Cher Blasts Cancer Reports.

31 October 2008

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Cher has brushed off rumours a cancer diagnosis forced her to pull out of her Las Vegas shows earlier this month (08) - insisting she is fit and well.The Believe singer, 62, cancelled two performances at the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace - her final dates of the year - at the start of October (08).Her publicist, Liz Rosenberg, quickly shot down reports that a serious ailment had stricken the star - only to prompt rumours she was privately dealing with cancer.But Cher has laughed off the claims as another bizarre report by gossip-mongers - insisting she was unable to sing due to a sore throat.She says, "My health is great but there's a wind thing that blows there (in Las Vegas) at different months and I have an allergy to it. If I had cancer everyone would know it. I wouldn't tell them, but somebody would. When you have those kind of things happen if you're famous you can't keep them a secret."(The reports) don't make me angry. People have been saying the weirdest things since I was a teenager."Meanwhile in a seperate statement the legendary singer sees no end to her decades-long career - because she wouldn't know what to do with herself if she wasn't performing.The star is set to return to the Las Vegas stage in February (09) with her headlining act at the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace.

And, at 62, the Believe hitmaker is convinced she's still got years of performing ahead of her.

When asked of her plans to quit the show she says: "And do what? Nothing?

What would I do? I'm not comparing myself to this but (it's like) if someone said, 'Oh Picasso, you've painted so many pictures, get some frames and go home.' "I'll do my work as long as I can do it, as long as people show up.".

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