Celine Dion announces comeback following health struggle

Megastar singer Celine Dion on Monday announced her return to performing after a lengthy break prompted by a rare health condition, calling the comeback news revealed on her birthday "the best gift".

She said “This year, She was getting the best birthday gift of her life. She was getting the chance to see, to perform for once again” Dion will also release a new single, her entourage confirmed, by one of her best-known composers, Jean-Jacques Goldman, who was behind the album "D'eux" that made her famous.

She is expected to perform the new song at the Paris shows -- an event that comes more than six years since she was forced to step away from the stage.