{"id":119012,"date":"2024-12-26T21:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T21:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/12\/26\/michael-bolton-shares-update-a-year-after-brain-surgery-heres-to-fresh-starts\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T21:02:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T21:02:49","slug":"michael-bolton-shares-update-a-year-after-brain-surgery-heres-to-fresh-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/12\/26\/michael-bolton-shares-update-a-year-after-brain-surgery-heres-to-fresh-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bolton shares update a year after brain surgery: &#8216;Here&#8217;s to fresh starts&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-12-26\/Getty_MichaelBolton_122624.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Medios y Media\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"moreInfo toggleButton\" id=\"0d336977-e774-49e1-ac83-c19b689b57a3\" data-id=\"eprep-author:0d336977-e774-49e1-ac83-c19b689b57a3\">On Jan. 5 of 2024, <\/span><strong>Michael Bolton<\/strong> told fans that he had to undergo brain surgery. Now, a year later, he seems healthy and happy.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Back in January, Michael <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C1vGsEdv07S\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote on Instagram<\/a>, &#8220;Just before the holidays, it was discovered that I had a brain tumor, which required immediate surgery. Thanks to my incredible medical team, the surgery was a success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">On Wednesday, Christmas Day, he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaelbolton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">shared<\/span><\/a><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\"> a photo on Facebook of himself and some family members. They wore festive pajamas, while he sported a Santa hat. &#8220;Sending warm wishes for a holiday season filled with peace, love, and joy,&#8221; the post&#8217;s caption reads. &#8220;May the New Year bring health, happiness, and countless moments to cherish. Here&#8217;s to fresh starts and beautiful moments in 2025!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">In his initial January post, Michael said he&#8217;d be taking a &#8220;temporary break&#8221; from touring. In October, he canceled some scheduled shows, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaelbolton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">noting on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\"> that he wasn&#8217;t &#8220;quite 100% yet,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I only want to give you my very best, so please bear with me as I continue my road to recovery.&#8221; He also teased &#8220;a couple exciting projects.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">His next <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelbolton.com\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">scheduled concert<\/span><\/a><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\"> is July in London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medios y Media\/Getty Images On Jan. 5 of 2024, Michael Bolton told fans that he had to undergo brain surgery. Now, a year later, he seems healthy and happy. Back in January, Michael wrote on Instagram, &#8220;Just before the holidays, it was discovered that I had a brain tumor, which<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/12\/26\/michael-bolton-shares-update-a-year-after-brain-surgery-heres-to-fresh-starts\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,430],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}