Topix — Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are playing a free show in Coney Island on Thursday. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Though no longer in Asser Levy Park (for now), Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz returns for the 33rd time with his Seaside Summer Concert Series in Coney Island in 2011. Now located at West 21st Street and Surf Avenue... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Brad Elterman was a teenager in Los Angeles when he began photographing rockstars at their homes, parties, and other casual settings. Yep, that's right, at the age when you were masturbating to Conor Oberst music and lamenting your acne scars, Brad... more info

NME — Singer says it was put together without her permission more info

ContactMusic — Record label bosses have confirmed The Runaways tribute album at the centre of a legal battle is a charity project to raise money for cancer research. Former bandmembers Joan Jett and Cherie Currie have filed suit against executives of Main Man Recor... more info

Guardian Music — Seaclose Park, NewportWhile the metal mayhem of Download strains to start the festival season with a bang, Isle Of Wight, a decade after its resurrection, eases us in with some gentle nostalgia. Joan Jett, Iggy and the Stooges, ABC, Boy George, Tom J... more info

Perez Hilton — They're gonna put up a fight! In light of Joan Jett and Cherie Currie's lawsuit against Main Man Records for attempting to release a tribute album in homage to their band, The Runaways, called Take It Or Leave It: A Tribute to the Queens of Noise, wi... more info

NME — Dave Grohl dedicates songs to Seasick Steve and Joan Jett more info

NME — Punk rock icon also plays hits 'I Love Rock'n'Roll' and 'Cherry Bomb' more info

Topix — Joan Jett loves rock and roll, but not on a tribute album she says an ex-employee put together without her permission. more info