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“I was reading the papers, and I read that a singer had fallen in the wings. I said, ‘Who can that be?’ So I read a little more, and it’s me. Well, that was bulls**t. That never happened. What happened was bronchitis. You know, you can’t sing with bronchitis. And I thought, well, I’ll try it in front of the audience, and it didn’t work. We had to cancel the show.”
–Barry Manilow to his Westgate Las Vegas audience on Thursday night, explaining why he had to cancel his Vegas show mid-concert last week
PerezHilton.com obtained a video of the moment Barry tells his fans what happened. Take a look for yourself below:
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Back in 2025, the Mandy The singer was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer but has since been declared “cancer free” and in remission. He started playing again in February 2026, but had to cancel some shows here and there. Sometimes due to voice issues, sometimes technical issues.
Wishing him a full recovery from bronchitis and good health!
[Image via Neil Lupin/WENN]
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