Music Legend Barry Manilow Will Have Surgery for Cancer in His Lung.

Barry Manilow has revealed that he received a diagnosis with a cancerous growth in his lung and will undergo an operation.

Spot Found in Initial Phase

The legendary 82-year-old artist, famous for his series of upbeat chart-toppers from "Mandy" cemented his status as one of pop music’s most beloved performers, will have surgery to extract a portion of his lung in an effort to combat the disease, which is detected early.

“As many of you know, I recently went through six weeks of a bronchial infection followed by a recurrence of another five weeks.

“Although I was past the infection and back on stage at the Westgate Las Vegas, my excellent physician insisted on an MRI just to ensure that everything was OK.

“The MRI identified a cancerous spot on my lung that requires removed. It’s pure luck (and a great doctor) that it was caught so early.”

Rescheduled Shows

He has rescheduled a series of planned concerts, but indicated he would be back on stage by mid-February for his long-running engagement at his Vegas home.

He went on to say: “The physicians do not believe it has traveled and I’m undergoing further tests to confirm their diagnosis. So, that’s it. No chemo. No radiation. Just rest and recuperation and I Love Lucy reruns.

“I’m eagerly awaiting until I return to my home away from home at the Westgate Las Vegas for our February love-themed shows.”

Decades in the Spotlight

Manilow is now in the 16th year of a concert series in Nevada. The singer has spent decades in the public eye and publicly identified as gay in 2017, after marrying his longtime partner and manager confidentially in 2014.

The pair were in a discreet partnership for more than 35 years. Last year, Manilow discussed how vital his partner had been to him during his rise to peak fame in the 1970s.

“During my rapid rise to fame, it was just overwhelming. And, you know, returning to an lonesome hotel suite, you can get into a lot of difficulty if you, you know, you’re by yourself evening after evening,” he said.

“But I encountered my future husband right around when it was taking off. And I no longer had to go back to those isolated suites. I had a partner to cry with or to share joys with.

“I desire that aspiring artists don’t have to go back to those hotel rooms by themselves, because you get yourself in trouble. I never did. But it was pretty lonely until I met Garry. And then it was joyful.”