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USA Today
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Joan Jett remains an unapologetic rocker: 'I'm happy with who I am'
Joan Jett remains an unapologetic rocker: 'I'm happy with who I am' Show Caption Hide Caption AMA winners include SZA, Gracie Abrams, Eminem and Billie Eilish This year's American Music Awards in Las Vegas honored both music legends and service members, who were recognized for Memorial Day. She's part of a dwindling species, an unapologetic rock chick more focused on the tone of her guitar than the cut of her hair. Joan Jett's fierceness has been splayed across stages for 50 years, first with the all-girl glam-punk pioneers The Runaways and then through her own 40-plus years of solo stardom with her band, the Blackhearts. Her ingrained fist pumpers – 'Cherry Bomb,' 'I Hate Myself for Loving You,' 'Bad Reputation' and the cover song that changed her life, 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' – were sonic wallpaper during MTV's heyday and most still haven't left pool hall jukeboxes. Jett appreciates her legacy and the fans who express their loyalty and gratitude for her music. 'It's medicine for the soul. I'm just blessed to be a conduit for it,' Jett says. Jett packed up with the Blackhearts – Dougie Needles on guitar, Hal B. Selzer on bass and Michael McDermott on drums – and hit the road with Billy Idol in April. They'll resume the It's A Nice Day to Tour Again! romp Aug. 14, but first, she and the band will park at Las Vegas' House of Blues June 13-14, 18 and 20-21. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. In a recent conversation, Jett and career-long producer, business partner and keyboardist Kenny Laguna (who offered some humorous interjections during the call) talked about her Vegas show plans, playing the Nirvana reunion and why she feels wiser than ever. Question: You're heading to the House of Blues for several shows, you're also touring amphitheaters and arenas with Billy Idol and you've recently been part of stadium tours with Def Leppard and Poison. I get the feeling you prefer the smaller places. Answer: I do. I like the intimacy and when I can really feel the crowd and get a better sense of everything, that immediate feedback whether good or bad. It's exciting to play to a lot of people, but when you lose that connection with the crowd, it's like a black hole out there. Are you planning anything special for the Vegas shows? We'll look through all our records and choose what will work best live. I picked out a bunch of songs from every album and we went into rehearsals (before the Billy Idol tour) and ran through a bunch of them. There were a few I'd never done live, like 'Lie to Me,' and that's really worked out well. Have you ever thought of doing one album front to back? I'm not really into that. I didn't always love every song on my albums and I want to play what I enjoy. And there might be a few fans who might be happy to not hear the hits, but that's not most people. So I want to do what people want to hear and it's going to be fun. You were part of the Nirvana reunion at the FireAid show in Los Angeles in January. How did that come about and how did you get assigned 'Territorial Pissings'?Dave (Grohl, Nirvana's drummer) called me and asked if I wanted to perform with them and I thought, oh yeah, we'll do 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' like we did at my (Rock & Roll) Hall of Fame induction (in 2015). But it was more that Dave picked out the songs they wanted to try and he knew I liked that one. I recently talked to Billy Idol about touring with you and he said you've known each other since a 1978 Germs/Dead Kennedys show at the Whiskey in LA. Do you remember that night? Is that the show? I couldn't remember, but I do remember when we met. I I used to live across from the Whiskey. The apartment is still there and I've been dying to knock on the door and see who lives there. But everybody used to come to my house before concerts and party. There's a picture of Billy and me in my living room, sitting and talking with some of my friends. I have a drink in my hand. You have somehow managed to look the same for more than 40 years. Please tell us how you do it. I never had to work out my whole life. I was just lucky I had an athletic body. But now it's a different story. I see an arm and am like, 'Whose arm is this with the crepe-y skin?' (Laughs). But I try to walk every day and I do some weights. I had a shoulder operation so it's important to keep my muscle strength up and I do a lot of core work. And you know, traveling, walking through airports and venues, that's my exercise. But the traveling, that's the one part of my job that I don't love. It's all wear and tear on your body. Will you be able to get some rest after Vegas? I'm taking my brother and sister to Ireland. I've been there to tour but not in many years. I'm Irish, so to see Dublin and County Mayo where my grandparents are from … I'm really looking forward to not working and being able to take it all in and learn about the people. That worked out well to have a few weeks off before rejoining Billy's tour. You know, we get all wrapped up with what we're doing and time is limited. No matter how much money you've got, you can't buy time. I've done a lot of growing up. I've learned more from 50 to my age now at 66 than I did the entire first part of my life. You had a vision of the world and that's what it was and maybe you didn't question it enough. But I'm happy with what I've done and who I am.
USA Today
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
NBC: Ravens have best Sunday Night Football winning percentage
NBC: Ravens have best Sunday Night Football winning percentage Just a little over 24 hours remain until the NFL makes the 2025 schedule public. When the upcoming season slate is released, Baltimore Ravens fans should hope to see as many Sunday Night Football matchups as possible. That's because they have the top SNF winning percentage in the entire league, as indicated by NBC Sports in the tweet below: The Baltimore Ravens have shown up big time on SNF entering the 20th anniversary season. 🔥 — NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 12, 2025 Yes, over the past twenty years that NBC (a company that is never shy about sending promos out) has had the Sunday night package of games, the Ravens have won a whopping two-thirds of their appearances. Their winning percentage is .072 points higher than that of the next closest team, the Green Bay Packers. Why do the Ravens do so well on Sunday nights? Hard to say for sure, but maybe they get fired up when they hear Carrie Underwood (and prior to 2013, Faith Hill) sing "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night." By the way, if you have found that song to be ambiguously familiar, and you don't know why, it's because this tune is a cover. The SNF on NBC theme song is a reworked version of Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You." If the Ravens are scheduled for more Sunday nights this season, perhaps that will help them achieve their goal of playing in that one special Sunday night game in February.
USA Today
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
American Idol contestant's brilliant football-themed audition gamble paid off
American Idol contestant's brilliant football-themed audition gamble paid off It takes guts to audition for American Idol. It takes even MORE guts to audition a Carrie Underwood song in front of the legend and Idol winner herself. And then it takes a triple amount of guts to audition with a slowed-down version of NBC's Sunday Night Football theme song (which, of course, Underwood performs, and it's a version of Joan Jett's I Hate Myself for Loving You). But it worked! A woman named YANI (not Yanni, that's a different performer with a different spelling) got a piano player to play slow and she delivered an incredible rendition that Underwood had to lip sync to. Did it work? IT DID! She's off to Hollywood. Incredible work. Brilliant.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
American Idol contestant's brilliant football-themed audition gamble paid off
It takes guts to audition for American Idol. It takes even MORE guts to audition a Carrie Underwood song in front of the legend and Idol winner herself. And then it takes a triple amount of guts to audition with a slowed-down version of NBC's Sunday Night Football theme song (which, of course, Underwood performs, and it's a version of Joan Jett's I Hate Myself for Loving You). But it worked! A woman named YANI (not Yanni, that's a different performer with a different spelling) got a piano player to play slow and she delivered an incredible rendition that Underwood had to lip sync to. Did it work? IT DID! She's off to Hollywood. Incredible work. Brilliant. This article originally appeared on For The Win: American Idol auditions with Carrie Underwood's Sunday Night Football
Khaleej Times
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
All-women marching band livens up Taiwanese funerals
At a funeral in rural Taiwan, musicians wearing pleated mini-skirts and go-go boots march around a coffin to the beat of the 1980s hit "I Hate Myself for Loving You". The performance in a Changhua County farming community is a modern mash-up of ancient Chinese funeral rites and folk traditions, with saxophones, rock music and daring outfits. Da Zhong women's group is part of a long tradition of funeral marching bands performing in mostly rural areas of Taiwan for families wanting to give their loved ones an upbeat send-off. The band was composed mainly of men when it started 50 years ago and has evolved into an all-women ensemble. "I constantly try to innovate, come up with new ideas, and adapt to modern times," said band manager Hsu Ya-tzu, 46, whose mother-in-law founded the group. "I want to break away from rigid traditional mindsets to keep this profession relevant." AFP journalists joined Da Zhong as they performed their choreographed routines in handmade white-and-sky-blue uniforms at three funerals over two days. Starting before dawn, the women marched in formation playing their saxophones and a drum as the leader twirled her baton and blew a whistle. The music was loud enough to wake the nearby living as they led the coffin and mourners to a cemetery or crematorium where traditional funeral rites were performed. "It felt like a celebration, almost like a joyous occasion rather than a funeral," mourner Hsiao Lin Hui-hsiang, 74, told AFP as his family cremated an elderly relative. "Since she lived past 90, it was considered a happy farewell." Funeral director Chang Chen-tsai said marching band performances were supposed to "liven up the atmosphere" of funerals and were usually reserved for the old. "It should be lively, it cannot be too quiet," said Chang, 64, who has been organising funerals for 40 years. - Lipstick, white boots - It was still dark out when Hsu pulled up in her van at a meeting point to collect other band members for an early morning gig. The women aged from 22 to 46 applied lipstick and pulled on white boots before grabbing their instruments and walking to the covered courtyard venue where mourners gathered near the coffin. Hsu's mother-in-law, Hung Sa-hua, recalls being one of the only women in the funeral marching band profession when she started her own group in 1975. As the male performers got old and retired, she replaced them with women, which customers preferred, the 72-year-old said. For Hung, the band was an opportunity to make some extra money after she married her husband and to get out of the family home. "If I never went out and always stayed at home, I wouldn't have known what was happening in society," Hung told AFP. - 'Constantly innovating' - Taiwan's funeral marching bands are rooted in Chinese and folk rituals, and during the last century began using Western instruments, said Wu Ho-yu, 56, a high school music teacher who has studied the tradition. "Since people appreciate its entertainment aspect, bands continue following this style, constantly innovating to offer something even better," Wu said. Hsu said the band had changed with the times. Many years ago, for example, the women wore trousers but now super-short skirts were acceptable. Finding new performers was a challenge due to the early morning starts, said Hsu, who has expanded into birthday parties, company year-end events and grand openings. "Nowadays, fewer and fewer people are willing to enter this industry," she said. "We are all getting older, but this job needs young people to carry it forward, it requires energy, and only with energy can it truly shine." Hsu said she introduced rock songs -- such as "I Hate Myself for Loving You" by US band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and "Leaving the Face of the Earth (Jump!)" by Taiwanese group Mayday -- into their repertoire to give their act a more contemporary sound. Some elderly mourners initially objected, but younger ones embraced it. "As long as it's a song the deceased wanted to hear, anything is okay," Hsu said. "The old traditions, where certain songs were considered taboo, no longer apply."
