Heart and Joan Jett to rock Xcel Center together Oct. 13

The two tour follows Ann and Nancy Wilson's return from a three-year split.

June 17, 2019 at 6:01PM
Nancy and Ann Wilson of Heart.
Nancy and Ann Wilson of Heart. (Chris Riemenschneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Two acts that prominently broke down rock's gender barriers and stereotypes in the 1970s and '80s, Heart and Joan Jett have teamed up for a well-timed, meaningful tour in 2019 and added an Oct. 13 date at Xcel Energy Center.

Tickets for the St. Paul show (which falls on a Sunday night) go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster and the arena box office, with presale options beginning Tuesday. The show's "platinum"-pricing promoter Live Nation once again did not reveal face value prices to the public for this concert in the publicly owned arena.

While Jett and her Blackhearts have been steadily rolling along and turned in some well-received casino gigs in our areas in recent years, Heart went on hiatus for three years after sisters/co-leaders Ann and Nancy Wilson got into a rather nasty family dispute. They've made up and played their first show back in March.

Their trek with fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jett, dubbed the Love Alive Tour, kicks off July 9 and includes some dates also with Sheryl Crow and Elle King.

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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