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| Lou Reed says he is ‘bigger and stronger’ after liver transplant Posted: 03 Jun 2013 04:46 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, June 4 — Lou Reed says he is "bigger and stronger than ever" after a life saving liver transplant and is looking forward to getting back to performing on stage.
"I am bigger and stronger than ever. My Chen Taiji and health regime has served me well all of these years," Reed said, referring to a traditional martial arts workout regime aimed at promoting health and relaxation. "I look forward to being on stage performing, and writing more songs to connect with your hearts and spirits and the universe well into the future," said the veteran musician and songwriter, who rose to prominence as the front man of the 1960s rock band, The Velvet Underground. Reed's wife Laurie Anderson told The Times of London in an interview published on Saturday that Reed "was dying" before a liver transplant in April. "My husband had a big surgery, which went very well ... a liver transplant," she said. "It's as serious as it gets. He was dying. You don't get it for fun." Reed cancelled numerous performances scheduled in California in April, including two at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The singer of now classic songs such as "Sweet Jane" has enjoyed a successful solo career with 20 studio albums and numerous collaborations with other artists, including country singer Vince Gill and rock group The Killers. He married Anderson, a performance artist and experimental musician, in 2008. She is six years his junior. — Reuters |
| Soul singer Sharon Jones says she has cancer, postpones album Posted: 03 Jun 2013 04:41 PM PDT
The singer, 57, is to undergo surgery, and is expected to make a full recovery but will require a "lengthy" rehabilitation period, the statement said. "Over the last few weeks I haven't felt good and I didn't know what was going on," Jones said in a 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!" Bile ducts carry bile produced by the liver from the gallbladder into the small intestine to aid with digestion. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are best known for the 2007 song "100 Days, 100 Nights" and 2010's "I Learned the Hard Way." The group's fifth album, "Give the People What They Want," was scheduled to be released on Aug. 6. A new release date has not been announced. The band is credited with reviving interest in soul music over the past decade and preceding such acts as the late British soul singer Amy Winehouse. Without Jones, the brassy Dap-Kings have also provided backing music to such artists as Winehouse and British rockers The Heavy and Muse. — Reuters |
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