Michael Bublé has explained how his attitude towards performing has changed since his son’s cancer diagnosis.
The singer said that he now has a clarity that was missing before and that he is able to “find joy” in music again.
Speaking ahead of his Croke Park show in Dublin this weekend, Bublé said:
“Perspective is an incredible thing, and it has allowed me to rekindle a romance with music.
“In one moment, the clarity was so efficient. I remember sitting in the hospital room and thinking, “What? I was worried about all that shit? About what people said about me?”
“Clarity allowed me to find love again. I went back into the studio and I found that joy again.”
Bublé’s son, Noah, was diagnosed with cancer in November 2016.
The now four-year-old was initially misdiagnosed with the mumps before doctors discovered a lump in his stomach.
Noah’s mother and Bublé’s wife, Luisana Lopilato, confirmed last year that their son’s treatment was proving successful and that the “worst is over.”
Bublé said today that he now views music and performing as a “beautiful, wonderful bonus.”
He said:
“In the scheme of everything, the health of my children are number one. My family, my wife, and my faith is easily number one.
“All of this – it’s so different to when I used to see it. Now I see it as this beautiful wonderful bonus, the cherry on top of a life that is fulfilled. It allows me not to have this moment overpower me and truly be settled.”
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“I just wasn’t enjoying myself as much before,” he said. “I let myself care too much. I was worried and I wasn’t able to be present or enjoy.”
Now, however, Bublé said that he is looking forward to playing his first Irish show in five years.
“Croke Park isn’t hell,” he said. “It’s heaven.”
“There are other places that I’ve felt that deep connection. You go some places and they’re kind of your favourite.
“You and the fans have this kind of connection in Dublin. I see a lot of myself in the people here.”
Bublé will play Dublin’s Croke Park on Saturday, July 7.
He and Lupita are expecting their third child, a daughter, soon.
