Joan Jett To Release New Album In October

It's been a while since we had some new music from legendary rocker Joan Jett - around seven years to be exact. But the long wait is almost over - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts will release a new album in October.

The veteran band will give us a whole new collection of original tracks in the shape of Unvarnished and they've enlisted a few of their rock pals to feature on the record, including Dave Grohl, Laura Jane Grace from Against Me! and long-time writing collaborator Kenny Laguna. There will be both standard and deluxe editions of Unvarnished released. Here are the tracklists:

Standard

1. Any Weather (606 Version)
2. TMI
3. Soulmates To Strangers
4. Make It Back
5. Hard To Grow Up
6. Fragile
7. Reality Mentality
8. Bad As We Can Be
9. Different
10. Everybody Needs A Hero

Deluxe

1. Any Weather (606 Version)
2. TMI
3. Soulmates To Strangers
4. Make It Back
5. Hard To Grow Up
6. Fragile
7. Reality Mentality
8. Bad As We Can Be
9. Different
10. I Know What I Know
11. Seriously
12. Different (Demo Version)
13. Any Weather (Blackhearts)
14. Everybody Needs A Hero

Jett and her bandmates will unveil the album's first single Any Weather on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday 8 August.

The pioneering frontwoman and her band were due to visit Australia this year along with Brit glam rockers The Darkness, but the tour was cancelled with the latter's drummer Ed Graham unable to travel due to surgery on an injured hip.