'70s ‘Queen of Rock' Shares ‘Liberating' Choice She Made After Cancer Treatment
Ann Wilson is all heart. So, when she prepared to take the stage again for the first time following a rigorous cancer battle that left her head shaved and body in a wheelchair, she was going to give it all she had.
Rather than hide the physical toll of her health battle, the Heart frontwoman decided to present the real Ann Wilson to a roaring crowd in February 2025 on the opening night of Heart'sRoyal Flush Tour in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Looking back, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, said the moment set her free.
In an interview with Lara Spencer on Good Morning Americathis week, Wilson, now 75, spoke candidly about her battle with cancer, taking the stage again, and the future of Heart.
"I had to have surgery and a bunch of rounds of chemotherapy, radiation," she shared. "It was pretty scary."
Music, however, helped her get through the fear. And when she had enough energy to get back out there on the stage, she wasn't going to back down.
"The first night we went out on stage, I just said to myself, ‘Well, you know what? I'm just gonna be who I am. I'm gonna take off the wig and just go out there in a wheelchair. Just, this is who I am.' And it was remarkably liberating for me to do that," Wilson said.
Visibly shaking, Wilson delivered a performance that left fans in awe.
Just before kicking off Heart's world tour in 2024, Wilson was diagnosed with cancer. She shared the health news in a statement with fans, writing in part, "I recently underwent an operation to remove something that, as it turns out, was cancerous. The operation was successful and I'm feeling great, but my doctors are now advising me to undergo a course of preventive chemotherapy and I've decided to do it. And so my doctors are instructing me to take the rest of the year away from the stage in order to fully recover."
Today, Wilson said she's feeling great and ready to share even more about her health and music journeys. She's doing so in a new documentary called In My Voice, which explores the rocker's family, legacy, and life off the stage.
Premiering, last month, it's now being rolled out through a special 10-city North American screening and Q&A tour featuring Wilson and director Barbara Hall.
"I wanted people to know more about me," Wilson said. "I'm something more than just that singer you see standing up there with the mic."
In another bit of fun news, Wilson shared that she and her rocker sister, Nancy Wilson, are working on a new project together and that - YES! - Heart will take the stage again.
Details were scarce on this matter, but any chance that we'll get to hear "What About Love," "Barracuda," and "Alone" live onstage again make our heart feel so full.
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This story was originally published June 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM.