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F.M. Kirby Center

Wilkes-Barre, PA
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11/01/1992
Bob Dylan
Set 1West L.A. Fadeaway, Pretty Peggy-O, All Along The Watchtower, Positively 4th Street, Tangled Up In Blue, She Belongs To Me, Silvio
Set 2Mama You Been On My Mind, Boots Of Spanish Leather, John Brown, Don't Think Twice It's All Right
Set 3Cat's In The Well, Under The Red Sky, The Times They Are A-Changin', Maggie's Farm, E: Ballad Of A Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, It Ain't Me Babe
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11/12/2002
Lisa Loeb
CommentNo Known Recording.
Opened for the Goo Goo Dolls.
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10/27/2007
Disco Biscuits
88532
Set 1I Remember When, Little Betty Boop > Shelby Rose (1) > Triumph > Bazaar Escape (2), Spraypaint Victory > Abraxas (1) > Spraypaint Victory
Set 2Story Of The World (3) > And The Ladies Were The Rest Of The Night (1) > Story Of The World, Morph Dusseldorf > Basis For A Day > Morph Dusseldorf > Basis For A Day
E: House Dog Party Favor
Comment(1) Inverted
(2) Completes 10/26/07 version
(3) with Run Like Hell Teases
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06/13/2009
Robert Cray Band
Set 1Chicken In The Kitchen
I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
Sitting On Top Of The World
Where Do I Go From Here
You Had My Heart
Bouncin' Back
Deep In My Soul
Just How Low
Right Next Door (Because of Me)
The Forecast (Calls for Pain)

Encore:
I Shiver
Time Makes Two
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09/11/2010
Railroad Earth
110256, 129772
Set 1Walk Beside Me, Drag Him Down, Like a Buddha, Lone Croft Farewell *, Spring-Heeled Jack, Black Elk Speaks, Walk on By, Peace on Earth, Jupiter and the 119, Long Walk Home
Encore: Bird in a House
Comment* First time played
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06/28/2012
Zappa Plays Zappa
Set 1Stinkfoot
Hungry Freaks, Daddy
Oh No
Montana
Dirty Love
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
Apostrophe
The Black Page
Eruption
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Boodledang
You Didn't Try To Call Me
City Of Tiny Lights
I'm The Slime
Camarillo Brillo
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
Willie The Pimp
Set 2
Set 3
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02/23/2013
Buddy Guy
Set 1Intro
Damn Right I Got The Blues
Champagne & Reefer
I Just Want To Make Love To You
Buddy Talks New CD
Let The Door Knob Hit Ya
74 Years Young
Buddy Talks Book & Hip Hop
Milkin' Mutha For Ya
Buddy Talks Past
I'm In The Mood ( Acoustic )
Feelin' Good / What I'd Say ( Acoustic )
Ain't It Peculiar ( Acoustic )
Buddy Introduces Quinn Sullivan
Strange Brew ( W/Quinn )
The Buddy Guy Song ( W/Quinn Vocals & Guitar ) "Not sure of the song Title"
Voodoo Child ( W/Quinn )
Do Your Thing
Outro Jam
Set 2
Set 3
CommentBand :
Buddy Guy - Guitars - Vocals
Marty Sammon - Keyboards
Orlando Wright - Bass
Ric Hall - Guitar
Tim Austin - Drums
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06/12/2014
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Set 1Intros
Rising Force
Spellbound
Damnation Game
Never Die
Overture/Thousand/Arpeggios
Live To Fight
Badinere/Adagio/Far Beyond The Sun
National Anthem
Acoustic Paraphrase
Dreaming/Into Valhalla
Baroque N' Roll
Seventh Sign
Magic City
Trilogy/GTR Solo/Blues
Guitar Solo
Drum Solo/Heaven Tonight
Black Star/Cherokee
Burn ( W/ Bumblefoot & Hoey )
I'll See The Light Tonight
Set 2
Set 3
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06/12/2014
Bumblefoot
Set 1Abnormal
Real
Turn Around
Guitars Suck
Objectify
Guitars Still Suck
Raygun
The Color of Justice
The Pink Panther Theme
Set 2
Set 3
CommentSet from the Guitar Gods tour
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12/19/2014
Cabinet
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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12/20/2014
Cabinet
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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05/19/2015
Heart
Set 1Magic Man
Heartless
What About Love
Kick It Out
Straight On
Enough
Bebe Le Strange
There's The Girl
These Dreams
Alone
Day Of The Eagle
If Looks Could Kill
Crazy On You
Barracuda

Encore:
Immigrant Song
No Quarter
Misty Mountain Hop
CommentHeart :
Ann Wilson – Vocals
Nancy Wilson – Vocals/Guitar/Mandolin
Ben Smith – Drums
Craig Bartock – Guitar
Dan Rothchild – Bass
Chris Joyner – Keyboards
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06/14/2015
Jonny Lang
Set 1Blew Up (The House)
Don't Stop (For Anything)
A Quitter Never Wins
Turn Around
Red Light
Living For The City
Breakin' Me
Lie To Me
Set 2
Set 3
CommentJonny Lang - Guitar/vocals
Barry Alexander - Drums
James Anton - Bass
Court Clement - Guitar
Dwan Hill - Keys
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05/20/2016
Pat Benatar
Set 1All Fired Up
We Live for Love
Promises in the Dark
In These Times
When Doves Cry
You Better Run
Outlaw Blues
Hell is for Children
True Love
Jessies Girl
Hit me with Your Best Shot
Love is a Battlefield
Set 2Everybody Lay Down
Heartbreaker
Set 3
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12/05/2018
Ghost (Sweden)
Set 1Ashes
Rats
Absolution
Idolatrine
Ritual
Con Clavi Con Dio
Per Aspera ad Inferi
Devil Church
Cirice
Miasma (with Papa Nihil saxophone solo)
Jigolo Har Megiddo (acoustic)
Pro Memoria
Witch Image
Life Eternal
Set 2Masked Ball (Intro)
Spirit
From the Pinnacle to the Pit
Satan Prayer
Faith
Year Zero
Spöksonat
He Is
Mummy Dust
If You Have Ghosts
Dance Macabre
Square Hammer
Monstrance Clock
Set 3
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11/07/2021
Night Ranger
Set 1Somehow Someway
Four in the Morning
Sing Me Away
Coming of Age
Rumours in the Air
The Secret of My Success
Breakout
Night Ranger / Drum Solo
Come Again / High Enough
Goodbye
When You Close Your Eyes
Don't Tell Me You Love Me
Sister Christian
(You Can Still) Rock in America
Set 2
Set 3
CommentKelly Keagy – Drums, Lead & Backing Vocals
Brad Gillis – Guitars & Backing Vocals
Jack Blades – Bass, Lead & Backing Vocals
Eric Levy – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Keri Kelli – Guitars, Backing Vocals
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04/15/2022
Little Feat
164345, 164346, 164347, 170791
Set 1Join The Band
Fat Man In The Bathtub
All That You Dream
Oh Atlanta
Old Folks Boogie
band intros
Time Loves A Hero
Day Or Night
Mercenary Territory
Spanish Moon
horn section intro
Dixie Chicken>
Tripe Face Boogie
Rocket In My Pocket
Willin'
Don't Bogart That Joint>
A Apolitical Blues
Sailin' Shoes>
Feats Don't Fail Me Now

Encore:
Honest Man
Hate to Lose Your Lovin'
CommentBand:
Sam Clayton - percussion, vocals
Kenny Gradney - bass guitar
Bill Payne - keyboards, vocals
Fred Tackett - guitars, trumpet, mandolin, vocals
Scott Sharrard - guitars, vocals
Tony Leone - drums, vocals

Midnight Ramble Horns:
Erik Lawrence - baritone saxophone
Steven Bernstein - trumpet
Jay Collins - tenor saxophone
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03/12/2024
Ally Venable Band
Set 1Real Gone
Justifyin’
Don't Lose Me
Comfort in My Sorrows
Lenny
Set 2
Set 3
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04/19/2025
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Set 1Change the World
Cherry Bomb
(The Runaways cover)
Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
(Gary Glitter cover)
Victim of Circumstance
You Drive Me Wild
(The Runaways cover)
Light of Day
(Bruce Springsteen cover)
Lie to Me
(Make the Music Go) Boom
Fake Friends
Androgynous
(The Replacements cover)
Oh Woe Is Me
Different
Love Is Pain
Long Time
Whiskey Goes Good
Everyday People
(Sly & the Family Stone cover)
If You're Blue
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
(The Arrows cover)
Crimson & Clover
(Tommy James & the Shondells cover)
I Hate Myself for Loving You
Bad Reputation
(Joan Jett song)
CommentThe pop pioneer Joan Jett And The Blackhearts is hitting up Wilkes Barre this spring. It’s just been released that... Joan Jett And The Blackhearts is putting on the concert of the year, as they promise to bring all of your fave pop-tinged anthems to Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday 19th April 2025.

Joan Jett And The Blackhearts has been making waves ever since they skyrocketed onto the pop circuit. And now with the hot news of their hot event making headlines, it’s clear this is only the beginning. Ever since stunning audiences with their one-of-a-kind sound, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts have remained a major force in the pop industry.

This pop icon hasn’t just climbed their way to the top of the charts, but made a forever impression on a whole load of listeners globally in the process! What’s more, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts have become one of the most sought after acts to grace the stage. Back by popular demand, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts is taking over the stunning Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday 19th April 2025. This is a event you do not want to miss out on, folks, people!!

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 thirteen years old and starting a career at fifteen, her unmatched perseverance and authenticity still resonate five decades later.

Jett grew up during a time when rock ‘n’ roll was off limits to girls and women, but with her first band, The Runaways, in 1975, she promptly blew the door to the boys’ club off its hinges. It was the first of many iconoclastic moments in her life, including forming her own independent record label, Blackheart Records, after she was rejected by no less than 23 labels.
“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?" She continues, “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.”

The music industry often had to catch up with Jett as she carved her own path to success. In their infancy, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts happily took on L.A. hot spot The Whisky’s slowest night, quickly building a following. The same thing happened on the East Coast after the band moved to New York, when fifty people at The Malibu in Long Island turned into throngs of fans that shut down local highways.

Jett formed a kismet collaboration of menace and pop sensibility when she met Kenny Laguna, her longtime producer, collaborator, and business partner. Together they pressed up their own records and sold them out of the back of Kenny’s Cadillac at concerts, long before doing so was ever part of the music industry landscape. Blackheart was born in an era that did not see many artist-owned indie labels. 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.

“The way that Joan and Kenny had done things inspired people to make their own labels, because people figured out that they don’t need a bunch of guys in suits and cigars and cash to start a label,” says Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. Forty years after its formation, Blackheart is a thriving entertainment company producing music, film, and television, and continues to champion emerging bands.

Jett remains one of the most beloved and influential artists in popular music, with a fanbase that spans diehards who have been with her from the beginning to little kids who see her as a six-string-wielding superhero. Her influence, legacy and inspiration for anyone struggling with industry stereotypes earned her a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Says Miley Cyrus, who inducted Jett at that ceremony, “She's been the first to do many things, and not just as a woman – but just as a badass being on the planet. There isn't one other person on this planet that's been an inspiration to me like she has.”

Having celebrated the 40th anniversary of her seminal albums ‘Bad Reputation’ and ‘I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,’ Jett is still a cultural force. Says Dave Grohl, who along with the other surviving members of Nirvana chose Jett to sing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” at their own Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, “The roar of the crowd as she walked into the spotlight was a thunderous welcome – the kind that only legends receive. Watching her work, I could only imagine the incredible life she had lived, and I could sense her undying love of rock ‘n’ roll, which was as contagious as it was inspiring. In a world of Barbies, every girl needs a Joan Jett.” Apparently Mattel thought so too, as Joan had a Barbie made in her likeness.
Jett’s habit of defying expectations and breaking new ground applies on and off stage. To some of her fans, she’s a feminist icon who has overseen albums by punk titans such as The Germs and Bikini Kill. To others, she’s a guitar idol with three of her own signature Gibson models and a recently released Epiphone model.

Following recent studio work such as an album she produced for rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson, and “Jeepster,” her contribution to the Marc Bolan/T.Rex tribute collection ‘AngelHeaded Hipster,’ she also continues to release new music with the Blackhearts. Succeeding their 2022 album Changeup, their first-ever acoustic record, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ latest EP Mindsets is available to stream now and came out as a Record Store Day First vinyl release on 11/24/23. Featuring 6 brand new songs (and bonus live versions on the RSD vinyl piece), Mindsets serves as a reminder of what the band is all about - the perfect blend of punk and rock n' roll that feels timeless and immediate at once.
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.

Jett is also no stranger to acting in movies, television, and theater, notably ‘Light of Day’ alongside Michael J. Fox and ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ on Broadway, and has lent her voice to animated characters (“Steven Universe,” “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts”). In 2010, Jett served as an executive producer on The Runaways, a film about her first band starring Kristen Stewart as Jett and Dakota Fanning as Runaways vocalist Cherie Currie. ‘Bad Reputation,’ a documentary about Jett's life, premiered to critical acclaim at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and is now available for streaming.

Still relentless in their commitment to live performance, Jett and the Blackhearts continue touring the globe alongside fellow rock legends like The Who, Green Day, and Foo Fighters. The band completed The Stadium Tour with Def Leppard and Motley Crue in 2022, the “So Happy It Hurts” tour with Bryan Adams in 2023, and will be touring with Alanis Morrissette in Summer 2024.

“To me, it’s really about connection: Musician eyeballs to audience eyeballs,” Jett says. “You connect. You see each other. You recognize that vision. You smile. There’s contact. There’s understanding. I know what you’re talking about and you know what I’m talking about.”

“We’ve become so conditioned to measuring our music’s impact in dollar signs that we can forget what it’s really about: the music,” she continues. “Emotion. Expression. Giving a voice to those that aren’t satisfied fitting into whatever box they were given. I have lived this rock ‘n’ roll ethic my entire life, and I am thankful to all those people along the way that let me be me.”
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11/19/2025
Queensrÿche
Set 1Intro
Queen Of The Reich
Walk In The Shadows
Breaking The Silence
I Don't Believe In Love
Arrow Of Time
Nm 156
London
Behind The Walls
Take Hold Of The Flame
Speak
In Extremis
Jet City Woman
Empire
My Empty Room
Eyes Of A Stranger

Neue Regel
Anarchy-x
Revolution Calling
Set 2
Set 3
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