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NEWS February 17th 2021 Can't believe I missed this! Via Blabbermouth, interview with Share by Metal-Net, including how the band have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and quarantine, and the fact that Share herself contracted COVID-19. Note: Tyson has also had it. There's also an interview with Britt on the Melted Podcast via Spotify. February 16th 2021 New show announced - July 11th at The Landis Theater in New Jersey January 1st 2021 Interview with Britt at Vinyl Writer Music.  December 15th 2020 New interviews with Roxy and Maxine, at All Music/All Bands, discussing plans for Vixen, Madam X and VIP Aftershow among other things. November 29th 2020 Vixen show dates for 2021 ... June 17th with Kix at The Ranch, Fort Myers, FL here, and more on the Vixen Official website : Metal-Net recently did a long interview with Lorraine, here are some excerpts about the work on the new album via Blabbermouth. Here is the interview on Youtube, and there's also an interview with Britt which was their first ever episode. November 15th 2020 Here's an interview with Maxine, originally published in Italian, here's the English version, talking about the Petrucci's Italian roots and plans for new music with CronacaTorino.it. Brittany has been hosting events for the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, the latest one is with Roger Daltrey of The Who. September 8th 2020 Interview with (mostly) Chris Doliber talking about Madam X's plans, including recording a new album to be released in 2021, at All Music/All Bands. September 5th 2020 Another new video from Synergy! This one is for Rise Up, and includes Janet playing bass. August 31st 2020 Rounding up a few (video) interviews : And audio interviews - on Dawn Osborne in Session (Janet), and on Sound Vapors Podcast (both). Plus reviews at Defenders of the Faith, I'm Music Magazine, and Headbangers Lifestyle. August 3rd/4th 2020 Check out reviews of the Gardner / James album at Rockfiend Publications Scotland and The Rockpit Australia. And an interview with Janet and Justin at Sleaze Roxx - part 1 ; part 2. July 20th 2020 The limited edition pre-order bundle for the Janet / Justin = Gardner / James album is sold out!
These have already been sent out. The album is released worldwide on August 7th. Shows are still not happening, all Vixen's for July / August have been cancelled - Gettysburg Bike Week ; Enfield, CT ; with Skid Row ; the Great New York State Fair. June 10th 2020 The video for the new Janet / Justin single, Wounded off the forthcoming album Synergy is now available. May 30th 2020 News on Janet's 3rd album! Or not quite Janet's; it will be released under the name Gardner/James. The album is called Synergy and will be released on August 7th on Pavement Music. The first 'single' (although videos for two other songs have already been released) is Wounded, available for streaming on Spotify. See Facebook for info and pre-order details. Cover and tracklisting below. Also check out a long and fun Britt audio interview on Growin' Up Rock.
May 9th 2020 Another new show - Gettysburg Bike Week 2020 on July 10th Madam X will play Hard Rock Hell 2021 next March, along with Janet. May 6th 2020 Another new song/video from Janet, Lonely We Fight, with a slideshow of photos submitted by friends and fans. And a new show announcement from Vixen - July 25th in Las Vegas with Skid Row. "End of Quarantine Party". Will that go ahead? We'll see. May 1st 2020 And a new video from Janet and Justin, for the quarantine, Talk To Myself! April 28th 2020 OK, obviously not too much happening what with the coronavirus and the lockdown. No shows in March or April happened - Vixen travelled to Albuquerque and El Paso but weren't able to play - and all events for the foreseeable future should be regarded as cancelled or unlikely to happen. But some good news, maybe with the additional time available to work on it, Janet is now done with her 3rd album, coming soon. Check out a little video of Roxy & Share talking about Mark Weiss' photography book, The Decade That Rocked here. And Brittany doing a demo video for the new Epiphone Muse collection. Oh, and Vixen are confirmed for the 2021 Monsters of Rock Cruise in February. Assuming that will be sailing! March 7th 2020 Vixen have another show with Queensryche, March 14th, the day after the previously announced one, this one at Speaking Rock in El Paso, TX. Janet - live review and a few pics of the Sydney, February 29th show at The Rockpit. And an interview with Janet from a little while ago on All About The Rock.
February 28th 2020 Setlist for the Vixen MORC Feb 10th show. Some live footage from Feb 12th here. Pics below, click for large. Check out Janet's new video for the song A Way To Your Heart on YouTube. Two more Vixen shows - May 15th in Big Flats NY with Great White, Slaughter and Steven Adler on the 'Metal Music and Mayhem Spring Breakout Tour' (I think they needed a couple more words in that title) ; August 29th at The Great New York State Fair with Great White. One of Share's other bands, the Down ‘N’ Outz won Best British Album at the Planet Rock awards for "This Is How We Roll", released in October last year. Guess I missed that!, details here. Britt was just at the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, getting to jam with amongst others, Deep Purple members Ian Paice and Steve Morse.
February 13th 2020 Catching up on a few things! Janet's 3rd 'solo' album is nearing completion already. She and Justin are certainly productive! Post on Facebook here. New shows. Brittany was at NAMM 2020.
Madam X pre-cruise party show and Vixen shows on the Monsters of Rock Cruise have happened. The Madam X setlist is here. More pics to follow I'm sure.
Madam ViXen: Roxy and Maxine with Tyson
December 27th 2019 Australian tour for Janet! Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne shows with Enuff Z'Nuff, along with Melodic Rock Fest in Melbourne. End of February into early March, see the post on Facebook for details. And one show for Vixen so far next year - Rock Live 3 with Slaughter, Kix & Autograph on May 30th in San Juan, Puerto Rico. December 18th 2019 Second Vixen V-log posted, from Harrisburg, PA! And a festive Vixen pic below :
Janet's show at the Token Lounge has been moved to February 8th next year. November 30th 2019 Check out a review of the recent Vixen Mohegan Sun show plus extensive photo gallery at Northeast Rock Review. Plus a review of the Club XL, Harrisburg show at Sleaze Roxx. Also a 5 minute Behind the Scenes with Vixen compilation video! November 9th 2019 Interview with Roxy at All Music/All Bands who have previously done interviews with Maxine and Janet. Some photos from the show at the Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda by Mark Schaff posted on Facebook by Vixen and Brittany. Madam X will play at the Monsters of Rock Pre-Cruise Party on February 6th, 2020 at Magic City Casino, Miami, FL. And not exactly new but a link recently posted, a good read about the history of Madam X. October 22nd 2019 A couple of new shows for Janet - December 27th at the Token Lounge, Westland, MI, and January 25th next year at the Allstar Music Empire, Flemington, NJ. October 6th 2019 Interview with Share: "Meet the rock star agent who went from '80s hair band to selling homes" - talking about balancing playing gigs with Vixen with building a career as a South Florida real estate agent, at inman.com. September 28th 2019 Janet has a show on October 19th at Peecox, Erlanger, KY. And check out a short video interview on The Wolf Den on Decibel Geek TV, from 32:30. September 8th 2019 Also, returning the favour, Roxy has posted a short clip of Maxine recording a guitar solo. September 3rd 2019 Check out an interview with Britt at Highwire Daze, with photos by Jack Lue. Of the new studio album, she says they hope to release it in early 2020. Maxine has posted a video on Facebook of Roxy recording drums for a new track, for VIP Aftershow I think. New show for Janet - Friday, September 13th at the Cowboy Coast Saloon for 2019 Bike Week in Ocean City, Maryland, and another album review at I'm Music Magazine.
August 5th 2019 A few interviews! With Britt at HairBandHeaven.Rocks Also Vixen have been in the studio, writing material for a new album (and goofing around). July 28th 2019 Janet will get to visit Australia for the first time! She will play Melodicrockfest, March 6th-8th 2020 with more Australian dates TBA. More shows for Vixen - with Sebastian Bach at Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL on October 30th ; at XL Live in Harrisburg, PA on November 8th ; and another show with The Iron Maidens at the IDL Ballroom in Tulsa, OK on November 23rd. And check out a Lorraine interview with Music Mania podcast talking about joining Vixen amongst other things (starts about 4:40). July 18th 2019 Britt will be a counselor at the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp (something that Share has done in the past) from November 14th - 17th. See here for details of the lineup. Some Janet stuff - live video from The Venue in Denver, CO : More shows for Vixen - at the Illinois State Fair with Vince Neil on August 9th and at Warehouse Live in Houston, TX with The Iron Maidens on November 22nd. June 29th 2019 Vixen will return to the Arcada Theatre in the Chicago area for a show with Firehouse on October 11th. But have pulled out of the Rock the Roses 'Hair at the Fair' Festival in Welland, Ontario on July 13th due to the promoter's breach of contract, along with several other bands. The show at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in September will apparently now be with Vince Neil rather than Dee Snider. June 21st 2019 A review of Vixen's show at Edgerton Frontier Days Festival by Music Mania Podcast. More reviews of Janet's album, in the latest issue of Fireworks magazine, by KNAC, and Rockfiend Publications Scotland on Facebook. Plus an interview with Janet and Justin on KNAC.com. June 16th 2019 Vixen will play at the Grand RockTember Music Festival VII on September 21st at Grand Casino Hinckley, MN. One more review of Janet's album, at The Rockpit. May 31st 2019 Check out the video for the title track of Janet's new album, Your Place in the Sun. Janet and Justin are playing June 1st (tomorrow!) at the WDHA / Dover Dodge's Dog Days of Summer event in New Jersey. It will be an acoustic performance in support of animal rescue, see here for details. Some reviews - of Vixen's show in New Bedford, MA by KNAC, and of Janet's album by WillToRock, Sleaze Roxx and May 18th 2019 New Janet shows - July 12th at The Venue in Denver, CO ; July 26th at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA ; July 28th at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, CA. ; August 17th at the Courtyard Lounge in Englewood, OH. And for Vixen - July 6th at Sycuan Casino in El Cajon, CA with Quiet Riot ; September 13th at Inn of the Mountain Gods in Mescalero, NM with Dee Snider. Plus, apparently they will be playing the Monsters of Rock Cruise yet again in 2020! May 11th 2019 Vixen will play a free concert at Edgerton Frontier Days on June 14th in Edgerton, Kansas. And at the Moondance Jam in Walker, MN on July 19th with Survivor, Rick Springfield and Skillet. There's a review of Janet's album at XS Rock. And an unboxing of the album video on Janet's Facebook page. Some photos from M3 on Facebook - by Shannon Wilk ; Jody Wilk April 26th 2019 A few more shows for Vixen - the inaugural 'Hair in the Fair' festival on July 13th in Welland, ON, Canada ; 'Budweiser's Rock Empire' at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park, TX with Queensryche, Stryper and Great White on September 28th ; The Riviera Theater in Tonawanda, NY with Kip Winger on November 2nd. And a reminder that pre-orders for Janet's 2nd album are now available, see the page at Pavement Music. Check out the tracklisting on iTunes.
April 15th 2019 Here is the 2nd behind the scenes video for Janet's upcoming solo album, looking at mixing. Pre-orders for the album will be on April 26th, with the first single, the title track of the album, available immediately, plus "another little special surprise". Apparently only one youtube video can be embedded in a page ... April 8th 2019 Janet's 2nd solo album, Your Place in the Sun, will be released on May 31st. Watch studio footage from the recording of the album below. Britt will be appearing at the 2019 Indy Kiss Expo, on Saturday May 11th and Sunday May 12th. April 2nd 2019 Read The Epiphone Interview with Britt, now that she is using an Epiphone Les Paul, with an SG or two on the way. She also talks about the new Vixen studio album. March 29th 2019 Roxy and Share will be appearing at the Pop, Rock 'n Horror Convention in Gettysburgh, PA, which runs May 31st through June 2nd. From a little while ago, an interview in Argentinian magazine Efecto Metal with Roxy. Thanks to Martin. (Click to read) March 16th 2019 Madam X will be at Hard Rock Hell in 2020 (nothing like advance warning), March 12th - 15th. Actually the AOR edition of the festival, see their Facebook page. March 9th 2019 Some photos from the Monsters of Rock Cruise - by Igor Vidyashev and Shannon Wilk. February 17th 2019 A few more tour dates, for Janet - March 22nd at Revolution Bar & Music Hall in Amityville, NY ; March 23rd at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ ; March 30th at RocHaus in West Dundee, IL. Pic of the new line up of the band from the Florida Full Throttle Motorcycle Expo, where their first show was :
February 13th 2019 There's a recent interview with Janet at AXS.com, talking about her departure from Vixen and her musical plans moving forward. January 31st 2019 The official Vixen website has had quite a facelift, check it out at http://vixenofficial.com. January 28th 2019 A few more shows, for Vixen - April 11th at Northern Quest Resort & Casino, Airway Heights, WA with Great White ;
January 22nd 2019 Vixen's new singer is Lorraine Lewis, who filled in for Janet last year, and has previously worked with Roxy in Roktopuss. See the announcement on Facebook.
January 18th 2019 Here's Vixen's statement on the split with Janet : To all our Vixen friends and fans... January 17th 2019 Janet has left Vixen. Her post from her Facebook page follows : After much soul searching and many sleepless nights, I have decided that January 2nd 2019 Catching up with a review of Rockingham by The Midlands Rocks, including a photo gallery. For news from 2018 see archive15. |
