celine live, and she punched me in the shoulder and burst out laughing. It was also the night Celine had trouble with her in-ears in the middle of the show and she put on a comedy sketch about it, seeming to embarrass her sound engineer quite a bit. I told my seat mate at the end that I thought that show #55 for me was probably my favorite. I had no idea it was also, very likely, my last. I knew that after CWT, Celine would probably head back to Vegas and I suspected that she would be a fixture on the strip for the rest of her performing days. I was inspired watching Patti LaBelle perform at 75 on the Masked Singer. I thought that would be Celine someday... mid-70s, still killing it show after show. And I'd be there, frequently. But we always think there is next time, or that there is more time.

 

I'm sure I am not alone in saying that I have felt silly or even ashamed for the depth of sadness the past day has brought. But I want to offer some validation, as well, to anyone else feeling this way. None of us may know Celine, but that is not important. It is normal to feel sad, to feel empathy, for a person facing such a diagnosis. But it's also normal to grieve the other things - grieving the loss of your own plans and dreams about how you may see her take the stage someday. That loss is real and it is personal.

 

I'm happy to see this forum, so often full of bickering, seeming to come together and accept the new reality. I believe the chances of Celine ever performing again to be very low, and the chances of her performing as she used to (world tours, multiple nights a week, etc) to be.. less than 0. You have to think of not just Celine and her health, but the logistics of it - the support staff, the ticket sales, the travel plans of thousands of people. If you thought she had an unacceptable cancellation rate before.. yikes. How do you schedule a concert 3 months, 6 months, 2 years out if you have a disorder that can sideline you any random day? It's not the same as canceling due to unexpected illness. It's committing to something you know you may not can do. I don't see them doing this.

 

It hardly seems fair that a one in a million disorder may silence a one in a billion voice. I often think of the others considered in that tier - Michael, Whitney, Luther, Prince, Elvis - all silenced far too soon. I hope that Celine lives a long and happy life, and I am grateful for the memories.

 

If she does ever walk onto a stage again, I'll be there like so many times before.

Edited December 9, 2022 at 05:06 PM by MLowery855

[actofcontrition]

I’m in tears right now listening the « La voix du bon dieu » Lp.. feeling so nostalgic now! Edited December 9, 2022 at 05:24 PM by actofcontrition

[Peppercorn1991]

People were talking about it today at work and are all so sad. One cried this morning after seeing the news. All of a sudden there seems to be people that Celine has an impact on which was never visible before.

 

Kev x

Edited December 9, 2022 at 05:49 PM by Peppercorn1991

[smw]

People were talking about it today at work and are all so sad. One cried this morning after seeing the news. All of a sudden there seems to be people that Celine has an impact on which was never visible before.

 

Kev x

 

Yeah, I have friends who are more casual fans / haven’t kept up with her much for 20 years but loved Celine’s music in their youth. And they’re very upset about this.

[actofcontrition]

People were talking about it today at work and are all so sad. One cried this morning after seeing the news. All of a sudden there seems to be people that Celine has an impact on which was never visible before.

 

Kev x

 

I know! There is some people i know who never liked her or have never cared about her and they all think that news is terrible..

[mirage]

Came across this video. It's not about the question to release something from the vault.

 

But the images and the music

If performing and singing is truly something she wants and miss, I hope for her that one day she will be able and end her career the way it started, surrounded by fans and the outpouring love she deserves.

 

[PuraVida]

I feel so weird today after this. I can't stop thinking about just how much emotion and pain are in her eyes and voice.

 

[manu23]

We need to stay positive. If someone got cured in 2014 then Celine will! I refuse to believe she won’t perform again. She will come out of this stronger and on top of the world again, I just know. Maybe is delusional, but otherwise I couldn’t cope.

[anewdayhascome]

I'm not sure why barely anyone mentions that in the media or here but on Polish TV the experts said it is connected with stress (that part we know) but it starts with unnoticeable spasms in the stomach that makes u feel full which leads to losing weight. That being said, Celine could have been sick as early as 2018 or even earlier so in contrast to some people saying here that they caught it early and this year will be criticial how she responds to medication, it might be actually too late as it progressed too far :cry: :cry:

 

I hope everybody is wrong and she will get better somehow...

 

I can't even listen to my song, my ANDHC that would always lift me up. We were waiting for so long... for a miracle to come... every verse is so hard now. We really need a miracle.

Edited December 9, 2022 at 09:39 PM by anewdayhascome

[Peppercorn1991]

All I’ve done tonight is listen to her songs in random order. The tears I’ve cried for this woman is unbelievable and makes me feel so stupid. I can’t help it.

 

Kev x

[Shamrock_1982]

These words come to mind today… Céline and we are are now on this journey together and we will come through the other side together and we have her back now more than ever!

Edited December 9, 2022 at 10:04 PM by Shamrock_1982

[Shamrock_1982]

Delete Edited December 9, 2022 at 10:04 PM by Shamrock_1982

[PuraVida]

The only Celine song that has popped into my head since yesterday. I haven't listened to anything else

 

[smw]

We need to stay positive. If someone got cured in 2014 then Celine will! I refuse to believe she won’t perform again. She will come out of this stronger and on top of the world again, I just know. Maybe is delusional, but otherwise I couldn’t cope.

 

Staying positive is always a good thing. Olivia Newton-John practiced this every day living with cancer. And she had a longer life than many believed she was going to have.

 

I hope Celine will find treatment that works for her and will perform again someday too.

[anewdayhascome]

I have just rewatched the previous cancellation video and the Ukrainian video, in both she of course wasn't happy or sounded overtly optimistic but she looked better and you could tell from her eyes she is positive, there are some problems but she is thinking she can overcome them/it's getting better but yesterday's video has a totally different vibe. I think it's worse than it was unfortunately... Maybe she had some remission and now it's back much stronger or something... I don't know but these videos can tell us much more, beyond her words...