{"id":455999,"date":"2026-06-01T21:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/455999\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:19:08","slug":"barry-manilow-shares-fear-with-singing-career-after-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/455999\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry Manilow shares fear with singing career after cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1404443_112123_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Barry Manilow shares fear with singing career after cancer battle\"\/>Barry Manilow shares fear with singing career after cancer battle<\/p>\n<p>Barry Manilow says he is unsure whether his singing voice will fully return after recovering from lung cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The 82-year-old singer made the revelation late last year, saying he had early-stage lung cancer and needed surgery which also forced him to postpone his Las Vegas residency.<\/p>\n<p>Although he was declared cancer-free in March, Manilow said his recovery has been harder than expected.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Good Morning America, he said,\u00a0\u201cMy voice, I don\u2019t know whether it\u2019s coming back,\u201d he said, before adding, \u201cI did my first sound check about a month ago, and I didn\u2019t sound like me at all. I just couldn\u2019t believe that it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manilow admitted the situation has been upsetting because he still wants to perform. He also said he previously took his voice for granted but now sees how important it is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always taken my voice for granted. I don\u2019t take it seriously. Now I do, because it doesn\u2019t seem to be there the way it always was,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the uncertainty, the singer said he still hopes to return to the stage if his voice improves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in great shape, I\u2019m ready to go. I just hope my voice is there. If I sound good, that would be just great!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manilow is currently expected to resume touring in the UK later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barry Manilow shares fear with singing career after cancer battle Barry Manilow says he is unsure whether his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-455999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}