Jewel Cancels Fall Tour

Jewel has cancelled her planned September and October tour of North America following the death of her bassist, Terome "T-Bone" Hannon, of a stroke last week.

Hannon, 39, who had played in Jewel's live band for three years, died September 4th in his hometown of Detroit. He was best known in gospel circles, having played with the Boys Choir of Harlem and Kelli Williams. "T-Bone was a phenomenal player and we all loved him," Jewel said. "We are all just in shock and hurt."

The tour was to have kicked off September 19th in North Charleston, South Carolina, and was scheduled to run through an October 17th stop in Milwaukee. It was to be Jewel's first outing in support of her dance-pop-laced fourth album, 0304, released earlier this year.

Instead of the full-band tour, Jewel will play some solo and acoustic dates, which will be announced in the coming days.

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Song Stories

“The A Team”

Ed Sheeran | 2011

This debut track from the then-20-year-old British singer-songwriter has a dark story behind it. Sheeran says he culls songwriting inspiration from "viewing other people's situations," which, for the heroine in "The A Team," involves drug addiction and prostitution that began as a teen. Sheeran paints the woman's trials with haunting imagery such as "But lately her face seems/Slowly sinking, wasting/Crumbling like pastries." "I did a gig at a homeless shelter, [and the song] is about one of the women there. It's her story," he said.

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