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Despite a slew of show cancellations and postponements, Barry Manilow has his heart set on a June stage return amid his ongoing cancer treatments .

On Friday, the 82-year-old singer-songwriter announced that while he has to cancel his "Hits Come Home" residency dates in May at Westgate Resort in Las Vegas , he's "making great progress" with his lung cancer treatment and plans to return to the stage sooner rather than later.

"Good news! I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I’m making great progress and look great! Well of course I do! Thank you very much!" he wrote on X . "All the training and exercising I’ve put in is paying off."

Singer Barry Manilow announced his lung cancer diagnosis in December. (Mat Hayward/Getty Images)

"He did say, however, that I’m not quite ready for Vegas. That means I won’t be able to return for our May shows at @WestgateVegas. But the good news is he said I will be ready for my June arena shows in the UK.…