It’s a sad, sad day when the official birthday celebration for a deceased punk rock icon is being sponsored by a hair dye product that is synonymous with Hot Topic stores, but hopefully the 14 year olds who actually use Manic Panic to dye their greasy locks bright blue will be too busy reading Twilight to attend this year’s Joey Ramone Birthday Bash.
To honor what would have been Ramone’s 58th birthday, his Birthday Bash is being held Tuesday, May 19 at The Fillmore New York, at Irving Plaza. Fans will be treated to an advance listen of rough mixes of never-before-heard Ramone solo recordings. A full album of solo material is currently being readied by various producers and is slated for a posthumous release by the end of this year. The Bash will also feature headlining sets from Fishbone and Supersuckers (apparently it’s the mid-90s all over again), in addition to performances by The Friends of Joey (featuring Richie Ramone, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Jean Beauvoir, Ivan Julian, George Tabb, Al Maddy, and Mickey Leigh), Death, Rough Francis (featuring Tommy Ramone), Bebe Buell, and Tom Clark & The High Action Boys. Matt Pinfield is set to emcee the entire event (not like he has anything else going on).
Tickets are available in advance for $25 ($30 day of show) at the Fillmore box office, or you can get them right here. For more information, visit Joey Ramone’s official website. Net proceeds from the Bash go to support the Joey Ramone Foundation for Lymphoma Research.