3 Canadian dates in March!

A&N

March 8 – Victoria, BC – Save On Foods Center
March 9 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheaum

Heart will be playing the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Center, in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada on March 10, 2010.

These dates will have songs from the upcoming album on the setlist.

Have fun!

Press release:

Return to British Columbia where it all began with concerts in Victoria & Vancouver

Tickets on sale Monday, February 8 AT 10AM

CALGARY, Feb. 5 /CNW/ – Concerts North Ltd. is pleased to bring legendary rockers HEART to Victoria, March 8 at the Save On Foods Memorial Centre and in Vancouver, March 9 at the Orpheum. Tickets for both performances go on-saleMonday, February 8 at 10 AM.

Ann Wilson and her younger sister, Nancy first showed the world that women can rock when their band HEART stormed the charts in the ’70s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” “Straight On,” “Even It Up,” and “Kick It Out”. They continued topping the charts through the ’80s and ’90s with huge hits like “These Dreams,” “Alone,” “What About Love,” “If Looks Could Kill,” and “Never”.

HEART started their career in British Columbia, where the group’s first record “Dreamboat Annie” was written, recorded and first released in Canada on Mushroom Records in 1976. Since then, HEART has sold more than 30 million records, have garnered 21 top 40 hits, sold out arenas worldwide, and had a profound influence on rock music. HEART was also ranked No. 57 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”.

In the mid-’90s, Ann and Nancy returned to Seattle and formed The Lovemongers, with long-time collaborator Sue Ennis and performer Frank Cox. After playing a number of sold-out shows in Seattle, Lovemongers cut Led Zeppelin’s “Battle of Evermore” for the triple platinum soundtrack from the movie Singles, which was one of Nancy’s first of five soundtrack collaborations with filmmaker Cameron Crowe.

Ann and Nancy reunited as HEART in early 2002, during which time they released a critically acclaimed live concert film on DVD and CD, Heart Alive In Seattle, followed in 2004 by Jupiters Darling, the first new HEART studio album in a decade. Classic Rock magazine hailed Jupiters Darling as a career tour de force, calling it “the only record you need to buy this year.”

HEART is currently in the studio with Grammy winning producer, Ben Mink, working on a new CD for release later this year. HEART’S performances in Victoria and Vancouver will feature brand new tracks from the upcoming currently untitled album, as well as their powerhouse hits.

Beat goes on for Heart

Nancy

Arizona Daily Star, January 28th 2010

Nancy Wilson is understandably excited these days.

She and big sister Ann Wilson are catching a gusty second wind with their band, Heart. They are finishing a new album – their first studio effort in six years – and their fan base is getting larger and younger.

“There’s so much excitement right now,” Nancy, 55, said during a phone call from home in Los Angeles last week. “We’re about to do a cover shoot for the new album. The new album is getting really close. . . . It’s appearing in front of our eyes.”

Set to be released in July, the album follows 2004’s “Jupiter’s Darling.” It’s the fruit of years of touring with this lineup of musicians, which Nancy Wilson calls strong and exciting.

Wilson won’t disclose the album’s name – there’s a fan club contest centered on it - and she can’t really define it beyond saying it’s not a rehash of their signature 1970s and ’80s driving rock and monster ballads.

“It’s not just big rock, big metal or electronic sound. It’s really human,” she says. “But it also rocks harder because of that, because it’s more personal. There’s a lot of electric and a lot of acoustic and big drums and small moments. We’re kind of a variety show in that way. But it’s real cohesive.

“So see it’s hard to describe: ‘It’s really cohesive, but it’s really dynamic, but it’s really hard, but it’s really soft.’ I guess you have to hear it.”

Unfortunately, the band isn’t ready to play the new material live, so Tucson won’t hear any of it on Sunday, when Heart will play at the Desert Diamond Casino to make up for a canceled October date. The band had to bail out when most of its members came down with the flu.

“That was the H1N1 – the biggie,” she says. “We’ve played a lot of times when we were really sick, but that was a little bigger than we could handle.”

The new album is the latest chapter in the four-decade story of the trailblazing rockers. The sisters helped pave the way for other female rockers with a string of hits such as “Magic Man,” “What About Love,” “These Dreams,” “Straight On,” “Barracuda” and “The Woman in Me.”

In their 1970s and ’80s heyday, they sold out arenas worldwide on the strength of critically acclaimed albums, starting with their 1976 debut, “Dreamboat Annie.”

In the mid-1990s, the sisters took a break to raise families – both have two children – and to pursue other projects.

Ann, 59, released a solo album, “Hope & Glory,” in 2007.

Nancy worked on the soundtracks for several movies of her husband, Cameron Crowe, including “Almost Famous,” “Jerry Maguire” and “Vanilla Sky.”

The two returned to touring in 2002, reuniting with longtime fans and introducing themselves to new audiences.

“In the last three or four years, more and more very young kids are showing up, and they are just muscling their way to the front row. It’s been fantastic,” Nancy Wilson says, adding that the band’s resurgence is courtesy of the video game “Guitar Hero,” TV’s “American Idol” and the country’s fascination with the 1980s. “The kids know the music. They know our songs.”

Even Wilson’s twin sons, who turned 10 last Saturday, are fans. On the road with mom, “they just get their feathers fluffed up. ‘Oh, mom. You rock, mom!’

“It’s just so great to be ‘cool,’ at least for a while – until the morning of their 13th birthday,” she jokes.

Ask her what is left to do in a career studded with so many milestones and merit, and Wilson becomes even more philosophical.

“Everything’s left to do,” she says, sounding every bit a rocker on the rise.

HEART HEADED BACK ON THE ROAD

Ann 2004

From WMMR.com: Ann and Nancy Wilson will be back devoting their attention to Heart for the next six months, having announced a bunch of new tour dates for the first half of the year. Heart kicks off it’s 2010 gigs on January 29th and 30th at the Las Vegas Hilton, and so far, will wrap up their dates on May 29th in Indio, California.

The Wilson sisters spread their wings in 2009, collaborating on the children’s book Dog And Butterfly — which was inspired by their 1978 album of the same name. In October, Nancy also released a set of acoustic children’s lullabies called Baby Guitars.

Ann Wilson says that she’s proud that Heart still tries to grow both in the studio as well as on stage: “Well, you know, we’re not bound by the Heart tradition. Heart is now a brand name that we worked really hard on, and now we’re not selling that brand of soap. It’s funny how you can get into a prison of your own making with a big-name band like that, and all of a sudden, you look around yourself and you go, ‘Jesus, I don’t want to do this. That’s not really where we’re at.’”

Nancy Wilson says that Heart has been caught in a strange place throughout the years, with management and record labels pushing the band to not develop as artists: “They tell you not to reinvent yourself. They tell you that your fans have an identity that they know, that is familiar to them, that they don’t want to change. It’s interesting. But in our case, I mean, we’ve been able to change a lot, but we’ve had to fight to be able to change a lot (laugh).” )

Thanx to Ronnie from the Heartmonger Blog

Heart added to the 2010 Lilith Tour Line-Up

Lilith!!

January 21, 2010 (New York, NY) – The 2010 Lilith Tour is pleased to announce exciting line-up additions to the summer touring festival: Loretta Lynn, Heart, Norah Jones, Cat Power, Sia, Gossip, La Roux, Beth Orton, Ceci Bastida, Erin McCarley, Frazey Ford, Julia Othmer, Kate Nash, Lights, Missy Higgins, Lissie, Marina & The Diamonds, Priscilla Renea, Rosie Thomas, Melissa McClelland, Toby Lightman and Elizaveta. More major artists will be announced in the coming weeks.

Additional Cities Announced

Additionally, 15 more cities have been revealed, with more to come in the next few weeks: Edmonton, San Diego, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Detroit, Hartford, Raleigh, Charlotte, Nashville, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Houston and Austin.

Heart management: Ann & Nancy are confirmed in Kansas City, Chicago and Minneapolis  ~  more details to follow

More artist thoughts on joining the 2010 Lilith Tour:

Country legend Loretta Lynn:

“I’m happy they wanted me on this Lilith tour. I have never done shows just with other girl singers before.  When I first started out, they said girl singers couldn’t sell records or concert tickets.  We’ve come a long way since then and we’re gonna have a big time out there!”

Rock duo Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart:

“We are thrilled that Lilith 2010 is in our future…to be a part of all that depth and power will be beyond exciting! This is stunning intent for women of the new decade.”

Australian singer/songwriter Missy Higgins:

“Lilith Fair was always one of those things that I wish I’d been a cool enough kid to know about and go to! But even if I had known about it then, I would’ve been on the other side of the world here in Australia. I’ve always secretly hoped they’d bring it back so that I could beg to be a part of it! Needless to say I’m really excited to have been asked, especially as this is the first Lilith to be taken to the new generation.”

The 2010 Lilith Tour previously announced a multi-platform media partnership with ABC Entertainment, which entails creative collaboration in weaving confirmed artists and Lilith across ABC’s programming and online in the months leading up to and during next summer’s tour, including ABC’s physical presence at each tour date.  More details to follow.

Full list of cities revealed so far:

Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Montreal, Nashville, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, DC and West Palm Beach

www.lilithfair.com

Thanx to timstar78 for the news!

Heart on May 30th at Raley Field Sacramento

Sacred!

Heart and Sammy Hagar will headline the Walk N’ Rock for Kids Benefit Concert on Sunday, May 30th at Raley Field. The event, which will also include a 5k walk starting and ending at Raley Field, will benefit Hope Productions, a foundation created to support youth and children’s charities in greater Sacramento.

Website

Thanx to skbrash for the scoop!

Another new 2010 tourdate: 2/11 Marksville, LA – Paragon Casino

Come out!

This just in! No fanclub presale either. Date has been confirmed by management!

New 2010 tourdate: May 8th Phoenix AZ

Ann Wilson

The website of the Celebrity Theatre is listing a new tourdate! Saturday the 8th of May at 8PM. This tourdate has just been confirmed by Heart’s management on their site.

On Sale Mon 12/21 at 10 am! Management is encouraging fanclubmembers to buy their tickets from the venue!

Sanderson Music Presents
Heart

Saturday May 8, 2010

Club Doors @ 6:30 PM
Theatre Doors @ 7:00 PM
Showtime: 8:00 PM

Tickets:
Rows 1-5 = $100.00
Rows 6-13 = $90.00
Rows 14-25 = $80.00

Seating is in the Round.

All tickets purchased within 10 days of the show will be placed at will call. Print @ Home tickets available only until 6 hours prior to show time.