Joni Mitchell's Triumphant Return at Junos

0:00On March 30th, Joni Mitchell, at 82 years old, just scooped up a major honor at the Juno Awards on Sunday, March 29th. She accepted it straight from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, beaming and waving to a crowd on their feet. The legend behind hits like blue opened up about turning tragedy into triumph after a brutal aneurysm back in 2015. That held scare hit hard. She slipped into a coma, had to relearn, walking, talking, even strumming her guitar. The Mitchell-spunded positive, saying it oddly improved her life. She quits smoking cold turkey during that coma, and now fills her home with amazing nurses and a top therapist who travels everywhere with her. The Saskatoon native gushed about the change, calling it a phoenix, rising from catastrophe. She shouted out Carney as a blessing, especially compared to the chaos down south where she lives. And get this, her dress was covered in Chinese characters spelling happy, repeated like a mantra, because she was feeling at time seven.

1:00On stage, she joined Sarah McLaughlin and Allison Russell for a medley of her classics, kicking off her first full set in over 20 years back at the A.A. New Poor Folk Festival in 2022. McLaughlin handled a case of view. Russell jumped in on both sides now, then Mitchell dropped a big yellow taxi. Her fighter spirit shines through. Like when she told the Guardian in 2020, she channels that Irish blood for every battle. Mitchell's proving age and setbacks can't dim a true icon's fire. That's your entertainment and celebrity news today update. AI powered and always trending.