Barry Manilow undergoing hip surgery

Deborah Kim
Barry Manilow performs in concert at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on January 28, 2011. UPI/Michael Bush

Barry Manilow is celebrating his 1,000th Las Vegas show in a pretty unconventional way.

People reported the “Bandstand Boogie” singer ended his seven-year Vegas show run Sunday at the Hilton and Paris Resort and went into surgery on Monday to undergo bursitis surgery.

The surgery will fix torn abductor muscles and remove both bursas in his hips.

"That's what you get when you jump around to "Copacabana" for 30 years! Wish me luck!" he said in a statement.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Manilow wanted to make one point extremely clear about his surgery after ending his last show.

“The only bummer is that on Monday morning, right after the last Las Vegas show, I go into the hospital for another operation on my poor messed up hips,” he wrote on his website.

“It’s not hip replacement – never has been. I seem to have ripped the abductor muscles on both hips and messed up my bursas.”

It will take six weeks for Manilow to make a full recovery. When all is good and well, he will return to performing with concerts at the Chicago Theater from February 2 to February 4, and then four more concerts at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall beginning February 10.

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