Giddy Celine Dion cuts a chic figure in denim jeans and a black blazer as she waves to fans outside her hotel in Paris ahead of her stage comeback

Giddy Celine Dion looked in great spirits as she waved to fans outside of her Paris hotel on Tuesday ahead of her stage comeback in the city. The singing icon, 58, is gearing up for her stage comeback three years after cancelling her world tour due to a debilitating battle with stiff person syndrome (SPS), a rare neurological disorder causing severe muscle stiffness and painful spasms. In the past six years, she has performed only twice, and she laid bare the brutality of the condition in her 2024 documentary, I Am: Celine Dion.Now, Celine has arrived in the French capital where she will perform a 10-night residency in a hotly-anticipated return to the spotlight.Celine looked effortlessly chic in casual denim jeans and a stylish black blazer as she exited the Royal Monceau Hotel. Her hair was tied back in an elegant chignon and she opted for subtle make-up. Giddy Celine looked in great spirits as she waved to fans outside of her Paris hotel on Tuesday ahead of her stage comeback in the city Celine looked effortlessly chic in casual denim jeans and a stylish black blazer as she exited the Royal Monceau HotelThe superstar made her first public appearance in two years on Friday ahead of her stage comeback.Her last public appearance came in 2024 when she sang at an Elie Saab fashion event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but she has been spotted in the crowd at a Paul McCartney and a Coldplay concert since then.In March, she announced her return to the stage for a ten-date residency in Paris beginning this autumn. Due to overwhelming demand, Celine has extended her run to include a further 16 performances from this September through to May 2027.Celine opened up to Harper's Bazaar last month about how she has been preparing for the shows, along with the insecurities she has been overcoming since her diagnosis.The singer has been preparing for her shows with a rigorous workout schedule, which consists of 90-minute pilates sessions three times a week along with twice-weekly ballet classes with a local company.'It is a progressive condition. I don’t like to say "disease." Disease makes you go like this,' she said, scrunching her nose and saying, '"Kevin, you’re such a disease".'Following years of symptoms, Celine was diagnosed with SPS in 2022 after she faced a flare-up in 2020, at the same time as the start of the pandemic. For three years she isolated from fans, partly motivated by fears her fans would presume she was living a happy, full life yet still cancelling shows. She also developed an appreciation for nature during this time.'I love trees so much, and I had this vision of myself trying to disappear through the leaves,' she said. The singing icon, 58, is gearing up for her stage comeback three years after cancelling her world tour due to a debilitating battle with stiff person syndrome (SPS) Her hair was tied back in an elegant chignon and she opted for subtle make-up while blowing kisses to fansThe trees were barren as it was autumn, a visual Dion saw as a metaphor for her own struggles. 'I was trying to tell them, I’m sorry, I don’t have any apples to give you anymore,' she said, until a voice told her: 'But we did not come for the apples; we came for the tree.'The last time Celine performed on stage was in Riyadh. Earlier in the same year she sang at the Paris Olympics in 2024.Now she is preparing to return to the stage with a jam-packed exercise schedule in a period she describes as falling and getting back up over and over again. 'It’s been so long, I would like to offer them something to show how I’ve missed them,' she said. Indeed, Celine has missed her fans, who she is well aware are the reason for her success. 'They paid for tickets,' she told Harper's Bazaar. 'They bought my records. They gave me that luxury. So the least I can do is tell them that I’m alive.' She is now ready to get back to work, even the more annoying bits of being a pop star. 'Well, girl,' Celine says, addressing herself but speaking to the reporter, 'if you don’t want to sign autographs and you don’t want to get yourself pretty and you don’t want to be disturbed because your pasta is going to get cold, you can always stay home. But look at what you have.' Her last public appearance came in 2024 when she sang at an Elie Saab fashion event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (pictured)The singer first revealed in 2022 that she was suffering from SPS and cancelled her remaining tour dates at the time.SPS is a rare neurological disorder which 'causes muscle stiffness and painful spasms that come and go and can worsen over time' – and Dion has previously detailed how it affected her signature vocals. In a video uploaded at the time to her Instagram page, the singer emotionally explained: '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.She added: 'I'm working hard with my sports medicine therapist every day to build back my strength and my ability to perform again, but I have to admit it's been a struggle.'All I know is singing. It's what I've done all my life, and it's what I love to do the most,' the mother-of-three continued.