Overview
- In a Sunday interview with The Times, the 82-year-old said he gets winded before finishing his set and called waiting for his voice to return "agony."
- He has postponed or canceled 2026 tour dates and Las Vegas residency shows, with plans to resume gradually later in the year.
- Doctors told him healing will take time and urged him to ease up as he works back toward a full 90-minute performance.
- The challenges follow a December 2025 scan that found a cancerous spot on his left lung, which surgeons removed without immediate chemotherapy or radiation.
- The lung spot was detected only after weeks of bronchitis led to imaging, highlighting how follow-up scans can catch small lung cancers early.