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Mike Rocket has just been selected to be an official contestant for America's Next Top Hitmaker, a contest to perform at The Global Citizen Festival and be featured in Rolling Stone. voting for this contest begins on May 27th.

Mike Rocket will perform on the legendary Joe Nolan Summer Blastoff from the Jersey Shore on Friday, May 23rd live at 8am on 1071 The Boss along with Phillip Phillips and other performers. 

Rocket recently returned with his sign to the TODAY Show for his 60th visit. Above photos of Mike with Hoda and Savannah are from his 59th visit from November 2024.

Rocket's covers of Bruce Springsteen's "I Want To Be With You" and "Give The Girl A Kiss" have been getting airplay on Sirius XM's E Street Radio.

Mike returned to NJ 1015 as a guest along with Lisa Bouchelle during the Steve Trevelise Show, Tues, March 25th. 

Rocket made an unannounced visit to Porta Montclair for a performance of "Sweet Caroline" during karaoke.

See Mike Rocket's recent performance and interview on WMSC, Montclair State University Radio

  Mike has been doing been doing benefit concerts including ones for WhyHunger.org , Team 94.org, and   The Kristen Ann Carr Fund at The Ringside Pub in Caldwell, NJ. Jim Rotolo of E Street Radio has been hosting these events. Special guests have included Sir Russell Allen of Trans Siberian Orchestra, Lisa Bouchelle,  Dead Aire, Calamity Janes, Mad Hatter, Billy Mac, and more.

Rocket also made a guest appearance March 1st during a Deadicated and Friends benefit for Cycle For Survival Memorial Sloan Kettering Equinox at Par 440 in Short Hills, NJ.  

Mike Rocket participated in Light of Day again on Saturday, January 18th  in Asbury Park, NJ at McCloone's with Dead Aire in a special tribute to Pat DiNizio & The Smithereens along with other guest performers including Jim Babjak, Jake Thistle, Glen Burtnick, Joe D'Urso, John Easdale, and more. He also performed at The Wonder Bar in a show that included Jo Bonanno & The Godsons of Soul, Billy Walton Band, Boccigalupe & the Badboys, and more. 

2024

 In November and December Rocket performed several shows to raise money for WhyHunger.org.

Over the past few months, Rocket was seen performing outside Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia and outside Yankee Stadium before the MLB Playoffs and World Series.  He was interviewed by Jacky Bam Bam on 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia before the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert on August 23rd. During the interview Rocket performed Springsteen's "Hungry Heart". Rocket was also recently seen performing in a segment on the Sea, Hear, Now Festival on News 12 NJ/NY.

Rocket has been performing unofficially for tens of thousands of people outside the entrances of Yankee Stadium, GOVBALLNYC, The Global Citizen Festival, the North2Shore Festival in Asbury Park, NJ, the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ (before Maroon 5,  Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Alanis Morissette, Joan Jett, Dave Matthews Band, Jason Aldean, Daryl Hall, Elvis Costello, Halestorm, I Prevail, Sammy Hagar, Loverboy, Chicago w/ Earth, Wind & Fire, Bret Michaels, and Staind concerts), Met Life Stadium (before Luke Combs and Kenny Chesney), Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia (before Zach Bryan), Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia (before Bruce Springsteen, Green Day, and the National League Division Series Playoffs), The Soundside Festival in CT, and the Sea Hear Now Festival in Asbury Park, NJ. 

Rocket was recently interviewed by Terrie Carr on 105.5 WDHA The Rock of New Jersey live at the PNC Bank Arts Center. 

Rocket returned to 90.3 WMSC (Montclair State University Radio) for an interview with Tom Kaminski which included several live performances of his songs as well as cover songs.

Mike Rocket was also part of the Montclair Talent Expo at Just Jake's along with American Idol contestant Conall Gorman, David Henry Sterry, and more on Thursday July 11th.

Mike Rocket's single  "I'm Dreaming Of A Better World" (A.W.L. version), produced by Thomas Hutchings, is out now! Since it was released in December, it has gotten over 600,000 views and over 24,000 likes.

Rocket was again part of the legendary Joe Nolan 1071 The Boss Summer Blastoff on May 24th. Other performers in this event included Gary US Bonds and John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band.

 Mike also recently released his album "All We Really Know Is Now".

Over the past several months, Rocket performed the Stone Pony for Light Of Day and was interviewed for WhyHunger.org.

During several of Rocket's  recent shows at City Winery NYC, City Vineyard NYC, and at the Ringside Pub in Caldwell, NJ,  Jim Rotolo of E street Radio has introduced Mike. 

 Rocket's covers of Springsteen's "Give The Girl A Kiss"  and "I Wanna Be With You" continue to be  featured  on E Street Radio. Host Nick Masi often mentions Rocket's world record of consecutive livestream days. 

2023:

In 2023, Mike made his 56th visit to the TODAY Show.

 Mike Rocket continued his legendary unofficial performances outside concerts and festivals in 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.

Also in 2023, 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 2023, 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.

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".