Beverley Craven has been diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time.
The British award-winning singer, 55, announced the news this week, taking to Twitter to confirm that her Woman To Woman tour will still continue, but she would postpone the second leg of her tour while she undergoes chemotherapy.
The mother-of-three, best known for her 1991 UK Top 5 hit single ‘Promise Me’, was diagnosed last month before undergoing a double mastectomy and lymph node clearance, and will start a five-month course of chemotherapy in December.
Beverley, who paid tribute to her three daughters Mollie, 26, Brenna, 23, and Connie, 21, in the tweet, was previously diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 but recovered following treatment.
She tragically lost her sister and her cousin to the disease.
Beverley Craven has taken to Twitter to reveal that she been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time and has undergone a double mastectomy and lymph node clearance
Beverley is due to go on tour this November alongside eighties singer Julia Fordham and seventies star Judie Tzuke.
The second leg of the tour, which has sold over 30,000 tickets and was due to take place in March 2019, has been moved to June to allow Beverley time to recover from her treatment.
Taking to Twitter in a heartfelt message to her fans Beverley said: ‘First of all, I want to reassure everyone who has bought tickets for Woman To Woman 2018 that I will be fit and fully recovered in time for our tour this year.
‘Unfortunately I was diagnosed with breast cancer (for a second time) one month ago and have since undergone a double mastectomy and lymph node clearance.
Beverley will delay the second leg of her Woman To Woman tour with Judie Tzuke (seen centre) and Julia Fordham (seen right), while she undergoes a five-month chemotherapy course
The mother-of-three, 55, best known for her 1991 UK Top 5 hit single ‘Promise Me’, was diagnosed last month and will undergo five-month course of chemotherapy, as confirmed in a touching tweet (seen)
‘When the tour finishes in early December I will start a five-month course of chemotherapy in an effort to severely diminish the chances of the cancer spreading further.’
Beverley confirmed that new dates have been arranged for June, continuing with: ‘Unfortunately, because of the chemo, we have had to postpone the second leg of the tour due to take place in March/April 2019.
‘I will forever be indebted to Jules, Judie, Lee Noble and John Eaden for their unbelievable selflessness and support during these last few very difficult weeks.’
Paying tribute to her fellow tour members she admitted to feeling ‘hugely grateful at their kindness, adding: ‘Their insistence that my health must come before our W2W tour – a project that we’ve all worked ridiculously hard to put together over the past year – has made me feel very cared for and valued as a friend, a colleague and as an artist.’
Beverley was previously diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, before going on to beat the disease, but tragically lost her sister and cousin to the disease (seen in 2009)
Speaking about her children she admitted to feeling ‘blessed’ to have such ‘caring and devoted’ daughters- seen with one of her daughters in the nineties
Fans of the star took to Twitter to praise her bravery and offer their support during this tough time
Speaking about her children she admitted to feeling ‘blessed’ to have such ‘caring and devoted’ daughters.
Beverley continued: ‘My girls Mollie [26], Brenna [23] and Connie [21] have been looking after me at home…cooking, cleaning, dog walking, bed making, clothes washing, food shopping, giving me the best hugs in the world and telling me several times a day how much they love me’.
Paying tribute to her surgeon, partner Mike Ede, her best friends and her sister, the brave singer revealed they had given her the courage to beat the disease.
Beverly concluded of the upcoming tour, of which many dates have sold out: ‘It’s at times like this that you recognise the important things in life…doing what we all love for the people who love what we do!’.
The singer’s biggest hit was her debut single Promise Me, which won her the British breakthrough act prize at the Brit Awards in 1992.
She went on to release five albums over the years, with her last album released in 2014 peaking at 90 in the charts.
The singer’s biggest hit was her debut single Promise Me, which won her the British breakthrough act prize at the Brit Awards in 1992- seen earlier this year
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