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Rock icon JOAN JETT is no stranger to large crowds, but come April 7th she'll be stepping out into WWE's "Grandest Stage of Them All" WrestleMania 35 to perform one of her signature songs "Bad Reputation" live to honor Ronda Rousey's title defense at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Rousey adopted Jett's hit song from her debut album in 1980 of the same name during her UFC run in 2013, carrying it over carried to WWE in 2018 as she transitioned from the Octagon to the Squared Circle.
Currently holding the title belt as WWE Raw Women's Champion, Rousey faces off against WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch at the annual professional wrestling spectacle. This year marks the first time a women's match has ever main-evented a WrestleMania.
In a stunning turn of events this week on SmackDown, Flair defeated the brand's current champion Asuka to capture the SmackDown title. Flair now holding a belt adds an extra dynamic to the match â€" but then there's always the option the WWE has to invoke Asuka's rematch clause to benefit the storyline. It would be bad form on the WWE's part to shoehorn Asuka into the WrestleMania main event at the last minute and change it to a Fatal Four-Way. What it does do is build a potential Lynch/Flair storyline post-WrestleMania: Flair could cost Lynch the title without actually winning the match. That way, Rousey and Flair still have titles â€" leaving Lynch out in the cold. Serious storyline potential there.
A staple in the music industry for over 40 years and Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Inductee in 2015, Jett joins the likes of Motorhead, Snoop Dogg, Pitbull, Kid Rock, Diddy, Machine Gun Kelly, Skylar Grey, Travis Barker, and Run-DMC and more â€" all having been a part of WrestleMania lore. JOAN JETT loves rock 'n' roll and rockers love her right back from: considerable.com By Wolfgang Wild
Joan Larkin was nine years old when her family moved to the town of Rockville. Enough said. Five years on, she got her first guitarâ€"but quit lessons when her instructor insisted on teaching her folk songs.
After the family moved to California, her parents divorced and Joan Larkin changed her name to JOAN JETT. Not because it sounded like a star (although it does). But in a textbook case of "you couldn't make this up," she did it because her mother's maiden name was Jett.
It's easy to label JOAN JETT as a one-hit-wonder for the classic 45 I Love Rock and Roll with her band The BLACKHEARTS. Yet she had already seen substantial success with her previous band The RUNAWAYS, touring with, among others, Cheap Trick, the Ramones, Van Halen and Tom Petty.
More to the point, it is the sheer scale of the song's success that tends to eclipse her multitudinous other achievements. Originally by The Arrows, I Love Rock 'n' Roll was first recorded by Jett as a demo in 1979 with members of the The Sex Pistols.
Fast forward three years, and the record was number one on the Billboard 100 for seven weeks in a row in 1982. It is now the 56th best selling Billboard single of all time JOAN JETT talks new music, more from: postbulletin.com By Glenn Gamboa Newsday
JOAN JETT and KENNY LAGUNA - her longtime producer and songwriting partner, as well as the keyboardist in her band, the BLACKHEARTS - know they are still making good music. They just wish more people would get to hear it.
"We're trying to figure out a way to work on the single 'Fresh Start,' which I think is the best thing we've done in years and years," Laguna says of the theme song from the Jett documentary "Bad Reputation," released last year. "It's very hard for people of our era to get on mainstream radio. … I don't resent it at all, like some of our friends. People who are so iconic, like the Stones or Bruce Springsteen - they're not getting on the radio. When I was a kid and buying rock and roll records, my parents were freaked out that their idols were off the radio. No more Doris Day, sorry. That's what happens."
"We keep trying," adds Jett, 60, who has called Long Beach, N.Y., home for decades. "What else are you going to do? You just have to try. Keep fighting."
After all, that's what the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has been doing for pretty much her entire career. So why stop now?
"We keep waiting for our George Foreman moment," says Laguna, referring to Foreman knocking out Michael Moorer in 1994 to regain the title of heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 45.
For Jett, though, getting another hit isn't the point. "You realize that the idea of 'a hit' is a whole business thing going on that has nothing to do with what is the best, the most fun songs that people want to hear," she says. "It just doesn't work that way."
"Joan never had a hit," Laguna begins.
"Without a struggle," finishes Jett. [more] JOAN JETT Shreds Stubb's at SXSW Music
I love rock & roll is here to stay from: austinchronicle.com By TIM STEGAL | Photo by Gary Miller
JOAN JETT doesn't play rock & roll. She is rock & roll.
The onetime Joan Marie Larkin, 60, doesn't just love rock & roll, as she declared in her breakthrough hit of 1981. She embodies the genre like no one this side of Keith Richards. Which made her Tuesday night Stubb's set for the SXSW Interactive Bash so cool on a sticky Lone Star evening.
Myles Hendrik, the DJ spinning grooves before the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member and her meat-and-potatoes band, seemed hi-tech in the face of what followed. Then again, his set sounded like someone's iPod on shuffle, even as he actually matched beats on tracks from the Smiths to AC/DC.
So this night belonged to Jett, who consistently delivers live. She gave us those hits: "I Love Rock & Roll," "Do You Wanna Touch Me," "Crimson & Clover," "Fake Friends," "Light of Day," "Bad Reputation." She also gave us "Cherry Bomb," a reminder that the native Philly suburbanite began her career as leader of all-girl punk metallurgists the RUNAWAYS.
Jett gave the assemblage a couple of surprises in I Love Rock & Roll deep cuts "Love Is Pain" and show opener "Victim of Circumstance," complete with a rare lead guitar break from the bandleader. As Sly Stone's "Everyday People" closed the set, Danny & the Juniors' "Rock & Roll is Here to Stay" already rising on the P.A., Jett and band took a sweaty bow.
They had just played the best show many of us will see this week. The Fred 2019 concert lineup includes JOAN JETT, Marc Martel, George Thorogood from: lonestar925.iheart.com By Jeff K
DVR ALERT! Set your DVR for Monday, March 11th at 9 pm Central on EPIX for part 1 of the 4-part docuseries Punk. From executive producer John Varvatos and punk legend Iggy Pop comes this deep dive into the music, fashion, art, and attitude that defined the subculture of the '70s and '80s, featuring never-before-seen pictures, archive videos, and brand new interviews with the likes of Iggy himself, along with Deborah Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie, JOAN JETT, Dave Grohl, Flea and many more.
Check out the trailer below.
The Fred 2019 concert lineup includes JOAN JETT, Marc Martel, George Thorogood from: ajc.com By Melissa Ruggieri
From radio-friendly pop to classic rock, The Fred in Peachtree City has unveiled a 2019 lineup heavy on nostalgia.
The 2,500-seat venue - formally known as Frederick Brown Amphitheater - already announced season opener Air Supply (8 p.m. April 13) and Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx (8 p.m. May 17).Added to the series roster are JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS (7:30 p.m. June 2); Kool & The Gang (8 p.m. June 15); Spin Doctors and 10,000 Maniacs (8 p.m. July 20); and The Lost '80s Live with A Flock of Seagulls, The Motels, The Vapors, Naked Eyes, Bow Wow Wow, Real Life, Boys Don’t Cry and Farrington & Mann (7:30 p.m. Aug. 3).
The non-series concerts are Lisa Kelly (8 p.m. May 11); The Robert Cray Band and Marc Cohn with Blind Boys of Alabama and Shemekia Copeland (7:30 p.m. June 22); The Ultimate Queen Celebration starring Marc Martel (8 p.m. June 29); MJ Live with Electric Avenue: The '80s MTV Experience (8 p.m. Aug. 10); and George Thorogood and The Destroyers (8 p.m. Oct. 5).
Three additional non-series shows will be announced soon. Series ticket package renewals will go on sale at noon March 7, while new series packages will be available at noon March 14. Prices for the six series shows range from $215 (lawn) to $3270 (based on six seats per table). The deadline for series tickets purchase is March 17. Individual tickets will go on sale at noon March 19.
All tickets can be purchased at www.amphitheater.org and by calling 1-877-725-8849. Visit the website for details about box office hours. 'Music speaks to people in different ways': lunch with JOAN JETT from: smh.com.au By Martin Boulton
Inside St Kilda's revamped Esplanade Hotel the venue's famous live music space, the Gershwin Room, is empty and quiet. JOAN JETT, in the midst of a summer tour, had a look around and briefly flashed that same dazzling, slightly mischievous smile her fans saw the previous night when she was playing a show across town.
"That's a great stage," she said, "nice and low, close to the audience."
Over more than four decades in the music industry the place Jett most likes to be is close to her audience, connected to rock'n'roll fans and like-minded musicians who put creativity and passion ahead of celebrity status and the lure of riches. It's far from an easy ride in the cut-throat world of business and entertainment but Jett, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three years ago, has never been particularly interested in strolling along life's easier paths.
Stepping into the bustling Espy Kitchen, which only recently opened after a near three-year refurbishment of the entire venue, we take our seats close to where multiple chefs are furiously working the grills, loading pizzas into wood-fired ovens and lining up dishes to be quickly whisked away to customers.
Dressed head-to-toe in black, her black hair loosely framing dramatically darkened eyes, Jett suggests a beer, perhaps Drake's Hop Vice to start lunch. Being a warm outside that seemed like a splendid idea so we each ordered a bottle. [more] L7 ANNOUNCE FIRST NEW ALBUM IN 20 YEARS from: kerrang.com By Kerrang!
Seminal riot grrrl band L7 have announced their first new album in 20 years.
Titled Scatter The Rats, it will be released on May 3 via JOAN JETT's BLACKHEART RECORDS. [more] Dave Matthews Band, The Lumineers, JOAN JETT, The Struts and More Announced for 2019 Sea.Hear.Now Festival from: musicmayhemmagazine.com By Music Mayhem
Sea.Hear.Now Festival releases its full lineup in addition to announced headliners Dave Matthews Band and The Lumineers. Dropkick Murphys, Dispatch, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS, The B-52s, Bad Religion, The Struts, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Sharon Van Etten, Cat Power and more have been added to the powerhouse bill. Jake Clemons will also join Sea.Hear.Now as the musician-in-residence and as a surfer. The talented multi-instrumentalist and saxophonist for the legendary E Street Band will join a variety of performances over the weekend as well as catch a few waves. With feet in the sand, fans will be treated to over 25 performances on three stages at North Beach Asbury Park and Bradley Park September 21-22, 2019.
Sea.Hear.Now's surf action returns with another stellar lineup of professional surfers spanning from the East Coast to Hawaii. Balaram Stack, Sam Hammer, Brett Barley, Noah Beschen, Quincy Davis, Cassidy McClain and more will compete in daily North Beach Expression Sessions. Each surfer will be grouped into a heat of five and have 30-minutes to catch as many waves as the ocean provides. Surfers will be awarded points for style and creativity, with a crowned winner each day. Board shaping demos will also return, where fans can watch world-renowned craftsmen shape surfboards made of wood to today's cutting-edge technology.
2-Day VIP Tickets are sold out, and a very limited number of 2-Day General Admission Tickets remain available.
A newly added and first-time, "Ultimate Sea.Hear.Now Experience" VIP Ticket has been added. The incredible VIP experience is for two people and includes a 3-night stay at the luxurious Asbury Ocean Club Resort, access to the VIP Lounge featuring an elevated viewing deck, relaxed seating, shade and premium restrooms, access to side-stage viewing at the Surf and Sand Stages (when available per artist approval), exclusive access to backstage areas including the Artist Bar, private golf cart transportation from the Surf Stage to Sand Stage, a dedicated Festival Concierge, an autographed S.H.N 2019 photo from legendary photographer and Festival partner, Danny Clinch, and much more. For the full list of amenities and to purchase tickets, visit www.seahearnowfestival.com/tickets.
Sea.Hear.Now remains committed to raising awareness about the issues facing our ocean environment, including the global plastic waste crisis and climate change. Last year, fans, staff, and Surfrider Foundation volunteers contributed 11.88 tons of recycling including aluminum cans from Open Water, reused over 9,500 drinks through official Sea.Hear.Now Tin Cups or Water Bottles, and saved 35,252 bottles from Manna Hydration Stations. Musician Jack Johnson awarded Sea.Hear.Now his 'All At Once Sustainability Award' for US Festivals, as a result of showing real leadership in the movement to green the music industry.
