Céline Dionmay soon be coming to a city near you, but she’ll be visiting without her family in tow.
The powerhouse vocalist, 51, announced Wednesday during A Special Event with Céline Dion in Los Angeles that shewill be hitting the roadin the fall for herCourage World Tour, which kicks off Sept. 18 in Quebec City, Canada. (The accompanying album will be available “around November,” she shared.)
“My kids will be based in Las Vegas,” Dion said during a Q&A session of the city where she’s currently performing in thefinal shows of her longtime residencyat The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, which wraps June 8. “I’m going to do the world tour but back and forth — I’ll come home as much as possible.”
“That’s going to be the first time that I’m not going on tour with my kids,” she added of her twin sons Eddy and Nelson, 8, and their older brotherRené-Charles, 18, whom she shared with late husbandRené Angélil.
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The singer believes the experience “will be good for” her younger children “because they’re mature” for their age. “They’re 8 years old but sometimes I feel like they’re 14 already,” Dion shared. “They’re very independent.”
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“The fact that they did so fine without me … I did amazingly. That’s my goal — that my kids are fine,” Dion explained. “Becausethe school needs to keep happening, I will go on tour without my children and only two or three times leave them [for] two weeks. That will be the longest I will be away from my children. For me, that’s a lot.”
“But knowing they are really fine, I am not worried,” said the “My Heart Will Go On” hitmaker. “When we have a little break in Montreal, I’ll see my family, and my two dogs are coming too.”
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In an interview forthis week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, Dion opened up about being thenew face of L’Oréal Parisand how she has approached parenting since the loss of her husband,who died on Jan. 14, 2016, following a protracted battle with throat cancer.
“To bring my children to understand ‘Don’t look for Dad,’ that made me strong,” she said. “All the little things, and the big things, they have to make you stronger. Otherwise you don’t understand the meaning of life itself.”
Tickets for Dion’sCourage World Tourgo on sale April 12 onticketmaster.com, while members of her Team Celine fan club can purchase tickets starting Monday.
source: people.com
