On Sunday, March 8, 2020, Celine Dion played her final full concert before the pandemic hit. At the time, Dion had already segued from her long-running residency in Las Vegas to a world tour in support of her 27th album Courage. The tour kicked off in Dion’s hometown of Quebec City, Canada, on September 18, 2019, and concluded that night in March 2020 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

By 2021, Dion was forced canceled her rescheduled tour dates in 2021 and did the same a year later before revealing to fans in December 2022 that she had been diagnosed with Stiff Person’s Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can cause debilitating muscle spasms. “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time,” Dion shared in a video message on her social media pages. “And it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through.”

Her struggle with the rare disorder weas documented in the 2024 documentary, I Am: Celine Dion.

“While we’re still learning about this rare condition, we now know that this is what has been causing all of the spasms that I’ve been having,” said Dion. “Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to.”