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Elvis Costello Cancels Tour, Reveals Aggressive Cancer Battle

With a heavy heart, Elvis Costello has had to cancel the remaining shows of his European tour 

The reason for this, he reveals, is his battle with a very aggressive cancer.

In a very lengthy statement, Costello apologizes to the fans who will not get to see him.

Elvis Costello, whose birth name is Declan Patrick MacManus, released a lengthy and heartfelt statement on Facebook.

“Six weeks ago,” Costello begins. “My specialist called me and said, ‘You should start playing the Lotto’.”

That’s rare advice from anyone, particularly from a doctor.

Costello explains: “He had rarely, if ever, seen such a small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy that could be defeated by a single surgery.”

It’s good to know that, despite that scary situation, it was treatable.

“I was elated,” Costello writes. “And relieved that our European summer tour could go ahead.”

“Post-surgical guidelines for such surgery,” Costello then explains. “Recommend three weeks to four weeks recovery.”

That makes sense! Surgery is a big deal.

Costello explains that the recovery time varies “depending on whether you are returning to a desk job or an occupation that involves physical work or travel.”

Of course. Sitting at a desk for work is still work, but not likely to strain your healing body in the same way that traveling to stand up on stage for hours will.

“It was impossible to judge how this advisory would line up with the demands on a traveling musician,” Costello admits.

He says that he was “playing 90-minute to 2-hour plus performances on a nightly basis but by the time we reached the Edinburgh Playhouse”

Costello says that it was going well, so “I was almost fooled into thinking that normal service had been resumed.”

“I have to thank our friends attending last night’s show in Amsterdam,” Costello writes. “And those in Antwerp, Glynde and at Newcastle City Hall for bearing me up.”

But …

“The spirit has been more than willing,” Costello laments. “But I have to now accept that it is going to take longer than I would have wished for me to recover my full strength.”

That is so often the case, unfortunately.

“Therefore, I must reluctantly cancel all the remaining engagements of this tour,” Costello says with disappointment.

“My apologies go to our ticket holders in Manchester, Pula, Graz, Vienna, Tysnes and Rattvik,” he says with sorrow.

“But I would rather disappoint our friends there by not appearing,” Costello says. “Than in pressing on with a show that is compromised and eventually puts my health at risk.”

That is very wise.

Costello continues: “My deep thanks go to Pete Thomas, Steve Nieve, and Davey Faragher of The Imposters for all their deep friendship, love and support during this upsetting time.”

It’s good that everybody is onboard with him putting his health first and not overextending himself.

“Thanks also to Kitten Kuroi and Briana Lee whose beautiful voices have spurred me on to do the singing that I’ve managed, whatever the cost,” Costello says.

“It goes without saying,” he continues. “That there are many others who have worked to get us to the stage and from town to town to whom I am also deeply grateful.”

Naturally.

“To leave you with some more optimistic news,” Costello writes to his fans. “The Imposters and I – together with several of our other friends – have made a magnificent new record of which we are truly proud.”

Well that is exciting!

“It will be issued in October, I believe,” Costello shares. “We will return at the soonest opportunity to play that music and your favourite songs that still make sense to us all.”

He also has some advice.

Costello suggests that people look after their health, saying: “Take very good care of your loved ones but Gentleman, do talk to you friends – you’ll find you are not alone.”

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“Seek your doctor’s advice if you are in doubt,” Costello advises. “Or when it is timely and act as swiftly as you may in these matters.”

Cancer is serious business.

“It may save your life,” Costello reminds fans. “Believe me, it is better than playing roulette.”

He’s absolutely right.

He signs off, writing: “Yours through music. Elvis Costello”

We wish him a full and speedy recovery.

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Holly Dunn Reveals "Rare and Aggressive" Cancer Diagnosis

Holly Dunn would like you to please keep her in your prayers tonight.

The 59-year old country singer says she has been diagnosed with an especially aggressive type of ovarian cancer.

Holly, who rose to pretty big success in the 1980s, made this sad admission to Christian website Hallels.

“Back in March of this year, I was diagnosed with a rare, very aggressive form of ovarian cancer,” Dunn said, joking:

“If you read the statistics, it is very bleak. Good thing I don’t believe in statistics!”

Dunn went on to say that her faith is helping her through this very difficult time. It’s unclear if she’ll survive the year.

“I had surgery and now I am having chemo treatments,” she said.

“I have since grown more tumors and it is going to be more of a battle than I anticipated, but I have a huge faith in the healing power of God and the healing power within me that originates from my God.”

Dunn went on to refer to her religion as her “rock” throughout this battle.

“I look towards a future when I am completely healed and cancer free. I ask for prayers of strength and courage as this journey continues,” she says.

Dunn is the sister of songwriter Chris Waters. She has released 10 albums over the years, with her best known tracks probably being “Daddy’s Hands” and “You Really Had Me Going.”

The artist’s first single, “Playing For Keeps,” was released in 1985.

She topped the country charts in 1989 and 1990 for her hits “Are You Ever Gonna Love Me” and and the aforementioned “You Really Had Me Going.”

She last came out with an album in 2003.

“I draw tremendous strength from my family and my family of friends who have gathered around me in total support,” Dunn concluded.

We send the singer our thoughts and prayers.

Kanye West Was An "Aggressive" and Uncooperative Teen, Says Mom"s Old Boyfriend

This is unsurprising, given what we’ve seen him do lately.

81-year-old Willie Scott spoke to the Daily Mail about living with West and his mother, Dr. Donda West when the rapper was a teenager.

After two years of dating, Donda and Kanye moved into Willie’s Chicago home, where they lived for four years.

‘He [Kanye] was about 14. He was a beautiful kid, but he was aggressive and he was self assured,” Willie told the site.

“Kanye didn’t want me with his mother or any man for that matter.  He was wrapped up into his mother.”

And she him.

“He was the only child and she loved him to death,” Willie said.  “She was locked into him period.  So it would not have mattered for me to talk to him when she was the one who made the difference.”

Kanye was so defiant, that Willie and Donda went to therapy to work on their relationship, as well as Willie’s relationship with Kanye.

“We went to a counselor to see if we could get him on the right path, but Donda wasn’t interested,” Willie said.

“She wanted ME on the right path. And that is what the dilemma was.”

Kanye was up front with Willie on what he would and wouldn’t do inside Willie’s home, namely chores.

“He told me in front of his mother that he didn’t want to have to do anything he didn’t have to. So that left the discipline on me basically,” Willie recalled.  “And he wasn’t cooperative.

“He had to take the responsibility for living here and he wasn’t really willing to do that.”

Willie had no help from Donda, who “would make excuses” for her son, calling him a “genius.”

Genius or not, Willie needed Kanye to help with household chores.

“It was a sticking point…for him to take responsibility for the house,” Willie pointed out.

“It was his house and I told him that.  I said ‘Son, this is your house and you have to take care of it.’

“But he was not into doing anything but his (rap) work. He did his thing which was doing his music.  He was not interested in anything else, not maintaining anything.”

“He was a very creative kid, but he didn’t want anything to interfere with what he was doing, and that was his music,” Willie said.

Donda passed away in 2007 after complications following plastic surgery.

In 2015,Q Magazine asked Kanye if he had sacrificed anything for fame.

“My mother,” Kanye answered.  “If I had never moved to LA, she’d be alive. I don’t want to go far into it because it will bring me to tears.”