Mon dieu! Celine Dion hypes up Boston Bruins with Bon Jovi air guitar routine and locker room appearance

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The hearts of Montreal Canadiens fans are just going to have to go on.

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Celine Dion hit all the wrong notes with the Habs faithful after she paid a visit to the Boston Bruins to cheer on the team at a recent game against the New York Rangers at TD Garden.

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Dressed in a peach suit and pink blouse, the Canadian music icon (who was diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome in 2022) paid a visit to the team’s dressing room before the club hit the ice to read aloud its starting lineup.

“Thank you so much for getting ready for me tonight,” she teased one member of the club, who still hadn’t gotten dressed for action.

Dion, 55, was introduced by Bruins head coach and fellow Quebec native Jim Montgomery in a video shared to the team’s X page.

“Now, THAT’S a legendary lineup read 🎤 🎶,” the Bruins captioned the post.

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Dion also posed for photos with the Bruins’ mascot, Blades, and Boston’s goalie, Linus Ullmark, who wore a peach-coloured outfit that bore similarities to the My Heart Will Go On singer’s ensemble.

“Twins,” the NHL’s official Instagram captioned the snap.

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The Grammy winner was also spotted in the stands with her twin sons Nelson and Eddy lip-syncing to Bon Jovi’s ’80s hit Livin’ on a Prayer.

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In videos shared to social media, Dion was seen energetically stomping along to the 1986 hit. At one point, she broke out her very best air guitar routine.

Later in the game, which the Bruins ended up losing by a score of 5-2, Dion blew kisses to the crowd and smiled happily when she was shown on the Jumbotron during a break in the action.

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An avid hockey fan, Dion met up with her hometown Canadiens as they took on the Las Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena last November.

In a video shared by the Canadiens, Dion and head coach Martin St. Louis hugged and shook hands as they spoke in French. St. Louis shared with Dion that he was at Olympic Stadium in Montreal when she sang her rendition of Une colombe for Pope John Paul II as a teenager.

“I remember when you were 14 years old, you sang for the Pope, Une colombe … I was there at the Olympic Stadium,” St. Louis said.

“Well, it’s been awhile since then, eh?” Dion replied. “We’ve changed a little since then, but not too much … Everything we do comes from the heart.”

Earlier this month, the pop star had Oilers’ left winger Zach Hyman cracking up when she made a surprise appearance in Edmonton’s locker room in Vegas,.

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After shaking hands with several players, she joked, “I’ve got three boys. What do you think: I’m going to see Beauty and the Beast every night?” 

Her public appearances to support the Bruins and Oilers came after she stepped onstage at the 2024 Grammys to present the album of the year award in February.

Dion has been largely absent from the public eye as she continues to battle stiff-person syndrome (SPS), a rare and incurable condition that causes severe and persistent muscle spasms that can strike without notice.

But as she marked SPS Awareness Day earlier this month alongside her three boys — Rene-Charles Angelil, 23, and 13-year-old twins Nelson and Eddy Angelil — Dion told fans she is “determined to one day get back onto the stage and to live as normal of a life as possible.”

“I am deeply grateful for the love and support from my kids, family, team and all of you!” she wrote. “I want to send my encouragement and support to all those around the world that have been affected by SPS. I want you to know you can do it! We can do it!”

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