Two-time Grammy winner Michael Bolton shares about his aggressive brain cancer and how he dealt with it

Michael Bolton, the two-time Grammy winner, recently shared him dealing with a tumor in his brain, Glioblastoma, after suffering from headaches. After undergoing multiple brain surgeries, he revealed that he has a heightened sense of appreciation for life.

Michael Bolton's heightened sense of life

In an interview with People, Bolton disclosed that he was diagnosed with Glioblastoma in December 2023, going through an emergency surgery. Additionally, the ‘To Love Somebody’ singer went through a second brain surgery in January 2024. “I find comfort in general more easily. [The whole experience] gives me a heightened sense of appreciation. It’s unthinkable for it to be okay not to make the most of your life,” he expressed.

What happened to Bolton?

In fall of 2023, Bolton went on an outing with his grand kids and while bowling, he bowled out of turn, and in addition, he fell down the chair even though he doesn’t consume liquor and is highly athletic. Bolton’s daughters felt unusual about the incidents and started wondering the cause. “Everything that happened was weird for him, but not super alarming. When you look back at everything together … We missed so many things,” Taryn said.

“Is this stress? Is this sleep? He’d been working nonstop that whole time. Traveling, doing shows, doing all of these things. We were like, he’s getting older, he’s tired, he’s stressed out. All of these things we sort of explained in a way, one by one,” the 45-year-old daughter stated.

The treatment for the brain cancer

For Bolton, the treatment was chemotherapy and radiation. He completed the medical course in October. As the brian cancer is extremely sensitive and has extremely high occurence, the 72-year-old singer has to go through MRIs every two months. The recent MRI was in April, and the results were ‘all clear.’