Following a physical fall five days before her tour kicked off, Heart star Ann Wilson has been forced to perform while sitting in a wheelchair.
After being diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer and undergoing subsequent surgery last year, the now 74-year-old had to postpone Heart’s 2024 summer tour, but having since completed treatment she revealed her current health issue involved a tumble.
During an episode of the ‘After Dinner Thinks With Ann Wilson’ podcast, Ann’s sister said:
“I think some people thought that I was in a wheelchair because of cancer, which I just kicked its a** and I’m nice and clear now. It’s not about cancer.” “It’s about me being a klutz 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.” “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.”
Last month, Heart launched their ‘Royal Flush’ tour in Las Vegas with subsequent shows scheduled North America into the summer when the trek concludes at The Great Allentown Fair in Allentown, Pennsylvania on August 27.
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Author: Saul Goode
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