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At 51, Jett still tours with her post-Runaways group, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Last month, she performed the Runaways' first hit, "Cherry Bomb," on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno." ...
While it's tragic that such abuse took place, the songs of the Runaways live on, and a new generation discovered the band thanks to a 2010 biopic about them starring Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett.
Rock icon Lita Ford says fans will not be seeing a long-awaited reunion of The Runaways for the band's 40th anniversary farewell next month, thanks to frontwoman Joan Jett. Ford, 60, pulled no ...
Debbie Harry embraced Runaways rhythm guitarist Joan Jett. Chloe Sevigny showed up in black leather, perhaps as a tribute to Jett’s favorite kind of pants. Outside, teenage girls lined up for ...
Joan Jett is oozing with musical passion. Not only was the rocker eager to discuss the thrill of making a film about her experience with The Runaways, but she even dispensed a few words of wisdom ...
Joan Jett and her creative and business partner Kenny Laguna are expressing optimism for "The Runaways," the film based on the maligned but influential all-female rock band that Jett co-founded ...
They were universally mocked no matter how hard they rocked. The Runaways, the world’s first all-girl teenage rock band – who stormed out from L.A. in the mid-’70s – endured scathing ...
With Twilight star Kristen Stewart portraying Joan Jett in an upcoming Runaways biopic, a new hits collection on the way and even a Christmas album on Joan Jett’s Blackheart label, Rolling Stone ...
legendary rocker Joan Jett, who filmed her episode at the Guitar Center store on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. A clip from the show finds Jett reflecting on the demise of The Runaways ...
Joan Jett loves rock and roll ... A Tribute to the Queens of Noise," an intended homage to the Runaways, the punk bank that launched their careers and helped light a path for other brash, hard ...
In a recent interview with The Metal Voice, founding member Cherie Currie spoke about a concert in 1977 at Detroit's Cobo Hall when the Runaways were opening for Rush. Joan Jett and friends had ...