sees ANGELES -- Barry Manilow has c...

sees ANGELES -- Barry Manilow has canceled more performances at the Las Vegas Hilton to pass through surgery to repair torn cartilage in the two hips, his publicist said.

The 60-year-old singer, who has a four-year devise contract with the hotel, supports from labrum tears in his hips -- a painful condition exacerbated on his high-energy performances, publicist Carol Marshall said.

Manilow announced Aug. 7 that he would continue performing by the agency of his appearance at the upcoming Emmy Awards and then walk in for surgery. But during a indicate Wednesday, Manilow announced the pain has made it too difficult to continue performing.

Manilow will miss more than 20 musical entertainments at the Hilton, all of which will be rescheduled for the 2007 season.

He is still awaited to make his Aug. 27 appearance at the Emmys and will then be admitted to a Southern California hospital for outpatient arthroscopic surgery Marshall said.

regaining and rehabilitation is expected to be about eight weeks.

He is scheduled to recur in mid-October for the launch of his just discovered album "The Greatest Songs of the Sixties."

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