WILKES-BARRE — Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performers Joan Jett & the Blackhearts will perform at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m.
Ticket prices: $59.50, $79.50, $99.50, $109.50, and $149.50, plus fees.
Tickets will be available to the general public starting Friday, Feb. 7, at 10 a.m.
Exclusive pre-sale for Kirby Members begins Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 10 a.m.
Tickets can be purchased online at — kirbycenter.org, ticketmaster.com, and slpconcerts.net. Or in-person at the F.M. Kirby Center Box Office during regular business hours — Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. By phone: Call the box office at 570-826-1100.
About Joan Jett
Having left an indelible stamp on rock ’n’ roll forged by anthemic hits, thousands of live performances around the world, and a tireless belief in staying true to yourself, Joan Jett remains driven by the singular power of music.
Picking up her first guitar at 13 years old and starting a career at 15, her unmatched perseverance and authenticity still resonate five decades later.
“You can’t let other people dictate your life to you,” she says. “Being told that girls can’t play rock ‘n’ roll — I mean, even as a kid, it was so illogical to me. It’s like, what do you mean? That girls can’t master the instruments? Other people have called me a rebel, but I just feel like I’m living my life and doing what I want to do. If I listened to everybody who told me I couldn’t do it, then I wouldn’t be doing it.”
And when mainstream radio wouldn’t play the Blackhearts’ single “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll,” fans bombarded stations across the United States and helped turn it into an unstoppable hit that eventually spent seven weeks at #1.
Jett has gone on to score eight platinum and gold records and nine Top 40 singles, proving time and again how audiences knew something about her that record companies didn’t.
Jett’s music has been heard across blockbuster movies (“Ready Player One”), beloved cult TV shows (“Freaks and Geeks”), binge-worthy streaming hits (“Big Little Lies”) and the DC and Marvel universes. Since 2006, the theme song to NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” has been a reworked version of her chart-topping “I Hate Myself for Loving You.” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts also just collaborated with Dolly Parton on a new version of “I Hate Myself For Loving You” for Dolly’s first-ever rock album ‘Rockstar,’ which is leading the 2023-24 album charts.
More information on the Joan Jett can be found at — https://www.joanjett.com/.