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Singer Barry Manilow. (Photo by Dana Holland)

Barry Manilow’s Portland concert has been postponed because of the 82-year-old singer’s health.

The show scheduled for April 19 at Cross Insurance Arena – and all of Manilow’s April concerts – are being rescheduled due to a doctor’s orders, the venue announced Thursday.

In December, a stage-one cancerous tumor was discovered on Manilow’s left lung and he later had surgery to have it removed.

The show is being rescheduled and all tickets sold so far will be honored for the new date. Manilow, who had many big radio hits in the 1970s and ’80s, was about to start a farewell tour. The show at Cross Insurance Arena had been billed as “The Last Portland Concert.”

For more information, go to crossarenaportland.com.

Ray Routhier has written about pop culture, movies, TV, music and lifestyle trends for the Portland Press Herald since 1993. He is continually fascinated with stories that show the unique character of...

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