The power of love is strong between Céline Dion and Adele. The "My Heart Will Go On" singer surprised the fellow Grammy winner at her Weekends With Adele residency show in Las Vegas Oct. 26 and both got emotional during their rare public reunion.
In the middle of her performance of "When We Were Young," Adele walked over to Céline's seat in a box at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace and burst into tears as they shared an embrace as the audience cheered. The two then exchanged words and held each other's faces in their hands, with Céline then kissing Adele's fingers.
This marked a rare public appearance for the 56-year-old, who had headlined her own concert residency at the same Las Vegas venue on and off between 2003 and 2019 but later stepped away from the spotlight to concentrate on her health. Céline revealed in 2022 that she was battling stiff-person syndrome, a rare neurological disorder.
In July, the singer gave her first onstage performance since 2020, singing a cover of Édith Piaf's "Hymne A L'Amour" at the base of the Eiffel Tower in Paris during the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Céline and Adele have met several times before their recent emotional reunion. In 2017, the former presented her friend with the award for Song of the Year for her track "Hello" at the Grammys. The following year, Adele surprised the Canadian star at one of her own Las Vegas shows.
"Queen Céline!" she wrote on Instagram at the time. "What a show, an absolute highlight of my life, thank you so much for the attention to your crowd and insane humor."
Céline Dion's Health Battle: A Timeline
April 29, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic had forced Céline Dion to press pause on her Courage World Tour in 2020 and she was looking forward to getting back on the road in 2022. But that spring the singer said she'd be postponing her return until February 2023 while she continued to deal with a lingering health issue.
Dec. 8, 2022
Dion shared that she had been diagnosed with a "very rare" progressive neurological disorder called stiff-person syndrome, surely the first time that most people had ever heard of it.
April 13, 2023
Who says you can't have some new Céline Dion music when you least expect it?
May 2023
After a three-month delay, Dion canceled her Courage World Tour entirely through April 2024.
Oct. 30, 2023
Dion was seen out in a very public place for the first time since she shared her diagnosis when she caught a Las Vegas Knights hockey game at T-Mobile Arena with her and late husband René Angélil's three sons, René-Charles, 23, and twins Eddy and Nelson, 13.
December 2023
Claudette Dion gave a rather dire-sounding update on her sister's health battle, telling 7 Jours (translated from the original French) that the singer—who's the youngest of 14 siblings—didn't have control over her muscles.
Jan. 30, 2024
The most promising sign yet that a new day had begun: Dion, who had understandably chosen to take a step back from public life while she battled her condition, was getting ready to give a raw look at what she was going through.
Feb. 4, 2024
The 2024 Grammys may have ended with a few more people believing in the power of love.
April 2024
After a March trip to Boston, where she watched the Bruins take on the New York Rangers at TD Garden, Dion gave an update on her health to Vogue France.
