Ann Wilson, an American musician best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the hard rock band Heart, has announced her 2017 Ann Wilson of Heart 20-date solo tour.
The cross-country trek will include a stop in Westbury on Thursday, March 30 at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury.
Tickets are on sale now.
“The stage is a magical place where I can be beautifully in and out of control, where I can build a fire and then jump into it,” said Wilson, the pioneering Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend who’s known for her force-of-nature vocals. “The stage is where I have always lived; where I’ve expressed my deepest emotions and supreme joys. I suppose I am addicted to it. I’ve never been much good at talking, but I can sing, and when I sing I connect with people in a much deeper, higher way.”
What will fans experience at these shows?
“People can expect the unexpected in 2017,” Wilson says. “A beautiful, classy set with an elegant, artistic production…The music will be a mix of songs that have powered my life; iconic soul stirring covers, songs from my years of solo work and the unforgettable songs of Heart.”
Musicians on board for the Ann Wilson of Heart tour include Craig Bartock on guitar, Andy Stoller on bass, and Denny Fongheiser on drums and percussion.
Bartock, a Heart member for a dozen years who also performed in the Ann Wilson Thing for two years, is from San Francisco.
Stoller, who was a Ann Wilson Thing member for two years, is from Seattle.
And Fongheiser, a Heart member for two years in the 1990s, is from Los Angeles.
The name for the upcoming tour, explains Wilson, “is to give people a point of recognition; to help people understand who I am and where I came from.”
The Ann Wilson of Heart tour dates follow the release of Heart’s critically acclaimed 2016 “Beautiful Broken” album and summer headlining tour with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick, along with Heart solo shows before and after.
“Heart is always evolving, changing,” Wilson said. “It is a living organism. Right now it’s in a cocoon of metamorphosis, and we will see what emerges when the time is right.”
