Joan Jett talks Kristen Stewart in new interview

ROCK'N'ROLL femme pioneer Joan Jett will be heading to Sydney for a show after seeing in the new year at the annual Falls Festival in Victoria.

Jett, who will hold court at local rock institution the Annandale Hotel on January 7, says she's keen to kick off a new chapter with her Australian visit after spending the past 18 months tied up with a biopic on her seminal all-girl teen rock band The Runaways.

"It has been a long, tough year with the film and I lost my mother," she says.

"She was a big reason The Runaways were able to happen.

"She let me do it, and she talked to the other mothers so the other girls could do it.

"It's been a weird time having to look back on all of that, so now I'm looking forward to a new chapter."

Jett, who was played by Twilight star Kristen Stewart, says she's impressed that the film has inspired another generation of young women to pick up guitars.

"It's really cute - but no, they don't come running up and screaming at you like they do to Kristen. Maybe they're afraid to or something."

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