The restaurant shared that is has a ‘soft spot for rock legends’.
The godmother of punk rock was seen to make a surprise appearance at a Glasgow restaurant this week, much to the amazement of customers and the owners. Rock legend Joan Jett has been described as a “true icon” by Italian restaurant La Lanterna as she sat down for a meal on Thursday (July 2).
The 67-year-old appeared at the restaurant ahead of her Joan Jett & The Blackhearts gig at the O2 Academy Glasgow last night. Many fans have since praised her performance, with some rock fans calling it “amazing”.
Ahead of the show, the rockstar took the time to take a picture with the staff at La Lanterna, located on Hope Street, which has since been uploaded onto social media. Thanking the stars for choosing their restaurant, the staff shared that they will “always have a soft spot for rock legends”.
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Sharing the snap on Facebook, they wrote: “Rock royalty at La Lanterna. The Godmother of Punk Rock herself, Joan Jett, graced us with her presence at La Lanterna Hope Street!
“From “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” to a love of great Italian food – we were beyond honoured to welcome a true icon through our doors.”
They went on to add: “Thank you for choosing us, Joan – Glasgow (and La Lanterna) will always have a soft spot for rock legends!”
Fans have since flooded the comments section, with one person writing: “She was amazing last night.” Another fan also added: “Amazing wish I was in the night before.”
Meanwhile, a third person mentioned: “My daughter Steff met her tonight after seeing her live at the O2.” This was followed by someone else writing: “Crikey is she still going strong? Good on her.”
Joan first burst on to the music scene when she formed the rock band The Runaways in Los Angeles in 1975. While the group officially disbanded four years later in 1979, they released four studio albums despite struggling to be taken seriously.
However, her time in the group and further career in the music industry allowed Joan to inspire a generation of girls to start writing and playing their own music.
The rock legend is most well known for her cover of I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll. Originally a B-side track for Joan Jett & the Blackhearts album, it was released as a single in 1982 and spent seven weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
Along with being a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Joan is a businesswoman, becoming one of the first female artists to set up her own recording label, Blackheart Records.
She has also had a career in acting as she starred alongside Michael J. Fox in the 1987 film Light of Day and appeared in Stephen King’s crime-thriller Big Driver in 2014.
In 2003, Joan was ranked number 87 in the Rolling Stone’s countdown of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, and she was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016 for the Blackhearts hit.
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