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 Dionâs 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 Personâs Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can cause debilitating muscle spasms. âIâve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time,â Dion shared in a video message on her social media pages. âAnd itâs been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that Iâve been going through.â
Her struggle with the rare disorder weas documented in the 2024 documentary, I Am: Celine Dion.
âWhile weâre still learning about this rare condition, we now know that this is what has been causing all of the spasms that Iâve been having,â said Dion. âUnfortunately, 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 Iâm used to.â
Before the cancellation of ther 2022 and 2023 North American and European dates and revealing her health diagnosis, Dion played one last show in New Jersey, opening her 18-song set with her 1996 hit âItâs All Coming Back to Me Nowâ to âThatâs The Way It Isâ from her 1999 greatest hits album All the Way⊠A Decade of Song, and âIâm Alive.â Moving further back into the early â90s, Dion shared her cover of the Diane Warren-penned âIf You Asked Me To,â originally recorded by Patti LaBelle, and âThe Power of Loveâ from 1993.
Deeper cuts and singles slipped into the set, including another Warren track âLove Can Move Mountains,â from Dionâs 1992 self-titled album, along with âTous Les Blues Sont Ăcrits Pour Toiâ (âAll The Blues Are Written For Youâ) from her 1998 French album Sâil Suffisait SâAimer and âTo Love You More.â
Less than midway in, Dion shared a cinematic âBeauty and the Beastâ before slipping in two Courage tracks, the title track and âImperfectionsâ sandwiching her 1996 hit cover of Eric Carmenâs âAll By Myself.â Before closing on a medley of David Bowieâs âLetâs Dance,â Queenâs âAnother One Bites the Dust,â Princeâs âKiss,â Tina Turnerâs âRiver Deep, Mountain Highâ and âLady Marmalade,â Dion ended on her No. 1 âBecause You Loved Me.â
Moments later, Dion reappeared in an elaborate white gown to perform her iconic Titanic hit âMy Heart Will Go Onâ before closing on John Lennonâs classic âImagine.â
Celine Dion Setlist, Prudential Center, March 8, 2020
- Itâs All Coming Back to Me Now
- Thatâs the Way It Is
- Iâm Alive
- If You Asked Me To
- The Power of Love
- Love Can Move Mountains
- Beauty and the Beast
- Youâre the Voice
- Tous les blues sont Ă©crits pour toi
- To Love You More
- Courage
- All by Myself
- Imperfections
- The Prayer
- Because You Loved Me
- Letâs Dance / Another One Bites the Dust / Kiss / River Deep, Mountain High / Lady MarmaladeEncore
- My Heart Will Go On
- Imagine