ROCK SUPERSTARS HEART HIT THE ROAD WITH JOURNEY FOR SUMMER 2008 TOUR
Legendary Band Continues Its Creative Vitality as They Record New Studio Album This Year
Ann & Nancy Wilson Appear on "Idol Gives Back" TV Special April 9
(Los Angeles) With over 30 million albums sold and such hit singles as "Crazy on You," "Magic Man," "Barracuda," "Straight On" "Dog & Butterfly," "Never," "These Dreams," "Nothin' At All" and "Alone," the band Heart, led by Ann and Nancy Wilson, is one of the most successful and beloved acts in rock music history. First emerging in 1976 with their debut album Dreamboat Annie, the group eschews resting on their legendary stature and remains an active and artistically potent unit. In addition to forging Heart's indelible mark in rock'n'roll, the Wilson sisters were also pioneer female rockers whose success and influence broke down the gender barrier for women to be bandleaders and musicians.
This summer, Heart embarks on a 40 plus date tour with fellow rockers Journey and Cheap Trick that begins on July 9 in Denver and wraps up on September 30 in Los Angeles (initial tour dates listed below). The group will also be recording a new studio album of original material in 2008, their first since 2004's Jupiter's Darling, which "proves in spades that Heart is a vital and creative rock'n'roll unit and a force to be reckoned with," notes All Music Guide, and is "easily the band's finest moment in over 20 years." The San Diego Tribune observed how it featured "some of the best songwriting ever from the group" and "is a welcome return to form," while England's Classic Rock magazine said that Jupiter's Darling is "the only album you need to buy this year."
On April 9, Ann & Nancy Wilson will also be joining Bono, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Fergie, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Annie Lennox, John Legend and Snoop Dogg on the "American Idol" charity fundraising special "Idol Gives Back" broadcast on Fox. The Wilsons will perform their classic hit song "Barracuda" with Fergie on the gala show.
Last May, Heart were the debut artists on DirecTV's "Legendary Albums Live" series, performing Dreamboat Annie in its entirety in concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles as well as an encore that included their song "Mistral Wind" (from Dog & Butterfly) and covers of songs by Led Zeppelin ("Black Dog" and "Misty Mountain Hop"), The Who ("Love, Reign O'er Me") and Pink Floyd ("Goodbye Blue Sky"). The concert was released on CD and DVD by Shout! Factory last October.
In addition to keeping Heart at the forefront of the contemporary rock'n'roll scene for 32 years, the Wilson sisters have also worked on a variety of solo and side projects (including their band The Lovemongers). Their stature as rock legends was affirmed last year when they appeared on the "VH1 Rock Honors" TV special and were awarded lifetime achievement rings for their musical contributions.
On September 11 of last year, Ann Wilson released her first solo album Hope & Glory, a work of both personal and political resonance which features such notable guests as Elton John, k.d. lang, Alison Krauss, Gretchen Wilson, Shawn Colvin, Rufus Wainwright, Wynonna, Deana Carter and Nancy Wilson on a set of songs by Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, The Youngbloods, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Animals and Lucinda Williams as well as her own Iraq war protest song "Little Problems, Little Lies." The collection of material by some of the greatest contemporary musical poets reflects on the issues of war, peace and sacrifice, influenced by Ann's perspective of being raised in a military family. The album "is all about standing on the edge," Ann writes in The Huffington Post. "Each one of the songs was written at a time when the abyss yawned and it seemed certain that we were about to tumble tragically into it. Whether we did or didn't fall is unknown, because at present we are immersed in a world too violent and commercial to tell." Amazon.com praises Hope & Glory as "an artful account of the suffering and devastation that all war and economic downturn brings."
Nancy Wilson composes and performs film scores and writes and produces songs for such movies by her husband Cameron Crowe as "Jerry Maguire," "Almost Famous," "Vanilla Sky" and "Elizabethtown" along with musical contributions to other films and appearing in the movies "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "The Wild Life." She released a solo album in 1999, Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop, is recording a track for the soon to be released Martin Guitars tribute album, My Favorite Martin, and will be featured in the upcoming documentary film about rock guitarists, "Turn It Up."
With more than three decades of creating classic rock'n'roll behind them, Ann and Nancy Wilson and Heart show no signs of slowing down, continuing to add to their considerable musical legacy with an artistic energy that remains as strong as when they started out.
For more information on Heart go to www.heart-music.com.
Heart tour dates:
March 27 Marksville, LA Paragon Casino Resort
March 28 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Casino & Resort
March 29 Orlando, FL Universal Studios Florida
March 30 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Olivia's Cruise for Our Cause
June 5 Honolulu, HI Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall
June 13 Waikoloa, HI Hilton Waikoloa Village
SUMMER TOUR with JOURNEY & CHEAP TRICK
Dates updated as of June 7th.
June 13 Hilton Waikoloa Village - Waikoloa, Hawaii
July 9 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre
July 11 Salt Lake City, UT Usana Amphitheatre
July 12 Lake Tahoe, NV Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
July 14 Friant, CA Table Mountain Rancheria (Heart solo date)
July 15 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
July 16 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 18 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Arena
July 22 Council Bluffs, IA Mid American Center
July 23 Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre
July 25 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 26 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 27 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Centre
July 30 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre at State Fairgrounds
July 31 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 2 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 3 & 4 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre
August 6 Orange Beach, FL The Amphitheater@The Wharf
August 7 New Orleans, LA House of Blues (Heart solo show)
August 9 Nashville, TN Wild Horse Saloon (Heart solo show)
August 10 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 12 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
August 14 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 16 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
August 17 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
August 19 Boston. MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
August 21 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
August 23 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair Grandstand
August 24 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 26 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
August 27 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
August 28 Hershey, PA The Star Pavilion at Hersheypark Stadium
August 30 Bethel Woods, NY Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
September 3 Manchester, NH Verizon Theatre
September 5 Toronto, ONT - Molsen Amphitheatre
September 6 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
September 7 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
September 9 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 10 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
September 12 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
September 13 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre St. Louis
September 19 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
September 21 Portland, OR The Amphitheater at Clark County
September 24 Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord
September 26 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
September 27 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 30 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
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