Celine Dion has canceled the remaining dates of her world tour, which has already been postponed several times due to the pandemic and health problems of the singer.

“It is with great disappointment that we have to announce today the cancellation of the Courage world tour,” Dion, 55, said. posted on instagram.

Dion played 52 shows on the tour before the COVD-19 pandemic shut down shows in 2020. As industries reopened in 2021, Dion starred in Love Again. However, at the end of 2022, she revealed she was diagnosed with a rigid personality syndromea rare neurological disorder and he had to postpone the European leg of the tour.

“I am very sorry to disappoint you all again. I’m working really hard to get my strength back but touring can be very difficult even when you’re at 100%,” the post continued. “It’s not fair to you to keep postponing shows and while it breaks my heart, it’s best if we cancel everything now until I’m really ready to get back on stage. I want you all to know I won’t give up… and I can’t wait to see you again!”

While she is hard at work on her recovery, she was unable to prepare for the upcoming shows, which were due to start in August in the Netherlands and run until spring 2024, according to a press release she shared in her Instagram post.

All tickets for the 42 canceled dates will be refunded, the statement said.

Stiff Man Syndrome is similar to an autoimmune disease and causes people to become rigid, hypersensitive to noise and touch, which can also lead to muscle spasms. in accordance with National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. It can also leave patients in a “hunched and tense” posture.

Dion’s career spanned decades after she won euro vision – an internationally popular song contest in which singers from different countries compete with each other – in 1988. After establishing herself as a power ballad icon with five Grammy wins, she began a popular Las Vegas residency.

Dion had to reschedule concert dates. In 2014, she announced that she was battling an illness that caused a sore throat and was also forced to care for her husband, René, who had cancer. (Hey died in 2016.) Dion said in a statement that it was a “very difficult and stressful” time for the family at the time and she needed to postpone shows from her Caesars Palace residence and cancel Asia tour dates.