Celine Dion to release new album, begin world tour in 2019

Celine Dion has announced she will be releasing new songs, as well as take part in a world tour later this year.

The 51-year-old Canadian singer is due to finish her Las Vegas residency in June, and is expecting to release her 12th studio album in November.

"It's gonna be Celine. Celine at 51. The Celine that you know. The Celine with producers and writers she's worked with. Celine with new producers and new songwriters that she's never worked with before. So the sound will change a little bit. And music changes, so you have to kind of get into the groove and the mood. But I mean I will always remain who I am," says Dion.

Celine Dion announces Courage World Tour, set to kick-off on September 18, 2019, during a special live event at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, in Los Angeles. [Photo: Imagine China]

Celine Dion will kick off her Courage World Tour in her native Quebec City in September, and will make stops in over 50 cities.

"We're leaving for like a big, big, big tour. So now we're like doing the tweaking and everybody's like once a week they get together and we get together and we brainwash and we put all the cards on the table and say, 'What about this?' 'What? Well?' And then everybody brings ideas and that's spectacular - it's so fun. To be part of that creativity for me is like, 'Wow! I love it. I love it,'" says Dion.

Celine Dion soared to international fame with a series of number-one hits back in 1990s.

This will be her first international tour since the death of her husband and long-time manager Rene Angelil in 2016.