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NEWS July 6th 2025 From Facebook, Janet and Justin have officially finished recording album number 5.
July 1st 2025 Watch the video for Julia's new song, I May, on Youtube now. One more show is September 13th - Mead Town Park, Mead, CO. June 11th 2025 There's a recent interview with Share on Metal-Net, talking about leaving Vixen and her current musical projects, etc. Going back a little while, an interview with Lorraine by Brutal Planet Media where she talks about being fired from Vixen (among other things) - that part at about 1 hour, 5 minutes. Julia has a new song and video, I May, coming out June 20th The most recently added Vixen shows are April 21st 2025 Latest Vixen shows announced are March 15th 2025 Most recently announced show is Saturday, May 31st at Launch Pointe, Lake Elsinore, CA with Great White and Slaughter. Congratulations to Britt Lightning, Rock Fantasy Camp 2025 Hall of Fame Inductee. February 25th 2025 One more show, supporting the reunion of Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini playing Ratt songs. This is at the Mohegan Sun Arena on April 5th. February 15th 2025 Sorry for the delay in posting, catching up on some things ... You can still check out the Christmas Day episode of Julia's Bass N Bake, with Britt as special guest. With recipe for Seafood Fra Diavolo, and much silliness/hilarity. More Vixen shows for _this_ year are April 10th - The Newberry, Great Falls, MT And Vixen will finally play in the UK again! This will be the "Girl's Night Out" with Lita Ford. Dates are July 23rd - Wolverhampton, KK's Steel Mill and July 24th - London, indigo at The O2. December 20th 2024 First Vixen gig of the year looks like it will be Friday January 24th, at Spokane Tribe Casino, Airway Heights, WA with Stephen Pearcy of Ratt. Also they will play Newton Performing Arts Center in Newton, NC on July 12th. December 8th 2024 Check out "From Rock Star to Real Estate Success" - an article on Share by eXp Realty. More Vixen shows for next year are at the Whisky A Go Go on April 13th, and Rock the Dam at Beaver Dam Amphitheater with Vince Neil, LA Guns and Steelheart on July 26th. November 30th 2024 Another member of the original line up of Vixen has died, bass guitarist and vocalist Gayle Erickson as she was in the band, later Gayle DeMatoff. She passed at home on November 24th after a brief illness. RIP Gayle, Jan and Cindy (far left, centre, far right).
Vixen will be playing with Doro at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL on September 6th next year! November 23rd 2024 The annual Vixen show at the Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun will be on March 8th in 2025. Julia is in the video for the new Smith/Kotzen song, White Noise. November 16th 2024 The first Vixen show announced for 2025 (apart from the Monsters of Rock Cruise) is in Canada. This is at Niagara Falls on April 19th at the OLG Stage, Fallsview Casino & Resort, with Great White and Slaughter. Both Julia and Rosa are going to give online masterclasses for Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp. These are on November 23rd and 26th. October 24th 2024 Due to an unforeseen medical issue with Roxy, Vixen were not able to perform at the last show scheduled for the year, Oct 19th in Biloxi, MS with Stephen Pearcy. Thankfully Vixen have posted an update to say that all is well. There is a recent interview with Britt on the Honest AF Show, talking about Vixen and Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, etc. September 19th 2024 Here's an interview with Rosa on how she became the new Vixen singer & more, on Waste Some Time with Jason Green. And an interview with Share about her real estate business at CoStar. September 11th 2024 Julia's new song and video, The Horizon, has been released. Check it out on Youtube. September 7th 2024 Roxy is part of the new docuseries, Nöthin' But A Good Time: The Uncensored Story of '80s Hair Metal. Premiering on Paramount Plus September 17th, full trailer on Youtube. Two more shows - September 28th - The Casino at Dania Beach, Dania Beach, FL, and October 4th - JD Legends, Franklin, OH. August 9th 2024 Roxy & Julia will be at the Third Annual Women's Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, along with Britt as musical director of course.
August 2nd 2024 A couple more shows - October 11th, Arkansas State Fair with Stephen Pearcy and Quiet Riot, and October 19th in Biloxi, MS with Stephen Pearcy. July 26th 2024 New show - September 6th, with Vince Neil and Stephen Pearcy at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center. July 20th 2024 Mini poster photographed by Jack Lue for Highwire Daze magazine issue #155 featuring Vixen! More live videos :
July 15th 2024 Video interview time! Interview with Rosa Laricchiuta, new Vixen vocalist, on the All Bets Are Off podcast with Robby Vegas. Interview with Lorraine Lewis on "This That and the Other" Radio Show with Troy Patrick Farrell, including about her parting ways with Vixen, just after the hour mark. Interview with Share on Hammer Away with Viking Stew. July 9th 2024 Review and lots of photos of the Mohegan Sun Wolf Den show at MisplacedStraws.com. July 7th 2024 There is a review and photos of the Honda Center Hair Metal Meltdown show at All Music Magazine. The only Vixen show I haven't mentioned so far is actually tonight - July 7th, Tupelo Music Hall - Derry, NH. More to come? Various new pics on the Vixen official site. Some more videos from the first show with Rosa : June 22nd 2024 Here is Rosa's post on Facebook. Group pic by Joe Schaeffer
and more pics by him from the show. Videos from Youtube : June 21st 2024 The new Vixen singer is Rosa Laricchiuta, known in the rock world for singing with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and most recently, Headpins - a Canadian rock band who also once featured Chrissy Steele, another vocalist Roxy has worked with. More information about her background on Blabbermouth.
June 20th 2024 Watch an interview with Britt on Battleline Podcast on Youtube. In particular she talks about the new 'mystery' singer, debuting at the show tomorrow. Britt wasn't involved in the decision and hasn't jammed or hung out with her yet, but Roxy is more familiar with her as a person. Well, we'll find out who it is soon enough ... May 31st 2024 Apologies for no news updates/catching up on some things. Firstly the big news is that Vixen has a new singer. They have parted ways with Lorraine, her statement is on e.g. Instagram here. Speaking of shows, Vixen do have a number coming up this summer and beyond. The current list is : A couple of little articles: Share is featured in "Why Rock Stars Are Becoming Realtors" at Rolling Stone, and Maxine is featured in "4 of the Most Underrated Guitarists of All Time" at American Songwriter. Julia has a new single coming out soon, a video has been shot 'in the windy desert', post here.
February 12th 2024 February/March issue of Rock Candy Magazine has an 8 page spread on Madam X. See www.rockcandymag.com, including a 'video preview'. January 18th 2024 Julia's new song The Ride has been released, along with the video featuring Doug Pinnick & Richie Kotzen. January 6th 2024 Britt is featured in, and on the cover of, "Gritty in Pink". Read the interview here. Plus an interview with Julia, at Guitar Thrills magazine. December 30th 2023 A little end of year roundup - Janet and Justin will return to Australia! This is at Glam Fest 2024, with dates in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney from Feb 16th - 18th. Vixen are on the High Seas Rally Cruise in 2024, from Oct 26 - Nov 2. As well as Monsters On The Mountain in August 2024. Roxy's webpage has been relaunched as a merchandise store. Check out www.roxypetrucci.com for signed drum sticks, signed 8x10's, and t-shirts. November 18th 2023 Julia has a new song, The Ride, coming out January 11th, and is working on a video for it. Involved with the song/video are Doug Pinnick & Richie Kotzen. See Julia's post on Facebook. There's a new show for Vixen at the Mohegan Sun, on January 20th 2024. Not quite their customary show at the Wolf Den, this is at the Arena with the 80's Rock Invasion - Stephen Pearcy of Ratt, Quiet Riot and Riley's L.A. Guns. November 10th 2023 Britt will be honoured at the 2024 She Rocks Awards! See the post by Vixen here. November 9th 2023 Janet and Justin have released a cover of the Mariah Carey hit, All I Want For Christmas Is You! Check it out on Youtube. Grand Gtrs, a German magazine, published a five page article on Jan, in their September/October issue.
October 17th 2023 Vixen's website has had a facelift! Check it out at vixenofficial.com. Interview with Britt with Spanish website Made In Metal, in Spanish and English versions. October 14th 2023 Interview with Roxy about the new single and the current lineup of the band at LA Weekly. October 13th 2023 Check out a fun video interview with Roxy and Maxine together by Border City Rock Talk. And another review of Red, at Sleaze Roxx. October 8th 2023 New interview with Roxy on Tulsa Music Stream, talking about Red and more. Review of Vixen's single Red at Metal Planet Music. October 2nd 2023 Red is now out! Video embedded below. Press release stuff : Click here to stream/download "Red" and watch the official video here. Los Angeles, CA (October 2, 2023) - Legendary female rock band Vixen has released their new single, "Red", and premiered the track's official music video. Produced and written by Cinderella drummer Fred Coury and self-released, "Red" is available now to stream/download. Vixen - Roxy Petrucci (drums), Lorraine Lewis (vocals), Britt Lightning (guitar), and Julia Lage (bass) - debuted the infectious rocker today (10/2) on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk." Regarding the single, original member Petrucci shares, "'RED' is a very dynamic and hard driving rocker of a song! Modern yet embraces the amazing harmonies and catchy choruses that are signature to the classic Vixen style. It's important to me we honor Jan and the band's 35-year legacy by staying true to the Vixen sound while melding in fresh new ideas. I feel confident we nailed it with our new release 'RED'!" Coinciding with today's single release, Vixen premiered their music video for "Red" featuring the band rocking out on the Sunset Strip and Lewis belting out the catchy chorus: "You're taking me to the red, to the red. You're pushing all my buttons. To the edge, to the edge. I'm getting such a rush. So intense, so intense. Don't let it in. You're taking me into the red." Directed by Drew Johnston and Vicente Cordero, click here to watch the video for "Red." September 14th 2023 Vixen have posted, teasing the new single and video, apparently called Red, coming soon.
August 15th 2023 An hour long interview with Janet (and the producer of the "I Wanna Rock" documentary) has been posted by the Appetite for Distortion podcast. Excerpts from it via Blabbermouth. August 11th 2023 Recent articles/interviews : August 8th 2023 Vixen's entire Wacken performance can now be viewed at MagentaMusik! There's another article/interview with Janet, focusing on Vixen's years of fame, this time with Yahoo Entertainment. Plus a video interview with Janet and Justin from a little while ago with We Go To 11. August 2nd 2023 Fox News have posted a good size article on Janet as a result of her appearance on the Paramount docuseries, "I Wanna Rock". July 22nd 2023 Another new video, for the title track of No Strings! Watch it on Youtube. Maxine has a new song released, Primadonna, featuring Andy Patalon from Sponge on lead vocals. July 7th 2023 Janet is part of a new documentary, I Wanna Rock: The 80s Metal Dream, airing on Paramount+ on July 19th. June 14th 2023 Another new Gardner/James video has been released, for the song I'm Living Free, which also happens to be the first track on No Strings. Of course the new album is now out, another review is available at Metal Epidemic. Also check out an interview with Janet and Justin on The Rock Experience with Mike Brunn, with extracts relating to Janet's thoughts on Vixen now via Blabbermouth. June 5th 2023 Interview with Janet and Justin on the Straight To Video Podcast. And tour dates for them - New Vixen shows are May 18th 2023 Here are a couple of reviews of the Gardner/James album - at Metal Planet Music and The Rockpit. One show coming up soon for Janet and Justin is on June 24th with Queensryche at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL. Then later is the New England Rock Fest in Norwalk, CT on October 7th. New shows for Vixen are July 1st, Crescent City, CA, Elk Valley Casino April 29th 2023 A new video has been released from the upcoming Gardner/James album, for the song 85! Filmed at The Vixen Theatre in McHenry IL, check it out on Youtube. Vixen will be playing Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany, probably the most famous metal festival there is! April 22nd 2023 Vixen have shot a video for a new single! Somewhere in Hollywood ... Missed this before but the track listing for the new Gardner/James album No Strings is April 11th 2023 Shows added - July 2nd, Corning, CA, Freedom to Rockfest at Rolling Hills Casino with Great White, Slaughter and Quiet Riot. April 4th 2023 Janet and Justin will be on the 2023 Monsters of Rock Cruise, which runs from April 29th to May 4th, departing from Cape Canaveral. More Vixen shows - June 23rd, Milwaukee, WI, Summerfest w/ Queensr˙che, Steven Adler and Autograph March 17th 2023 On the occasion of her birthday (and Roxy's), Janet has announced the release of her 4th album - the 2nd credited as Gardner/James - No Strings, and teaser single Don't Turn Me Away. The album will be released on June 9th via Pavement Entertainment and Frontiers Music, and the single is available for streaming now, see the above link. If you just want to listen to it without being subscribed to a music service, Soundcloud may be best, as the Youtube video is currently unavailable.
March 3rd 2023 Madam X will play the Hard Rock Hell AOR X festival in March 2024, in Great Yarmouth. Other Vixen shows - April 15th, Houston, TX, Rise Rooftop with Stryper February 9th 2023 A few more shows - June 17th, Bristol, VA, The Cameo Theater January 31st 2023 Maxine has been listed at #1 on Guitar World's list of "10 unsung female guitar heroes you need to know". January 17th 2023 A short but action packed recap of Vixen's 2022 has been posted on Facebook. More dates - And a show for Janet - February 3rd at the Blue Note, Harrison, OH December 23rd 2022 Roxy and Maxine have been interviewed for a new documentary to be released next year. Check the post on Facebook.
Julia and Britt are featured in the Guitar Girl Magazine 2023 calendar, see here.
December 18th 2022 Vixen will play the M3 festival next year on May 7th. Other dates for next year listed on their website include Video interview with Britt on Etcetera Live with Kelly Barrett. And here's a pic to brighten up December :
November 7th 2022 Long interview and pics with Julia and Richie at the DiMarzio website. New date - December 17th, Green Bay at the Epic Event Center, 105.7 WAPL's Xmas bash with Warrant and Quiet Riot. October 16th 2022 Two new interviews - on video with Julia and Richie Kotzen kind of interviewing each other via DiMarzio, and text with Britt at VWMusic. September 23rd 2022 One more Vixen date for October - Hinton, OK at Sugar Creek Casino on the 14th with Quiet Riot. September 5th 2022 A little bit out of the blue - Janet and Justin have announced that their new album is complete! Release date to be announced. Here is an interview with Britt by SW Wall Interviews, from Monsters on the Mountain, partially hijacked by the other Vixen girls :-D August 7th 2022 Check out an audio interview with Roxy by Eye on Annapolis, which was done ahead of Vixen's show at Rams Head Live on July 27th. June 16th 2022 Vixen are on this years Kiss Cruise! It runs from October 29th to November 3rd. Here is the current list of shows :
May 27th 2022 Will we be hearing a new Vixen single soon? Julia and Britt recording backup vocals ...  And the same two were recently at the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp. As far as I can tell this is the first women only camp that was originally supposed to be in January that Roxy was going to be at that got delayed? Here they both are with Nancy Wilson of Heart.  May 10th 2022 A couple of recent interviews on Metal-Net with Lorraine and Julia. April 28th 2022 One more show for Janet on Friday May 13th, at the brand new theater in McHenry, IL which happens to be called The Vixen! Other shows for Vixen include June 17th - St Charles, IL - The Arcada Theatre March 17th 2022 Pics of the new line up below ... More dates : New music in the works - Roxy in the studio, video on Facebook
And the two bass players.  February 20th 2022 Julia Lage has been interviewed about joining the band on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", excerpts via Blabbermouth, "It's an honor for me to join Vixen". February 13th 2022 Janet has a show at the Whisky a Go Go on March 31st! February 11th 2022 Catching up ... Check out the new song from Tyson Leslie's Mercenaries, Burning Time, which also features Roxy on drums. The rest of the stellar line up is Todd La Torre on vocals, Jimi Bell on guitar, and Billy Sheehan on bass. Another new show is at the Red River Valley Fair with Vince Neil & Great White - Saturday, July 16th, Fargo, ND.  For news from 2020 & 2021 see archive17. |
