Reigning victorious after battling stage two cancer, soul/R&B singer Sharon Jones jumps right into the new year with a new album, new tour, and new life.
After recording her fifth and latest album Give the People What they Want, Sharon Jones did not get to promote the release with a tour, physical release, and the usual. Instead, she spent her 2013 battling cancer and taking chemotherapy. Though postponing tours is not what the singer had planned for last year, she emerged victorious and cancer-free.
The anxiously awaited Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings’ fifth album Give the People What they Want was released earlier this month. To promote the new album, and partially to celebrate Jones’ good news, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are embarking on a tour that begins on February 6. As a part of the tour, Jones and her band are stopping by The Lincoln Theatre in DC for not just one night, but two: February 10-11. The February 11 show is sold out, but we do have a pair of tickets to the February 10 show that we’re giving away!
Give the People What they Want has been met with great reviews and features high-energy songs that make it seem as though Jones never took a break. It is described by Rolling Stone as “a national treasure and an instant soul party.” The single “Stranger to My Happiness” has already been featured on the new season of American Idol.
To win a pair of tickets to see Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at the Lincoln Theatre on February 10, leave a comment below naming a celebrity who, like Sharon Jones, had a pretty rough 2013. I’m gonna have to say Miley Cyrus.
A winner will be chosen a week from today at noon on Friday, January 31. Tickets are still available for purchase.
