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Sharon Jones Diagnosed With Cancer, Cancels Tour

by Paul Cashmere on June 4, 2013

in News

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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