CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ann Wilson, singer and co-founder of the classic rock band Heart, will undergo cancer treatments, forcing the band to forgo it’s opening slot on the Journey and Def Leppard tour that will stop at Progressive Field on Tuesday, July 30. Cheap Trick will replace Heart at the show. Tickets for the show are still on sale at mlb.com.
Wilson, who co-founded the band Heart with her sister and guitarist Nancy Wilson, announced on June 2 that she had been diagnosed with cancer that would require preventative chemotherapy. The band had previously canceled it’s European tour due to Wilson’s procedure but was expecting to open for Def Leppard and Journey at Progressive Field and then quickly embark on its “Royal Flush” Tour in August.
All dates listed on the band’s website have been postponed. Wilson promised that she and Heart would be back in 2025, saying, “This is merely a pause. I’ve much more to sing.”
Heart was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 by fellow Seattle denizen and friend, the late Chris Cornell of Soundgarden. The group led by the Wilson sisters wrote several classic rock radio staples, including “Crazy On You,” “Magic Man,” and “Barracuda.” In the ‘80s, they adapted and had more big hits with power ballads such as “These Dreams,” “What About Love,”