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Sharon Jones Diagnosed With Cancer, Cancels Tour

by Paul Cashmere on June 4, 2013

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Soul singer Sharon Jones has been diagnosed bile duct cancer and has had to cancel all upcoming performances.

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The 57-year old front lady for the Dap-Kings is in early stage one of the cancer and doctors give her an excellent chance of recovery after surgery.

“Over the last few weeks I haven’t felt good and I didn’t know what was going on,” Jones said in her statement. “We just found out that I have a stage-one tumor on my bile duct. Luckily we caught it really early and fast and the doctors say it’s operable and curable!”

Jones excepts to go through a lengthy recovery and rehabilitation period and has placed all future shows and the release of her next album on hold.

The 5th Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings album ‘Give The People What They Want’ was due in August. It has now been taken off the release schedule.

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