{"id":22597,"date":"2026-10-08T11:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=22597"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:12:06","slug":"barry-manilow-reveals-lung-cancer-diagnosis-at-82-january-concerts-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=22597","title":{"rendered":"Barry Manilow Reveals Lung Cancer Diagnosis at 82 \u2014 January Concerts Postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legendary singer Barry Manilow, 82, has revealed that he was diagnosed with a cancerous spot on his left lung following months of bronchitis and a relapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the report, doctors discovered the spot during an MRI and believe it was caught early. Manilow is expected to undergo surgery after his Christmas concerts, followed by approximately one month of recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doctors reportedly do not believe the cancer has spread, and he currently does not expect to need chemotherapy or radiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of his upcoming surgery and recovery, several January concerts have been postponed to dates between February and April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manilow apologized to his fans for the schedule changes and shared an important message reminding everyone not to ignore their health:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cIf you have even the slightest symptom, get checked out.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans are hoping for a smooth recovery for the legendary performer and look forward to seeing him back on stage soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary singer Barry Manilow, 82, has revealed that he was diagnosed with a cancerous spot on his left lung following months of bronchitis and a relapse. According to the report, doctors discovered the spot during an MRI and believe it was caught early. Manilow is expected to undergo surgery after his Christmas concerts, followed by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22599,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22597\/revisions\/22599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}