March is a busy month for Joan Jett and “The Runaways”!

I won’t get to see The Runaways until April 9th, when the film opens wide in the US, because I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia gets all the cool cultural events before us. But Pittsburgh still rules because we have Penguins hockey. I guess I shouldn’t be greedy. 😛

There’s still plenty of stuff to keep me busy this month, though. Here are all the cool happenings surrounding Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and The Runaways movie that I know about. I’m sure there are other advance screenings of The Runaways in other cities other than what I’ve listed here. If you hear of any, let me know in the comments and give a link. Thanks!

Most of these events have been mentioned elsewhere on this blog, but I just learned of the advance screenings of The Runaways in Dallas (March 18th) and Los Angeles (March 9th) today.

UPDATE1: The Toronto premiere on March 14th and the digitial download of the movie soundtrack on March 16th have been added.

UPDATE2: Kristen Stewart will be on Live with Regis and Kelly and Jimmy Fallon on March 16th. Dakota Fanning will be on Jimmy Fallon on March 17th. Source and Source.

UPDATE3: Kristen Stewart will not attend the Toronto premiere, but will be at the Los Angeles, New York, and Austin premieres. Source.

Date	Event
March 1, 2010	*Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics Volume 1: Hard Rock Heroes* released. Contains a short, unauthorized Joan Jett/Lita Ford bio comic.
March 9, 2010 Tomorrow!	1. Release of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Greatest Hits, on CD, iTunes Standard Edition, and iTunes Deluxe Edition. The vinyl edition has been discontinued by the manufacturer, according to Amazon. I’ll remove the link in the sidebar today.2. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. 3. Advance screening of The Runaways in Los Angeles, California. All proceeds from this showing will benefit Rock’n’Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles. Tickets will not be sold at the door! Buy them online here.
March 10, 2010	Kristen Stewart appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
March 11, 2010	1. Los Angeles red-carpet premiere of The Runaways. 2. Blackhearts guitarist Dougie Needles’ birthday!
March 12, 2010	Dakota Fanning appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
March 13, 2010	*The Runaways* advance screening in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
March 14, 2010	*The Runaways* premiere in Toronto, Canada.
March 15, 2010	Advance screening of The Runaways in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
March 16, 2010	1. Release of The Runaways: The Mercury Albums Anthology on Hip-O Select. You can preorder it from Hip-O Select, CD Universe, and Amazon.2. Release of Cherie Currie’s book, Neon Angel: A Memoir of The Runaways, on It Books. Preorder it HERE. 3. Digital download release of The Runaways Official Motion Picture Soundtrack. 4. Kristen Stewart interview on *Live with Regis and Kelly. 5. Kristen Stewart interview on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon*.
March 17, 2010	1. New York City red-carpet premiere of The Runaways. 2. Dakota Fanning interview on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
March 18, 2010	1. Premiere of The Runaways at South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart, Cherie Currie, Dakota Fanning, and Floria Sigismondi are scheduled to attend.2. Advance screening of The Runaways in Chicago, Illinois. 3. Advance screening of The Runaways in Dallas, Texas.
March 19, 2010	1. Limited release of The Runaways in the US and Canada. See list of cities HERE.2. Release of Todd Oldham’s Joan Jett book.
March 23, 2010	CD Release of The Runaways Official Motion Picture Soundtrack. You can preorder it from Amazon HERE.
March 27, 2010	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts show in Shelton, Washington, at Little Creek Casino. Website