Many Heartmongers were eagerly awaiting their first glimpse of Ann, following the health updates she kindly shared with the public. Heart played two shows this weekend in Las Vegas kicking off their 2025 tour. Further below is a selection of fan-made video’s.
On the first night Ann sounded rather frail and having her sit in a wheelchair only fueled fears more that Ann simply had not recovered enough. Her arm was in a cast. On the second night though, Ann showed us all that she’s ‘up and running’ on the vocal part. A Heartmonger reported that on stage it was announced that Ann had surgery on her elbow recently and the wheelchair is helpful at this time; “She’s in a tremendous amount of pain and that they easily could have ended up cancelling, but Ann wanted to go on.”
: Cara Geery-IrvingDuring this tour more vids will be added below.
UPDATED March 4th 2025
In Los Angeles Ann graced the stage with a truly powerful look!
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From Blabbermouth: Ann: ”I think some people thought that I was in a wheelchair because of cancer, which I just kicked its ass and I’m nice and clear now. It’s not about cancer. It’s about me being a klutz [five days before the tour] and missing a step and falling into a parking lot and busting my elbow in three places and then having to have it pinned back together with screws and all that kind of stuff.” Ann continued: “In other ways, I’m perfectly fine. It’s just I don’t have the use of my left arm right now. So it’s hard to navigate when you just have one hand and your other whole arm is in a sling… And you don’t have the same balance. So I had to get used to that. And singing on stage, I really think that the pain level is still way too high for me to take it out of the sling. So I chose to sit because then I can just concentrate on singing and not on keeping my balance and having somebody out there catching me when I reel to the side.” “I think it’s looked on as some kind of an admission of vulnerability,” she added about her decision to perform while sitting in a wheelchair. “And we have to look at the person and go, ‘Oh, that’s too bad’ and bring negativity into it. It doesn’t have to be that way. No, it’s a great tool. And I’ll be up and out of it after a while.” Wilson went on to say that her arm “just hurts too much” for her to be standing right now. “Yeah, there’s pain involved with this injury,” she explained.
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Here’s a rather close capture of an entire Heart set. This was recorded in Phoenix on March 6th 2025
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And here’s the full Vancouver Canada show!
WIVB4: “Right before we came out, Ann was starting to really be moving and looking and sounding amazingly well after what she endured for the last about eight months, getting over the chemo,” Nancy Wilson said. “She kicked its ass, and she’s right up there, and a couple days before the first show, she broke her elbow. It was icy in Nashville where we were rehearsing, so now she’s in a chair.” Wilson said she will be at the merchandise booth, promoting a limited edition re-release of her solo album, which contains a new track called “A Million Goodbyes” featuring Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie.
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