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Céline Dion Plays Air Guitar To Bon Jovi At Boston Bruins Game
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Céline Dion was full of energy as she played air guitar to a Bon Jovi song during a hockey game on Thursday night.
The May Heart Will Go On singer took her 13-year-old twin sons Nelson and Eddy to TD Garden in Boston to see the Boston Bruins play the New York Rangers, and appeared to be in high spirits amid her ongoing battle with Stiff Person Syndrome.
A video shared on by user @PeteBalckburn on X, formerly Twitter, showed the 55-year-old Grammy winner briefly rising to her feet to do a little air guitar dance to Bon Jovis “Livin on a Prayer.”
The “Thats the Way It Is” singer first shared her diagnosis in 2022, shortly before she had to cancel her tour due to the effects of her condition, which causes uncontrollable muscle spasms and limits movement, even in her vocal cords.
Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, Dion said in a video message at the time. Sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to.
She has maintained that she is determined to build back her strength and return to the stage.
She made her first appearance after a lengthy time out of the public eye in November 2023, when she took her sons to another hockey game in Las Vegas.
In January, Amazon MGM Studios announced it had acquired worldwide rights to I Am: Céline Dion, a feature-length documentary from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Irene Taylor.
The documentary will be an intimate exploration of the Canadian superstar’s past and present, including her never-before-seen private life.
“This last couple of years has been such a challenge for me, the journey from discovering my condition to learning how to live with and manage it, but not to let it define me,” Dion said in a statement at the time. “As the road to resuming my performing career continues, I have realized how much I have missed it, of being able to see my fans. During this absence, I decided I wanted to document this part of my life, to try to raise awareness of this little-known condition, to help others who share this diagnosis.”
TMX contributed to this article.
