Barry Manilow Postpones May Las Vegas Shows Amid Cancer Recovery

Barry Manilow has postponed his May Las Vegas residency dates as he continues to recover from lung cancer surgery, though the 82-year-old says he is making great progress and expects to return to the Westgate stage in July.

In an Instagram Story posted Friday (May 1), Manilow opened with, “Good news! I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I’m making great progress and look great! All the training and exercising I’ve put in is paying off. He did say, however, that I’m not quite ready for Vegas. This means I won’t be able to return for our May shows at Westgate Las Vegas.”

He also confirmed he will be ready for his June arena shows in the U.K. “The Westgate Las Vegas is my home away from home and I’ll see you all in July,” he said.

The May postponement is the latest in a series of delays since Manilow revealed his Stage 1 lung cancer diagnosis in December 2025. He underwent surgery to remove a cancerous spot from his left lung in late December and has not performed since.

The singer’s February Las Vegas residency dates were the first to be pushed back, followed by his arena tour launch dates from late February through March, and then his April arena shows — each time on his doctor’s advice that his body needed more time to recover.

Despite the setbacks, Manilow has remained determined to return to the stage. His Las Vegas residency at Westgate is scheduled to run through December 2026, and his farewell arena tour — billed as The Last Concerts — has rescheduled dates still on the books.

Named the No. 1 Adult Contemporary Artist of all time by Billboard, Manilow has sold more than 85 million albums worldwide and scored 13 No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart across a career spanning more than five decades. He is also a Grammy, Tony and Emmy Award winner and a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee.

In March, his new single “Once Before I Go” became a top 10 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart, making him the only artist in history to score an Adult Contemporary hit in six consecutive decades — a run stretching from the 1970s through the 2020s. His new album What a Time — his first of new material in nearly 15 years — is due June 5.