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Mike Rocket's new single  "I'm Dreaming Of A Better World" (A.W.L. 2023), produced by Thomas Hutchings, is out now! The video is coming out very soon! 

Mike Rocket returns to City Vineyard NYC on Monday,  December 18th.

Rocket just performed the new single on an interview for WhyHunger.org which will air soon.

During the band's recent show at City Winery NYC,  Jim Rotolo of E street Radio introduced the band. Mike also made his 56th visit to the TODAY Show. His covers of Springsteen's "Give The Girl A Kiss"  and "I Wanna Be With You" continue to be  featured  on the "Cover Me" show of E Street Radio. Host Nick Masi just  mentioned Rocket's world record of consecutive livestream days. 

Over the summer, Mike Rocket continued his legendary unofficial performances outside concerts and festivals inn New Jersey, performing for tens  of thousands of Ed Sheeran fans over 2 days and Springsteen fans for over 3 days in the Met Life Stadium parking lot. He also set up to perform for many at the Sea Hear Now Festival and outside the MTV VMAs.

New versions of "Gotta Get To The Jersey Shore" , "Cool, Cool Summertime", and "April & Angela"  are out now on all digital platforms. A new song  "Emmagirl"  was also released over the summer.

In May, Mike Rocket  performed on the legendary Joe Nolan, Robby & Rochelle Summer Blastoff on 1071 The Boss in New Jersey. The lineup included John Ford Coley, Collective Soul, Constantine Maroulis, Jake Thistle, Cole Hallman, Captain & O'Neill, and other special guests. It's a  tradition that began with Scott and Todd on 95.5 WPLJ-FM, NY in the 1990s. In recent years it has been on WCBS-FM, NY, and now it's on The Boss 107.1 FM NJ on The Robby & Rochelle Show. Iconic New York DJ Scott Shannon, who started the original Summer Blastoff on WPLJ on the Scott and Todd Show, and Brad Blanks were part of it again this year!  Robby and Rochelle also recently aired the new versions of  "Cool Cool Summertime" and "Gotta Get To The Jersey Shore".  He also was intervied recently and  performed on  90.3 WMSC Montclair State University Radio with Tom Kaminski.

In April, Rocket surpassed his world-record 1,116th straight day of livestreaming! For many of these shows he has raised money for WhyHunger.org and other charity organizations.

Earlier this year, Rocket  performed Light of Day again this year to help raise money to find a cure for Parkinson's disease. He also performed at the Big Man's Bash to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County, NJ.

Mike was back at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ, on Friday, Jan 27th before the Springsteen tribute Tramps Like Us. 

Mike joined Lisa Bouchelle again for "Opening Lines with Steve Trevelise" on New Jersey 1015. He continues to make guest appearances with the NJ Billboard charting pop/rock singer-songwriter.

In 2022:

Rocket returned to City Winery NYC December 12th as part of his world-record 1000 days in a row livestreaming celebration. 20% of ticket sales was raised for WhyHunger.org.  

Also in 2022, he performed for tens of thousands of people outside the Sea Hear Now Festival in Asbury Park, NJ and outside the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, DE.  Rocket returned to NJ1015 for Opening Lines with Steve Trevelise. Rocket and Lisa Bouchelle were guests. They performed "Stand By Me".

 Mike Rocket also performed again on Joe Nolan's First Day of Summer live on NJ's 107.1 FM The Boss during the Robby and Rochelle Show.   

In 2021:

Mike Rocket  released a mini music documentary: "Mike Rocket: An Afternoon at Firefly Music Festival".  

In 2021,  Rocket earned high rankings on the Pollstar Livestreamer charts finishing the first quarter of 2021 at #63 and reaching #25 for the week of July 12th.  Mike has been listed in the TOP 50 of the weekly Pollstar Livestream Chart 4 times in 2020 and 2021. Rocket finished  #98 in Pollstar's TOP 100  Livestreamers of the year for 2020. Mike also joined Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes at City Winery NYC for a performance of "My Girl".