Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Pacific Amphitheatre | Sept. 5

Doors: 6:15 PM | Show: 7:15 PM

Joan Jett grew up in a time when rock ‘n’ roll was off limits to girls and women, but as a teenager, she promptly blew the door to the boys’ club right off its hinges. After forming her band, the Blackhearts, in 1979, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts became Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, with eight platinum and gold albums and nine Top 40 singles, including the classics “Bad Reputation,” “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll,” “I Hate Myself For Loving You” and “Crimson and Clover.” With a career that has spanned music, film, television, Broadway and humanitarianism, Jett remains a potent force and inspiration to generations of fans worldwide. As a producer, she has overseen seminal albums by Bikini Kill and the Germs’ L.A. punk masterpiece “GI.”

Jett and Kenny Laguna (her longtime producer and music partner) co-founded Blackheart Records from the trunk of Laguna’s Cadillac after more than 23 label rejections. Forty years later, Blackheart Records is a thriving entertainment company producing music, film and television, and continues to champion emerging bands.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts continue to tour the world with headlining shows, alongside fellow rock legends like The Who, Green Day, Heart, Foo Fighters and Alanis Morissette. “Bad Reputation,” a documentary about Jett’s life, premiered to critical acclaim at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Following up on the band’s 2022 release, “Changeup,” their first-ever acoustic album, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ EP “Mindsets” was released as a Record Store Day First vinyl in 2023.