{"id":14671,"date":"2025-12-23T13:28:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=14671"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:28:04","slug":"barry-manilow-announces-hes-been-diagnosed-with-cancer-aged-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=14671","title":{"rendered":"Barry Manilow announces he\u2019s been diagnosed with cancer aged 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"224\">Barry Manilow has revealed he has been diagnosed with lung cancer, forcing him to postpone his January arena tour dates to undergo treatment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"531\">The 82-year-old singer shared the news on Instagram, explaining that a recent MRI\u2014ordered after weeks of bronchitis\u2014found a cancerous spot on his left lung. Doctors believe it was caught early and has not spread. Manilow said the spot will be removed surgically, with no chemotherapy or radiation planned.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"741\">His January tour, which included nine shows in Florida, has been rescheduled for late February, March, and April. He apologized to fans for the changes and reassured them he plans to return to the stage soon.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"876\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Manilow, a former heavy smoker, urged fans to prioritize their health, writing: \u201cIf you even have the slightest symptom, get tested.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Manilow has revealed he has been diagnosed with lung cancer, forcing him to postpone his January arena tour dates to undergo treatment. The 82-year-old singer shared the news on Instagram, explaining that a recent MRI\u2014ordered after weeks of bronchitis\u2014found a cancerous spot on his left lung. Doctors believe it was caught early and has&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=14671\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Barry Manilow announces he\u2019s been diagnosed with cancer aged 82&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14673,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14671\/revisions\/14673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}