The album August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall was released on August 29, 2011. The release marked the band’s third professionally produced live album, and the first concert video of its career. The album used footage from the Town Hall concert, recorded in September 2007.
In September 2007, Ann Wilson released her first solo album, Hope & Glory , which featured her sister Nancy, Elton John , Alison Krauss , k.d. lang , Wynonna Judd , Gretchen Wilson, Wainwright, Shawn Colvin , and Deana Carter .
The European leg ended with a free concert on 14 July at the Circus Maximus in Rome in front of around half a million people.
On 7 July, the band played at the Live Earth concert in London at Wembley Stadium .
Heart was honored at the second annual VH1 Rock Honors (May 24, 2007) and also performed along with Ozzy Osbourne , Genesis , and ZZ Top . Gretchen Wilson and Alice in Chains honored the group by performing ” Barracuda “.
In March 2007, a press conference was held in New York City to announce the North American leg.
In February 2007, the Sony Legacy remaster series continued, releasing expanded versions of studio album Spectres and live album Some Enchanted Evening .
A live album formed of recordings from various European dates was released in 2007 as Live over Europe 2007 .
On March 9, 2007, lead singer Delp died by suicide at his home in Atkinson, New Hampshire . Police found him dead in his master bathroom, along with several notes for whoever would find him. In the bathroom where he died, two charcoal grills were found on the bathroom fixtures,…
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The band’s autobiography Genesis Chapter & Verse was published in 2007 as a full colour 359 page hardback book. The writing credits were Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford, edited by Philip Dodd.