Overview
- On Dec. 30, she posted a teary Instagram Story calling 2025 “heavy and hard,” saying she felt “the lowest I have felt in a while” and encouraging people to let themselves cry.
- On Jools Holland’s New Year’s Eve special, she referenced her mastectomy and reconstruction with humor, saying she has “new boobs” and noting she hasn’t “been well this year” but is focused on silver linings.
- She announced early-stage breast cancer in June, underwent a mastectomy, later told fans the cancer was “all gone,” and was hospitalized six weeks post-op for a suspected lung blood clot before recovering.
- She has said a second operation is required; the procedure was postponed, UK and Europe tour dates were moved to April 2026, and the U.S. leg was canceled.
- Despite treatment, she returned to the stage and released Don’t Tease Me with a Good Time in November, her first album in eight years, including a September comeback performance at BBC Radio 2 in the Park.