I understand they were one of the last sets of the day and the tour is winding down, and I think that really seemed to get to them. The performance was tired and the fans were out of it, not just because they'd been there for probably a good eight hours, but also because the band just wasn't that into the show.

Also, I'm much more familiar with their older stuff, and I was surrounded by the young'uns who knew the band from their 2005 release, so we were kind of on two different levels. I didn't know the words to the new songs, and they didn't know the words to the old songs, which made me feel a bit out of place. The performance still stood - it wasn't absolutely horrible - but comparatively it was weak.

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts: Blackhearts who? Joan Jett completely kicked ass. The headlining act delivered, and was absolutely on par with the rest of the tour. Jett wore leather pants and a string bikini top. Her muscular figure was completely frightening, but just added to her phenomenal performance.

She opened with "Bad Reputation," and then smoothed things down with her classic cover of Tommy James & The Shondells' "Crimson and Clover." She played some new songs and finally took things over closing time with her trademark "I Love Rock & Roll." Her set catered to the audience, but that was a good thing in this situation, because most of us were about to keel over from exhaustion and she managed to command our attention throughout her 30-minute performance.

She iced the cake like a firework display rounds out Independence Day. In short, Jett was the perfect act to finish out an almost perfect Warped Tour.

(See ya next year, kids!)

Reviewed by Laura Misjak
Photos by Aaron Kahn