Seeing the incident, Drew tries to catch the robber, but fails. He comforts Sherrie and, upon learning of her situation, he gets her a job at the Bourbon Room as a waitress. The club's owner, Dennis Dupree (Alec Baldwin), and his right-hand man, Lonny Barnett (Russell Brand), are trying to find a way to deal with unpaid taxes that threaten the club, wishing their love of rock 'n' roll could keep it alive. Drew and Sherrie go to a Tower Records store and confess their dreams of becoming famous (?Jukebox Hero/I Love Rock ?n? Roll?). In hopes of raising enough money to clear up their debt, Dennis and Lonny finally decide to book Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise), a famous rock star preparing for his final gig with his band Arsenal, to perform at the Bourbon, where he started. Upon hearing of Stacee's upcoming concert, Patricia Whitmore (Catherine Zeta-Jones), the religiously conservative wife of Mayor Mike Whitmore (Bryan Cranston), organizes her church to protest in front of the Bourbon Room, planning to shut them down in an attempt to rid L.A. of its "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll" image (?Hit Me With Your Best Shot?). Drew and Sherrie's relationship progresses and they start to fall in love (?Waiting for a Girl Like You?), with Drew admitting he has started writing a song for Sherrie. On the night of the show, Dennis learns that Arsenal's opening act has cancelled its appearance and Sherrie convinces him to use Drew and his band, Wolfgang Von Colt. Drew then confesses his feelings for Sherrie (?More Than Words/Heaven?), while Stacee's manager, Paul Gill (Paul Giamatti), schedules an interview between Stacee and Constance Sack (Malin Akerman), a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine, before the concert. She mentions the rumors that Stacee is difficult to work with and that he was actually kicked out of Arsenal, but Jaxx claims that his life is much more complicated than it appears to be (?Wanted Dead or Alive?). He seduces her, and they are close to having sex (?I Want to Know What Love Is?) when one of his arrogant comments convinces her that it would be a mistake and causes her to leave. While Drew is waiting to go on stage, he mistakes Sherrie's apologies to Stacee for having broken his Scotch bottle as an admission that they had sex, causing him to perform in a rage that the audience loves (?I Wanna Rock?). He breaks up with her and leaves with Gill after he offers to make Drew famous. Stacee Jaxx later takes the stage in front of an ecstatic crowd (?Pour Some Sugar on Me?). Sherrie thinks that fame changed Drew and she quits (?Harden My Heart?). She struggles to find a job while Drew learns, much to his chagrin, that he must change his rock star image into that of a boy band in order to get investors (?Here I Go Again?). Justice Charlier (Mary J. Blige), the owner of a local strip venue called "The Venus Club", takes Sherrie under her wing, allowing her to work in the club as a waitress (?Shadows of the Night/Harden My Heart?). However, she is told that in order to gain respect and make more money, she must become a dancer, something Sherrie ultimately does, while Drew is transformed into a frontman for a boy band (?Any Way You Want It?). Stacee learns from Constance's article that Gill had stolen the proceeds from the show at the Bourbon Room and terminates his employment with him due to his friendship with Dennis. Gill then plans to have another concert at the Bourbon Room to introduce Drew's new band, Z Guyeezz, to earn profit from them. Knowing that Dennis will not trust him anymore, he lies that Stacee Jaxx will be the one who will have the concert. Dennis believes him and spread the news in order to attract rock fans. A depressed Drew visits the Hollywood sign, where he finds Sherrie, who reveals both that she didn't have sex with Stacee and that she is going back to Oklahoma. Sherrie and Drew lament the situation while Stacee realizes he has feelings for Constance (?Every Rose Has Its Thorn?). He calls The Rolling Stone in an attempt to find her, but the employee tells Stacee that she is covering Stacee Jaxx?s show at The Bourbon Room and Stacee, unaware that he was supposed to perform, rushes to the venue. Drew has found all of Sherrie?s stolen records at the Tower Records they first visited together. He buys them back and drops them off for her at the strip club. That night, before Drew's boy band's first solo show at the Bourbon, Patricia and her supporters square off against Stacee's enthusiasts, led by Lonny (?We Built This City/We?re Not Gonna Take It?). When Stacee arrives, he seems to remember Patricia and greets her as "Patty." Lonny also recognizes her from photo art inside one of Arsenal's old records, and exposes her as a former groupie of Arsenal, who posed nude for the art, and a hypocrite, in front of everyone. Stacee enters the club and finds Constance, and professes his love for her. He also has his security return the stolen money to Dennis, who uses it to pay the taxes and save the club. Drew's boy band starts the show (?Undercover Love?) but the rocker crowd rejects their performance, and Drew, spotting Sherrie in the audience, leaves the stage. The two reconcile and Drew also dismisses Gill, proclaiming that rock 'n' roll will never die. Sherrie reunites Wolfgang Von Colt for the opening act, where Drew performs the song he wrote for her (?Don?t Stop Believing?). Stacee hears the song and is moved by it. Eight months later, Stacee, who has rejoined Arsenal, performs the song with Drew and Sherrie, who is now part of Wolfgang Von Colt, in a concert at Dodger Stadium in front of a crowd that includes Dennis, Lonny, Justice, a pregnant Constance, and Patricia, who has returned to her rock 'n' roll persona. They all sing together.

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