“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.”
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 “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” to “That’s The Way It Is” from her 1999 greatest hits album All the Way… A Decade of Song, and “I’m Alive.” Moving further back into the early ’90s, Dion shared her cover of the Diane Warren-penned “If You Asked Me To,” originally recorded by Patti LaBelle, and “The Power of Love” from 1993.
Deeper cuts and singles slipped into the set, including another Warren track “Love Can Move Mountains,” from Dion’s 1992 self-titled album, along with “Tous Les Blues Sont Écrits Pour Toi” (“All The Blues Are Written For You”) from her 1998 French album S’il Suffisait S’Aimer and ‘To Love You More.”
Less than midway in, Dion shared a cinematic “Beauty and the Beast” before slipping in two Courage tracks, the title track and “Imperfections” sandwiching her 1996 hit cover of Eric Carmen’s “All By Myself.” Before closing on a medley of David Bowie‘s “Let’s Dance,” Queen‘s “Another One Bites the Dust,” Prince‘s “Kiss,” Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High” and “Lady Marmalade,” Dion ended on her No. 1 “Because You Loved Me.”
Moments later, Dion reappeared in an elaborate white gown to perform her iconic Titanic hit “My Heart Will Go On” before closing on John Lennon‘s classic “Imagine.”
