CBC.CA: The blizzard that whipped through Manitoba on Thursday was heartfelt, or rather, felt by Heart.
The rock band, headed by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, played a concert at Winnipeg’s MTS Centre that evening and was headed for a gig in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, when the bad weather forced them to overnight at a truck stop.
“We’ve been sitting here all night waiting for Route 1 [Trans-Canada Highway] to open up,” Donny Silva, the driver of one of the band’s tour buses, told CBC News Friday morning, moments before the barricades across the highway were removed.
“We have a show in Saskatchatoon that we will try to make but you never know. The weather was pretty brutal.”
Update from Heart in the afternoon of the 18th: The band and crew has just arrived in Saskatoon and are rushing to put together the stage for tonights show. Unfortunately there will not be time for the fan club meet and greet.
In a recent story on cbc.ca, rock band Heart was said to be stranded at a truck stop outside of Winnipeg, MB, following their performance at MTS Centre on Thursday, February 17th.
With whiteout conditions and zero visibility on the highways well into Friday morning, Ann and Nancy Wilson, along with band and crew, were determined to make it to Saskatoon to perform for fans at TCU Place. The show will go on as planned and Heart fans won’t be disappointed.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba5PQWEtQj4[/youtube]
Nancy has fun in the Blizzard :)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgg83JgcYIc[/youtube]
Blizzard on Stage in Saskatoon!