Celine Dion sings to honor icon from her home country

Celine Dion has been singing in a Las Vegas studio recently. Wednesday, appeared in a video while singing in a studio to honor the late, great singer/songwriter Serge Fiori.

The front man for the prog-rock band Harmonium hailed from Quebec, which is also Dion’s original home province. He died on June 24, Quebec’s national holiday, after a long and undisclosed illness.

Dion, who lives in Lake Las Vegas, reportedly recorded the video soon after learning of Fiori’s death. The site has not been verified, but the “My Heart Will Go On” legend been reportedly recording recently at Studio at the Palms.

Dion is still sidelined from performing as she has been battling Stiff Person Syndrome.

Fiori’s national funeral was held at Montreal’s Place-des-Arts. Dion furnished a video clip to be played at the ceremony.

In a studio setting, the 57-year-old superstar sang a cover of the Harmonium’s 1974 tune “Pour Un Instant.” Her longtime musical director, Scott Price, was at her side.

The song was enormously popular when Dion was a kid, and is typically listed among the top Canadian rock singles ever.

Dion sang the tune in French and posted in that language, the translated message, “For you, Serge. I love you, Celine xx …”

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