{"id":2239237,"date":"2026-01-18T00:40:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2239237"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:40:37","slug":"legendary-singer-makes-surprising-announcement-just-weeks-after-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/legendary-singer-makes-surprising-announcement-just-weeks-after-cancer-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary singer makes surprising announcement just weeks after cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IM724E5Z6ZHZNLJTE4PWUVGACA\">Barry Manilow is one tough dude, and all you have to do is check out his Instagram to see it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IZ3SGFQBBNBZPNOZARMRHZ3AUE\">The 82-year-old singer announced a month ago that he is battling lung cancer. And, this week, he had another big announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CQOBV7B56ZCHJNQOX2OH37CI5E\">He is adding more shows to his upcoming list of dates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"47H7UYFXMVHTZB4I7VQMOG3XKM\">\u201cSURPRISE!\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTVnOFuFFzO\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTVnOFuFFzO\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\"><b>a post on Manilow\u2019s Instagram page read.<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>\u201cBarry is feeling great \u2026 so great that he\u2019s decided to add six additional concerts to his existing March schedule. Barry will now visit Charlotte, Norfolk, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Nashville, and Lexington this March!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7X6KVO7L6BFB3MAUY3XUKX47R4\">The slate begins on March 1 in Charlotte followed by Norfolk (March 2), Baltimore (March 3), Cincinnati (March 5), Nashville (March 7) and Lexington, Kentucky on March 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"I4AQZEWDC5CHPH5GCWDFIRITM4\">\u201cYears from now, when you look back on these dates, you\u2019ll want to know you were there to say goodbye,\u201d the announcement added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LKYSB3GAWNCZHLVV6LRC2GK4CY\">Fans loved it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HPJFWYFHBFCJ5GT3HFJXQ7MOJY\">\u201cExcellent news!!\u201d one person wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OXA3OZMTNRAYBA5UTBXSLHTRYI\">\u201cAmazing news!!!!\u201d another wrote. \u201cAll the best for you Barry Manilow. Thank God!!!! We love you in Brasil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RVMX264OIVBGRHOSP3BWUWU2AY\">\u201cGreat news!\u201d another wrote. \u201cI hope it\u2019s not too fast after your surgery. Please don\u2019t tire yourself out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PRUFVKKLTNDHNLSUW24SG72U5Y\">Manilow announced earlier this year that he was undergoing treatment for lung cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"B7RUTRIYQVAOFP2CF74S4YM4IM\">\u201cAs many of you know I recently went through six weeks of bronchitis followed by a relapse of another five weeks,\u201d he wrote on Instagram. \u201cEven though I was over the bronchitis and back on stage at the Westgate Las Vegas, my wonderful doctor ordered an MRI just to make sure that everything was OK. The MRI discovered a cancerous spot on my left lung that needs to be removed. It\u2019s pure luck (and a great doctor) that it was found so early. That\u2019s the good news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NHMGN6JIJJFJRAAT6JW6YUCKCY\">\u201cThe bad news is now that the Christmas A Gift of Love concerts are over I\u2019m going into surgery to have the spot removed,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe doctors do not believe it has spread and I\u2019m taking test to confirm their diagnosis. So, that\u2019s it. No chemo. No radiation. Just chicken soup and I Love Lucy reruns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PB3N3B4V4BAKDLFATM2CTWJG2U\">Manilow added that \u201cthe only follow-up I a month to recover and that means we have to reschedule the January arena concerts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Manilow is one tough dude, and all you have to do is check out his Instagram to see it. The 82-year-old singer announced a month ago that he is battling lung cancer. And, this week, he had another big announcement. He is adding more shows to his upcoming list of dates. \u201cSURPRISE!\u201d a post [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2239237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2239238,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239237\/revisions\/2239238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}