Miley Cyrus Flies a Fan With Stage 3 Breast Cancer Back to the Hollywood Bowl and Shaves Her Head Before Chemotherapy

Miley Cyrus helped a fan and fellow musician with Stage 3 breast cancer shave her head before chemotherapy, after flying her back to Los Angeles for the second of Cyrus's two Hollywood Bowl concerts, CBC News reported Friday. A video of the moment shared by the fan, Cash Jacobs, has drawn more than 1.5 million views.

"They say don't meet your idols. Well I did. And it was everything and more," Jacobs wrote when she posted the video, according to CBC.

Earlier in the week, Jacobs posted a video asking Cyrus to shave her head before her chemotherapy and urged viewers to tag the singer to get her attention, CBC reported. She attended Cyrus's first Hollywood Bowl show but did not get to meet her that night.

Jacobs later said in another video that she had received a "pretty promising email" from Cyrus's team asking for her seat number and contact information. After the show, she said, "Miley, if you see this, would still like to meet you," adding: "10,000 out of 10 show. It was so good and I cried like a baby. I'm going to shave my head when I get home. I'd rather be around loved ones, family and do that."

Instead, Cyrus flew Jacobs back to Los Angeles for the second show and met with her afterward, according to CBC. "Are we actually doing this?" Cyrus asked in the video, telling Jacobs that she had also shaved her own head before. "You can be soft and strong at the same time and you're gonna brave the storm," the Grammy winner told her.

Before starting, Cyrus thanked the universe for bringing them together and asked Jacobs if she was ready, CBC reported. "This feels celebratory for you, like we're doing this in the most fun way possible," Cyrus said, reassuring Jacobs that she had "got this." "I think it's nice; you have a pretty head," Cyrus said. "You have a tiny head and tiny ears. It doesn't look awkward."

"This made honestly this whole experience worth it getting to meet you," Cyrus told her. "Thank you for asking me to do this. I am honoured to be the one that you asked to share this moment with you."

The two Hollywood Bowl shows were Cyrus's first full headline performances since 2022 and the live debut of her No. 1 album, "Bass Persuades," according to CBC. The two nights were sold out, drawing 18,000 fans, Variety reported in its review of the first show. Nearly half the songs on the setlist were live debuts, the magazine said, because Cyrus has performed so rarely in recent years, staging only two fans-only shows, in Los Angeles and Paris.

Variety noted that Cyrus has rarely toured since her "Bangerz" era in 2013, whose global trek was her last extensive tour. Since then, the former "Hannah Montana" star has moved through psych-pop on "Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz" and glam rock on "Plastic Hearts," while landing major hits such as "Wrecking Ball" and "Flowers." The magazine called the opening Bowl show "confounding, oftentimes bizarre and, in the end, strangely entertaining."

Variety's review described a nearly two-hour set in which Cyrus leaned on new material from "Bass Persuades" and her 2025 album "Something Beautiful" while largely letting the audience carry the vocals on bigger hits such as "Wrecking Ball," "Flowers," "We Can't Stop" and "Party in the U.S.A." Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne joined her on a B-stage in the stands for "Do You Realize??" and their collaboration "Karen Don't Be Sad," the review said.

The most emotional moment of the first night, according to Variety, came when Cyrus paid tribute to her godmother, Dolly Parton, recalling that the only time she had seen Parton perform was at the Hollywood Bowl. "Me and Dolly, we are eternal. Nothing in this life could ever tear us apart," Cyrus said, choking back tears before covering "Jolene."

Cyrus, 33, also acknowledged the strain of performing after a 200-foot walk back from the B-stage through the crowd. "You guys gave me so much energy, but you also took a little energy out of me, too," she said, according to Variety. "It is a lot for me and it is a little bit overwhelming."