Nancy and Ann talking: 2019 TOUR?
Great news Heart fans, it sounds like our beloved Ann and Nancy have been talking and in this current interview with Philadelphia’s classic rock station WMGK, Nancy revealed that talks are underway for a summer 2019 tour.
WMGK’s André Gardner was chatting with Heart’s Nancy Wilson on Wednesday and she told him that she and Ann are talking again and are in the early stages of a HEART reunion tour for 2019!
Added August 2nd 2018: Metro.us: We’ve come to a new conclusion, a happy one you’re hearing here first, in separate interviews with each Wilson sister. To paraphrase Mark Twain, “the reports of Heart’s death are greatly exaggerated.”
“I’ve been reaching out as there are enticing plans on the table for a big tour in 2019,” says Nancy of the hopeful possibilities of a live reunion. “I’d like to figure out what would be exciting and different for both of us going forward.”
“There’s an over-inflated urban myth that Nancy and I are in some sort of big feud,” says Ann. “We worked out our cranky issues a couple of years ago, and have just been enjoying the freedom of time off and doing our solo things.”
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When it comes to the future of the Heart band and making that work, each Wilson sounded quietly optimistic.
“We’re not at each other’s throats – won’t wind up doing a Mick and Keith,” says Ann. “No matter what you do or say right, musically, for 40+ years, it’s one negative thing that people latch onto and embroider… She’s my sister. We have a band together, but, we’re both growing, and it will be exciting to see – when we do get back together –what we both learned, expanded and can bring into Heart.”
Nancy has been the busiest field offers related to Heart, a Broadway musical involving producer Rita Wilson (not related, Tom Hanks’ wife) about women’s empowerment and incorporating Heart songs.
“We’re singing Heart songs in the Roadcase Royale set, Liv does them so that you’re hair stand up – so different from Ann whose powerful voice we based Heart on,” says Nancy. “I’m looking to catch Ann’s ear soon – sit down in a room with just her, just us. We should figure out what songs we would do and not, what new and different show we would create. I’m anxious to see how this happens. The fans want this, which is the most important thing.”
Added August 4th 2018: UltimateClassicRock.com has similar quotes from Ann as Metro, but with certain essential extra’s: While there doesn’t seem to be any rush for either her or her sister Nancy to return to Heart, Wilson swears the internal problems they faced last year are behind them. “Right now Nancy’s working with her band, Roadcase Royale, and I’m doing my thing, and we don’t have any deadlines for Heart that I can talk about,” Wilson said. “Contrary to urban myth, there’s no feud between Nancy and I. We’re talking. We’re sisters, so everything’s good there. We just wanted to get out and stretch our wings, and we’re loving that. When the time is right, we’ll get back together and do something again.”
Added August 11th 2018: The Chronicle Herald:
But for now, the new group keeps her focused and driven, and excited about being on stage again.
Nancy: “I’m not saying I wouldn’t jump at the chance to go out next summer with Heart either, because I would love to do that,” she says. “But it’s like really good exercise for me to play with a new band and do more singing and solo playing, and bring it to a level of freshness that I can inject back into Heart, whenever we do get back together.”
So it looks like the future of Heart is more of a when and less of an if at this point?
“There’s a lot of excitement about next summer up on the table right now,” says Wilson. “I’ll probably go find Ann and talk to her, and see, like, ‘Whaddya think?’ What would a new Heart be, and what would it sound like on tour? What songs are we thinking about and what covers could we do?
“Right now, I think it’s just a matter of when. Families go through these sort of things, but to me it’s less about the family issue and more about what the legacy of Heart is, and how many fans would be let down if we didn’t make one more valiant effort to go back to a high note with it.”
Added August 15th 2018: Nancy keeps putting her message out there that she is ready to talk music with Ann. This time at pursuit.ca: With all of that going on Wilson hopes 2019 sees Heart back on the road. “We’re trying to assemble all the pieces and the communication it would take to make a Heart tour for next summer because the offers are out there,” she says. “It just depends on getting with Ann, sitting with Ann in a room – just the two of us – and talking about what would that exactly mean. What kind of a show would that be? I’m really excited to figure that out. “I don’t know how we would ever not want to do that. It would be so good for the legacy and good for the band. If the ducks all lined up in a row that would just be fantastic.”
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