Cheap Trick with special guest X

Joan Jett grew up in a time when rock ‘n’ roll was off limits to girls and women, but as a teenager, she promptly blew the door to the boys’ club right off its hinges. After forming her band, the Blackhearts, in 1979, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts became Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, with eight platinum and gold albums and nine Top 40 singles, including the classics "Bad Reputation," "I Love Rock 'N' Roll," "I Hate Myself For Loving You" and "Crimson and Clover." With a career that has spanned music, film, television, Broadway and humanitarianism, Jett remains a potent force and inspiration to generations of fans worldwide. As a producer, she has overseen seminal albums by Bikini Kill and the Germs' L.A. punk masterpiece “GI.” Jett and Kenny Laguna (her longtime producer and music partner) co-founded Blackheart Records from the trunk of Laguna’s Cadillac after more than 23 label rejections. Forty years later, Blackheart Records is a thriving entertainment company producing music, film and television, and continues to champion emerging bands. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts continue to tour the world with headlining shows, alongside fellow rock legends like The Who, Green Day, Heart, Foo Fighters and Alanis Morissette. “Bad Reputation,” a documentary about Jett's life, premiered to critical acclaim at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Following up on the band’s 2022 release, “Changeup,” their first-ever acoustic album, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ EP “Mindsets” was released as a Record Store Day First vinyl in 2023. Formed in 1977, X quickly established itself as one of the best bands in the first wave of L.A.'s flourishing punk scene, becoming a legendary leader of a punk generation. The band’s debut 45, featuring vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist/bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer DJ Bonebrake, was released on the seminal Dangerhouse label in 1978, followed by seven studio albums released from 1980 to 1993. Over the years, the band has released several critically acclaimed albums, topped the music charts with regularity and performed its iconic hits on top television shows such as Letterman and American Bandstand. X’s first two studio albums, “Los Angeles” and “Wild Gift,” are ranked by Rolling Stone among the top 500 greatest albums of all time. X’s album of original songs, “Alphabetland,” the first since 1993, was released in 2020, and the band’s latest album, “Smoke & Fiction,” was released in 2024. The band continues to tour with the original lineup: Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake. Your show tickets will be delivered no earlier than four days before the show date. An email will be sent when your tickets are ready to print. Your show ticket includes Fair admission for any Wednesday or Thursday during the 2026 OC Fair, July 17–Aug. 16. To redeem, bring your confirmation email to the Concert Ticket booth at any Fair entrance on the Wednesday or Thursday of your choosing.