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Joan Jett onstage raising her arms aloft
Joan Jett joins growing list of musicians to voice solidarity with anti-ICE protesters

By Fraser Lewry Published

Jett read a prepared statement during a show in New Zealand

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Hayley Williams, shot in 2025
Hayley Williams names the first female figure she looked up to when Paramore started touring

By Jack Rogers Published

In an incredibly male-dominated scene, Hayley Williams found solace in a certain rock and roll legend whilst out on Warped Tour

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photo of my chemical romance from 2025, in support of the black parade tour
"We can't wait to see you all" Skunk Anansie, Joan Jett, Interpol & more have been announced as the supports for My Chemical Romance's shows in the UK and Europe next Summer

By Jack Rogers Published

"We can't wait to see you all" Skunk Anansie, Joan Jett, Interpol & more have been announced as the supports for My Chemical Romance's shows in the UK and Europe next Summer

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Paul McCartney's bass
A new photo exhibition featuring portraits of some of the most iconic guitars in rock history is opening in London

By Paul Brannigan Published

Images of guitars owned by Paul McCartney, Kirk Hammett, Dave Grohl, Noel Gallagher and more will be displayed at the Scale exhibition

Culture
Joan Jett and a cow
Joan Jett lends her voice to PETA campaign slamming the meat, egg, and dairy industries

By Fraser Lewry Published

Watch as Joan Jett morphs into a series of other women and female animals

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Hoan Hett and Mike Tyson pose with guitars in 1986
Joan Jett and Mike Tyson: The improbable story of rock's strangest photoshoot

By Fraser Lewry Published

In 1987 Joan Jett and boxer Mike Tyson appeared together on the cover of a fashion magazine – and the story is even stranger than you think

Biographies
Joan Jett headshot, 2006
Joan Jett on the first girl rock band, her love of leather and nearly joining the army

By Ian Fortnam Published

Punk-loving former Runaways hellraiser Joan Jett talks about being a threat and inspiring the riot grrrl movement

Interviews
Joan Jett in 1993
"I don't write songs like a twenty-one-year-old any more, and I don't want to. I have much more to say": The story of Joan Jett, rebel with a cause

By Jaan Uhelszki Published

How teenage Runaway Joan Jett turned into a grown-up luminary for music with attitude, humanist politics and gender equality

Interviews
A montage of photos of Jimi Hendrix, Ace Frehley, James Hetfield and Kurt Cobain
10 cover versions that are way more popular than the originals (according to Spotify)

By Paul Travers Published

The Beatles, Bowie, Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder have all seen covers of their songs become more popular than the original version

Tracks & Singles
Joan Jett in 1977
Joan Jett used to make frozen urine 'Pissicles' to stop sleazy guys hitting on her and her friends

By Paul Brannigan Published

Back when The Runaways were the talk of Hollywood, guitarist Joan Jett had a novel way of dealing with sleazy men

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