Barry Manilow Taking a Break From Las Vegas Residency After Canceling Shows: ‘We All Need To Sit Down and Shut Up’

Barry Manilow is taking a break.

The legendary “Copacabana” singer posted a note to fans on Tuesday (Aug.

25) announcing that he is pulling the plug on planned residency shows at the International Theater at Westgate Las Vegas planned for this weekend, as well as six shows scheduled for September in order to rest and recuperate.

“Hi everybody — Barry here,” he wrote in an Instagram post .

“And I want you to be the first to know that we’re going to take a quick break.

We just finished a fantastic summer tour.

29 shows in 68 days.

The shows were fantastic.

The audiences were fantastic.

And I sounded fantastic,” he added.

“But it seems that we were pushing a little too hard.” The decision came after Manilow, 83, postponed his planned 2026 arena tour and delayed his February residency shows in Vegas in the wake of surgery for lung cancer in December.

He was slated to return to the stage at Westgate last Thursday (Aug.

20), but that show was called off just before curtain, followed by the cancelation of last weekend’s Friday and Saturday gigs due to reported “ technical and vocal problems .” In addition to last week’s The Hits Come Home residency shows at Westgate, Manilow’s note indicates that he has pulled the plug on concerts slated for this weekend (Aug.

27, 28 and 29), as well as Sept.