Ann Willson Reveals Cancer Diagnosis in a Letter to Fans, Heart Cancels Remaining 2024 Tour Dates


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Ann Willson, the legendary lead singer of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame band has cancer. She made the announcement in a letter to fans on social media. She recently had a surgery, that led to the cancelation of their summer headline tour of Europe. Now the group has canceled their remaining 2024 “Royal Flush” tour dates as well. Ann expects to be recover by 2025, and signed off in her note to and “this is only a pause!” We wish her a speedy recovery. Continue reading


Watch Nirvana and Heart’s Ann And Nancy Wilson Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards From The Recording Academy


  

The Recording Academy (a.k.a The Grammy Awards) honored the surviving members of Nirvana and Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson with the Recording Academy’s 2023 lifetime achievement award at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles on February 4th. Other honorees included Bobby McFerrin, Ma Rainey, Nile Rodgers, and Slick Rick. The ceremony – the Special Merit Awards ceremony, was presented the day before the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. The lifetime achievement award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy’s national trustees to performers “who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.” Watch the ceremony now! 

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Nancy Wilson of Heart Shares New Video for Her Cover Of Pearl Jam’s “Daughter”


Heart’s Nancy Wilson has shared a music video for her cover version of Pearl Jam’s “Daughter”. Directed by Jeremy Danger Pictures, Wilson originally recorded the track for Netflix’s “I Am All Girls”, a South African film that shines a light on human trafficking. The track comes from Willson’s new solo album or originals and covers, “You And Me”, which released on May 7 via Carry On Music.

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Korn, Metallica, Mastodon, Billy Corgan to Pay Tribute to Alice In Chains at MoPop Awards Ceremony


Alice In Chains is being honored by Seattle’s MoPop Museum of Pop Culture on December 1st, and the band will be celebrated by a cadre of their peers, as well as hold their first performance of 2020. Korn, Metallica, Mastodon, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction, and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana are among the artists who will take part in virtual tribute performances when AIC is presented with this year’s Museum Of Pop Culture (MoPOP) Founders Award. The full list of presenters (virtually) is listed below. Continue reading


Almost Famous Movie Cast Reunites for 20th Anniversary Podcast 


For a generation of music fans, Almost Famous is the music movie! Chronicling the start of the music journalism career of teenage music journalist William (a stand-in for director Cameron Crowe in a glamourized version of his early life story) and fictitious 1970s rock band Stillwater, Almost Famous had great storytelling, a fantastic cast and an amazing soundtrack, with originals written by Peter Frampton and Nancy Wilson of Heart. The film turns 20 this year and will be celebrated by the entire cast on a podcast series. James Andrew Miller has managed to gather up the entire cast and crew to reunite on his podcast. Almost Famous writer Cameron Crowe will be joining stars alongside Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Jimmy Fallon, Zooey Deschanel, Frances McDormand, and Nancy Wilson among others will join. 

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Heart ft. Dave Navarro Share Live Video For “Bébé Le Strange”


Heart has shared another live performance clip from their upcoming live DVD/Blu-ray Live in Atlantic City. Joined by Jane’s Addiction/Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro, watch a killer rendition of their classic hit ‘Bébé Le Strange’. Live in Atlantic City is out January 25 via earMUSIC. Pre-orders are live at the link below now. Continue reading


Heart To Release All-Star Package “Live In Atlantic City” Next Month


Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductees Heart, featuring sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson are finally releasing their excellent 2006 live special as an album/deluxe LP/CD/DVD/BluRay package as Live In Atlantic City. Originally aired as VH1 Decades Rock Live, the newly mixed and mastered special will be released on January 25 via earMUSIC. Watch a performance video of ‘Lost Angel’ right now!Continue reading


Video: Heart New Album Teaser Featuring Metallica Singer James Hetfield


James Hetfield of Metallica,, by Victoria Anderson

James Hetfield of Metallica,, by Victoria Anderson

Heart’s forthcoming new album of re-imagined versions of older material Beautiful Broken is due out July 8th. The album features Metallica’s James Hetfield backing up Ann Wilson on the song ‘Fanatic’. The teaser for the album is available at this link or below.

 

Heart’s Nancy Wilcson comments on the new album:

“There is really a seventies feel to this record both in the sound, and the way we got to the emotional core of each song. We picked songs that we always wanted to re-do, plus we’ve added three new tracks. On both new and old, we have the band playing together the way we used to. This is classic HEART.”

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