Joan Jett & the Blackhearts heated up an already-sun-kissed crowd at Atlanta’s Truist Park on the primary night time of the long-awaited Stadium Tour, a lineup which additionally featured Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Poison.
Jett started her set with “Sufferer of Circumstance,” the excessive octane album lower from her 1981 LP I Love Rock ‘n Roll. From there, she launched into “Cherry Bomb,” one in all two songs within the set from her years within the Runaways.
Different efficiency highlights included a few of Jett’s well-known covers, together with renditions of “Mild of Day” (Bruce Springsteen), “On a regular basis Folks” (Sly & the Household Stone) and “Crimson & Clover” (Tommy James & the Shondells).
You possibly can see Jett’s full set record under.
The Stadium Tour has been a very long time coming. Initially scheduled for summer season 2020, the trek was postponed first to 2021, and finally to 2022 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Within the interim, Jett launched her first-ever acoustic album, Changeup, that includes new renditions of a number of of her hottest songs. The Rock & Roll Corridor of Famer solely delivered one unplugged music throughout her set — “(I am Gonna) Run Away” — and admitted it felt a bit of unusual to carry out acoustically.
Jett additionally just lately made headlines by buying and selling barbs with Ted Nugent, who criticized her inclusion on Rolling Stone‘s 2003 record of the 100 biggest guitarists (a listing that has since been up to date greater than as soon as). When requested about Nugent’s complaints, Jett instructed NME, “Effectively, that is simply typical – it is what I’ve handled my complete life, being written off. Ted Nugent has to dwell with being Ted Nugent. He needs to be in that physique, in order that’s punishment sufficient.”
Jett, in the meantime, will get to reap the advantages of the Stadium Tour for the remainder of the summer season. The trek will traverse North America earlier than wrapping on Sept. 9 in Las Vegas.
Joan Jett, Truist Park, Atlanta, 6/16/22
1. “Sufferer of Circumstance”
2. “Cherry Bomb”
3. “Mild of Day”
4. “You Drive Me Wild”
5. “On a regular basis Folks”
6. “Faux Mates”
7. “Do You Wanna Contact Me (Oh Yeah)”
8. “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”
9. “Crimson & Clover”
10. “(I am Gonna) Run Away”
11. “Dangerous Fame”
12. “I Hate Myself for Loving You”
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