Winans took a two-year break from releasing albums and returned in 2003 with "Throne Room". The first 1,000 copies were issued with a bonus CD that contained exclusive interviews with the artist, the making of the CD, some touring footage, and the music video "More Than What I Wanted" (which came from the 2001 release). In 2004, the 25-city tour "Throne Room" with the group Anointed featured free admission and was followed with a DVD release of the concert recorded in Tennessee. "Live in the Throne Room" contained tracks from all of Winans's albums. Around September 2004, Winans experienced what she thought was a flu but turned out to be a serious stomach infection and was hospitalized immediately for surgery. Due to the extended recovery time, the second half of the "Throne Room Tour" was postponed to early 2005.