{"id":2344,"date":"2018-02-27T11:46:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T16:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzinthegardens.com\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2018-04-04T11:49:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T15:49:52","slug":"sweet-love-anita-baker-plans-triumphant-return-with-farewell-concert-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/2018\/sweet-love-anita-baker-plans-triumphant-return-with-farewell-concert-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Love: Anita Baker Plans Triumphant Return With Farewell Concert Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Anita Baker<\/strong> shocked her fan base in early 2017 when she announced she was permanently stepping away from music.<\/p>\n<p>But, there\u2019s a glimpse of hope for die-hard fans as the songstress announced she will embark on a farewell tour in celebration of her 60th birthday, to mark her music career which spans 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo much to celebrate with you in 2018, she said. \u201c60th birthday in 25 days\u2026 farewell concert series beginning in March. We\u2019ll paint pictures together two last a lifetime\u2026 let\u2019s party!\u201d she tweeted on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>After Baker tweeted the news, fans went crazy in anticipation for the tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Baker\u2019s first appearance will take place in March where she will headline the Jazz In The Gardens Music Festival alongside another vocal legend, <strong>Chaka Khan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>She will also headline the New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival which takes place Apr 27 \u2013 May 6, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think beauties? Will you be heading to see Ms. Baker\u2019s last performance?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hellobeautiful.com\/2973420\/anita-baker-announces-farewell-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOURCE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anita Baker shocked her fan base in early 2017 when she announced she was permanently stepping away from music. But, there\u2019s a glimpse of hope for die-hard fans as the songstress announced she will embark on a farewell tour in celebration of her 60th birthday,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}