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Celine Dion emotionally wiped tears from her eyes while dancing in the stands at The Rolling Stones concert in Las Vegas over the weekend.
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The 56-year-old music legend – who recently opened up about her surprise appearance at The Grammys amid her battle with stiff person syndrome – was in the stands at the massive show which took place at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday.
She could be seen moving and grooving to some of the English rock bands biggest hits like Paint It Black, Sympathy For The Devil, and You Can’t Always Get What You Want before closing it out with (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.
Celine seemed to be in awe of 80-year-old Keith and the rest of the band as she could be seen wiping tears from her face with her hands during Jumping Jack Flash.
The My Heart Will Go On hitmaker looked stylish as always as she sported a clinging red leather long-sleeved dress.
Her dirty blonde tresses were pulled back in a ponytail as she showcased her natural looks by wearing minimal make-up.
She didn’t let her disease get in the way of having as she stood and danced through most of the concert.
Last month, Celine revealed the reason why she decided to wear a coat while making a surprise appearance at the 2024 Grammys in February.
The star shocked fans as she showed up at the ceremony amid her battle with incurable stiff-person syndrome in order to present Taylor Swift with the album of the year award.
And now Celine shared why she opted to wear a mustard yellow Valentino coat over her gown at the event.
‘It made me feel better for a moment to hold onto this coat, to hide myself a little bit from all these little things,’ she told Vogue in a recent Life in Looks series.
‘It was very nerve-wracking, but at the same time, a big honor,’ she said about her appearance. ‘That magic. That excitement. To see the fans, to see the crowd. To see show business again.’
‘I was like, “You can walk onstage with a coat? Oh yeah! You can do whatever you want in fashion, have a good time, wear that coat, own that coat, go for it,”‘ Celine said of her decision to wear the coat.
While speaking about wanting to ‘hide’ in the coat the five-time Grammy winner started singing the words from her 2019 track ‘Imperfections’.
‘I got my own imperfections. I got my own… I got my own, whole…’ she sang in the clip, ‘So, we did it.’
The appearance was one of just a few public ones that she’s made over the past few years, after she was diagnosed with the rare neurological disorder stiff-person syndrome (SPS) in 2022.
As she stepped out on stage she was accompanied by her son René-Charles Angélil, 23.
‘It took a lot, a lot out of me. But my son, René Charles — RC — came and gave me his support.’
‘And to present the award — the album of the year — to Taylor Swift — it was an honor because she’s having the time of her life and I’m the one who’s presenting it to her,’ Dion added.
She also remarked on getting a standing ovation when the crowd saw her: ‘It’s always very, very touching when you have a standing ovation.’
During the ceremony Swift received backlash for being ‘disrespectful’ by ‘ignoring’ Celine while accepting the award for Album of the Year – which Celine herself won 27 years ago.
As Dion handed her the award, fans pointed out that Swift didn’t acknowledge her and didn’t make eye contact, quickly looking back to celebrate the moment with her collaborators instead.