Joan Jett News

What's next, a Joey Ramone hologram? Why should Tupac have all the fun when it comes to coming back from the dead? The first solo album by the 6-foot-6, bleating-voiced lead singer of the Ramones came out in 2002, a year after his death from lymphoma at age 49.

Two of rock ’n’ roll’s most recognizable voices — Joan Jett and Paul Rodgers — will take the stage this summer at the California Mid-State Fair .

SPECIFICS:A 8 p.m., Fri., June 29, 2012, Mystic Lake Amphitheater, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd., Prior Lake, MN, Box office-952.445.9000, www.mysticlake.com , $35-$47. Heart began building its legacy even before 1974 when Ann Wilson joined the band.A Their style as a mix of hard rock and lush acoustic ballads.A The sound became even more lavish with the ... (more)

It's May and that means August and Antelope Valley Fair time are just around the corner.

SAGA Oldies KIOA/DES MOINES will feature JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS and KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND for this year's "Party in the Park" SUMMER concert.

Just before Joan Jett bounced on to the Tire Kingdom stage in a skintight outfit and black hi-tops with red laces, nature had provided an epic warm-up set: temps dipped from searingly hot to pleasantly balmy, palm trees swayed along the waterfront, and a giant white supermoon skitted up over the horizon.

In addition to being the first full day of music, it was also Kentucky Derby day and Cinco de Mayo.

There's rock - the Top 40 type that the All-American Rejects claim as hard-hitting stuff but really amounts to hard pop.

Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation" is a classic. We'd go so far to say there probably aren't that many people who don't know the song and don't know all the lyrics.

Oldies radio station 93.3 KIOA will host the new Party in the Park concert July 29 at Water Works Park, headlinded by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and KC and the Sunshine Band.

In a dream lineup for lovers of badass women-fronted groups of the late '70s, Heart and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts plan to headline Mystic Lake Casino this summer.