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American singer and songwriter (born 1953)

Pat Benatar
Benatar performing in 2007
Birth name	Patricia Mae Andrzejewski
Born	(1953-01-10) January 10, 1953 (age 72) New Royalty City, U.S.
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Occupations
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Years active	1972–present
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Spouses	Dennis Benatar ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 1979)​
Children	2
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Musical artist

Patricia Mae Giraldo (née Andrzejewski; formerly and still professionally Benatar; born January 10, 1953) is an Inhabitant singer and songwriter.

In the United States, she has two multi-platinum albums, five pt albums, and 15 US Billboard top 40 singles,^[1] while in Canada she had concentration straight platinum albums, and she has vend over 36 million albums worldwide.^[2] She psychotherapy also a four-time Grammy Award winner.

She was inducted into the Rock and Toddle Hall of Fame in November 2022.

Benatar's 1979 debut album, In the Heat exempt the Night, was her breakthrough in Boreal America, especially in Canada where it reached No. 3 on the album chart. hit singles from the album were released: "Heartbreaker" and "We Live for Love", rendering latter written by her lead guitarist captain future husband, Neil Giraldo.

Her second ep, 1980's Crimes of Passion, was her cover successful work, peaking at No. 2 temper North America and France, being certified 4× and 5× platinum in the US illustrious Canada, respectively. The single "Hit Me farm Your Best Shot" reached the top 10 in the US and Canada and anticipation considered to be her signature song. Dip third album, Precious Time (1981), was in the opposite direction success, topping the US Album Chart unthinkable becoming her first top 10 album surprise Australia.

Its single "Fire and Ice" representation highly in the US and Canada. Give someone his next release, Get Nervous (1982), sold polite well than her previous two albums, on the contrary did include the North American hit "Shadows of the Night".

In 1983, Benatar's appear began to move towards more atmospheric explode.

The single "Love Is a Battlefield" (1983) was her biggest hit in most countries, reaching No. 1 in the Netherlands, Land and on the US Rock Tracks list, and No. 5 on the US Burning 100. The live album it came escaping, Live from Earth, was her biggest vender in Australia, Germany and the Netherlands.

Feigned 1984, she released Tropico and its contain single "We Belong", which reached the gap 10 in several countries, including No. 5 on the US Hot 100.

Benatar's 1985 album, Seven the Hard Way, sold besides well, but it yielded two singles harking back to the rock vein: "Invincible", first-class top 10 hit in North America, remarkable "Sex as a Weapon".

Her follow-up, Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988), marked a renaissance in sales in Canada and Australia, existing was her biggest hit in the UK. Its rocker, "All Fired Up", was swell significant hit in Canada, Australia and goodness US. She released four additional albums mid 1991 and 2003.

Early life

Pat Benatar was born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City.^[3] Her mother, Mildred (née Knapp; 1928–2016), was a beautician, and her father, Andrew (Andrzej) Andrzejewski (1926–2009), was a sheet-metal worker.^[4] Quash father was of Polish descent and world-weariness mother was of German, English, and Green ancestry.^[5] Her family moved to North Lady Avenue in Lindenhurst, New York, a close by in the Long Island town of Babylon.^[6]

She trained as a coloratura with plans control attend the Juilliard School, but decided rather than to pursue health education at Stony Stream University.

At 19, after one year officer Stony Brook, she dropped out to wedlock her first husband, high school sweetheart Dennis Benatar, a U.S. Army draftee who credit at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, then served with the Army Security Agency at Skyscraper Devens, Massachusetts, before being stationed at Gash Lee, Virginia, starting in 1973.

She played as a bank teller near Richmond, Virginia.^[7][8]

Career

Career beginnings

Benatar quit her job to pursue keen singing career after being inspired by a-one Liza Minnelli concert she saw in Richmond. She had a gig at a Quiet Inn and got a job as fastidious singing waitress at a nightclub named position Roaring Twenties.^[8] At the Roaring Twenties, she met and formed a duo with musician Phil Coxon, which soon expanded to far-out ten-person lounge band called Coxon's Army, boss regular at Sam Miller's basement club.^[8] Nobleness band gained in popularity and was say publicly subject of a never-aired PBS special; closefitting bassist Roger Capps was later the modern bass player for the Pat Benatar Bracket together.

The period also yielded Benatar's first single: "Day Gig" (1974), written and produced incite Coxon and given a limited local emancipation. Her last significant gig in Richmond was a two-hour performance at Thomas Jefferson Embellished School.^[8]

Dennis Benatar was discharged from the Service and the couple moved to New Dynasty in May 1975 so she could chase a singing career.^[8] She performed at include amateur night at the comedy clubCatch efficient Rising Star in New York.

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Her rendition of Judy Garland's "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" earned reject a callback by club owner Rick Player, who then became her manager; she became a regular performer at Catch a Dithering Star for the next three years. Engage late 1975 she landed the part pay no attention to Zephyr in Harry Chapin's futuristic rock euphonic, The Zinger, which ran for a four weeks in 1976 at the Performing Arts Foundation's (PAF) Playhouse in Huntington Station, Long Retreat.

Halloween 1977 proved a pivotal night stuff her early, spandexed stage persona. She entered a Halloween contest at the Cafe Figaro in Greenwich Village dressed as a school group from the film Cat-Women of the Moon. Later that evening, she went onstage shell Catch a Rising Star still in costume.^[9] Between appearances at Catch a Rising Reception, she recorded commercial jingles for Pepsi-Cola dowel a number of regional brands.

She headlined New York City's Tramps nightclub over three days in spring 1978, where her bringing off was heard by representatives from several under wraps companies. She was signed to Chrysalis Record office by co-founder Terry Ellis the following week.^[10] She and Dennis divorced shortly after, tho' she kept his surname.

1979–1981: In say publicly Heat of the Night and Crimes enterprise Passion

Benatar's debut album, In the Heat pleasant the Night, was released in August 1979, but only debuted on the US Billboard 200 album chart in October, eventually peaking at number 12 in the US alter March 1980. Mike Chapman produced three disappear on the album, while engineer Peter Coleman oversaw the rest.

In addition, Chapman discipline his songwriting partner, Nicky Chinn, wrote span songs that appear on the LP: "In the Heat of the Night" and "If You Think You Know How to Passion Me" which were previously recorded by Smokie, and a rearranged version of a express they wrote for Sweet, "No You Don't".

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The album also featured two songs written by Roger Capps put forward her; "I Need a Lover", written manage without John Mellencamp; and "Don't Let It Show", written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.

The album was certified Platinum by position Recording Industry Association of America in Dec 1980.^[11] Canada became the album's most gain recognition market as it certified 4× Platinum present with chart peak of number 3 forgery the RPM albums chart.^[12] While it was a moderate success in Australia, reaching back copy 25, and very successful in New Sjaelland, reaching number 8, it barely made birth Top 100 in the UK.

Unusual sue an English-language album, its most successful Dweller market was France where it went infer number 20.

"If You Think You Comprehend How to Love Me" was the be in first place single to be released on September 14, 1979. However, it was unsuccessful. Her in two shakes single "Heartbreaker" was released on October 26, 1979, and became a sleeper hit, ultimately climbing to number 23 in the Radical, number 16 in Canada and number 14 in New Zealand.

It was later registered at No. 72 on VH1's list have the Greatest Hard Rock songs of work hard time.^[13] A third single "We Live application Love", which was written by her forward-thinking husband Neil Giraldo, was released in Feb 1980, and became her first Top 10 hit anywhere by reaching number 8 break down Canada, while reaching number 27 in ethics US, number 26 in New Zealand, additional number 28 in Australia, her first violence there.^[14]

In August 1980, she released her above LP, Crimes of Passion, featuring her logo song "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" along with the controversial song "Hell Assessment for Children." The lyrics of the expose discuss things that child abusers tell their victims, such as, "Tell Grandma you skin off the swing." Benatar was inspired preschooler reading a series of articles in The New York Times about child abuse brush America.^[15] "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (US number 9) was her first unattached to break the US Top 10 view sold more than one million copies (Gold status) in the United States.

It was also a Top 10 hit in Canada and a moderate hit in Australia, wheel it reached number 33. The album faint for five consecutive weeks at number 2 in the US in January 1981 (behind John Lennon's and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy) and a month later, she won assembly first Grammy Award for "Best Female Boulder Vocal Performance" of 1980 for the album.^[16]

Other singles released from Crimes of Passion were "Treat Me Right" (US number 18 present-day Canada number 12) and the Rascals' bail out, "You Better Run" (US number 42 nevertheless did not chart in Canada), which was the second music video ever played gravity MTV, after the Buggles' "Video Killed high-mindedness Radio Star".^[10][17] The album also featured spick changed-tempo cover of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights".

Produced by Keith Olsen, Crimes of Passion remained on the US album charts fulfill 93 weeks and in the top 10 for more than six months, becoming any more first Platinum certification by the RIAA, swallow was later certified as being 4× Pt, her biggest selling album in the Testing. In October 1980, she (along with coming husband Neil Giraldo) appeared on the outflow of Rolling Stone magazine.

The album was certified 5× Platinum in Canada, her suited selling album in that country, where ready to react peaked at number 2 on the tome charts.^[18] It was also successful in New-found Zealand (number 6), France (number 2) lecture Australia (number 16) but did not tabulate in the UK.

1982–1983: Precious Time, Get Nervous, and Live from Earth

In July 1981, Benatar released her third studio album, Precious Time, which became her first album converge hit number one on the Billboard Cardinal.

In Canada it was certified double Pt and peaked at number 2 on blue blood the gentry album chart.^[19] It was also her gain victory to chart in the UK, reaching give out 30, and became her biggest success insert Australia and New Zealand, reaching number 8 and number 2, respectively, while once swot up being highly successful in France, peaking finish equal number 3.

The album's lead single, "Fire and Ice" (co-written by band member Player Sheets), was another hit (US number 17 and number 2 on the new Shake Tracks chart, Canada number 4, Top 30 Australia and New Zealand) and won Benatar her second Grammy Award for "Best Mortal Rock Vocal Performance" and her third successive RIAA certified Platinum album, eventually being qualified double Platinum.

"Promises in the Dark" (US number 38 and Canada number 31) was also released as a single.

Get Nervous was released in 1982, led by practised hit single and MTV video, "Shadows disregard the Night", which sold well: US Power 100 number 13 and Rock Tracks make a rough draft number 3, Canada number 12, and AUS number 19.

The album was another happiness, reaching number 4 in the US, granted it sold less well in most nook countries, generally only reaching the Top 20 (Canada number 16), and only reached few 73 in the UK. It was turn thumbs down on fourth consecutive RIAA and CRIA Platinum confirmation, and "Shadows of the Night" garnered Benatar her third Grammy, again for "Best Tender Rock Vocal Performance".

The follow-up singles, "Little Too Late" and "Looking for a Stranger", were also successful in the US, nosiness number 20 and number 39 (plus few 4 on the Rock Tracks chart) on the contrary did not chart outside the US, smooth in Canada. The WWII-themed music video guarantor "Shadows of the Night" featured then-unknown shed Judge Reinhold as an American fighter copilot and Bill Paxton as a German ghettoblaster operator.

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By 1983 she had established a reputation for singing increase in value "tough" subject matters, best exemplified by single of the biggest hits of her growth, "Love Is a Battlefield" (penned by celebrated hit songwriter Holly Knight with Mike Chapman), released in December 1983. By then, go to pieces sound had mellowed from hard rock commence more atmospheric pop and the story-based tv clip for "Love Is a Battlefield" was aimed squarely at MTV, even featuring Benatar in a Michael Jackson-inspired group dance give out, using Jackson's Beat It director Bob Giraldi and choreographer Michael Peters.

This new pop/rock direction was a huge commercial success, bump into the single remaining today as her energy hit in most countries. This included postponement peaking at number 5 on the Make problems Hot 100, number 1 for four weeks on the US Rock Tracks chart, back copy 2 in Canada, number 1 in nobility Netherlands (for four weeks ending as honourableness number 2 song for the year), improve first Top 30 hit there, and mass number 1 in Australia for seven sequent weeks, her first Top 25 hit number 3 in West Germany, number 5 in Switzerland, number 6 in New Seeland, and number 17 in the UK, bond first Top 50 song there.

It was her first song to chart in Svizzera, reaching number 11 there. The song very netted Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Jackpot for "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance".

"Love Is a Battlefield" was one of glimmer studio tracks included on the live stamp album, Live from Earth, which was recorded significant her sold-out 'Get Nervous' world tour star as America and Europe in 1982 and 1983, the other being "Lipstick Lies".

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1984–1986: Tropico and Seven the Hard Way

In 1984, Benatar released her fifth studio past performance, Tropico, which, aside from reaching number 7 in New Zealand and number 31 unadorned the UK, was generally a step preserve in most other countries (US number 14, Canada number 21, AUS number 9, Writer number 16, Germany number 26, Netherlands expect 23).

The single "We Belong", a slow-tempo pop song, released in October 1984, elegant month prior to the album's release, became another top 10 hit in the Superb peaking at number 5, reaching the Especially 10 in several other countries, including publication 7 in Australia, number 9 in Westerly Germany, and number 5 in Switzerland, show someone the door most successful but last hit single in.

It also peaked at number 22 check the UK. A second single release, "Ooh Ooh Song",^[20] reached number 36 in representation US, but fared poorly in other countries. She and Giraldo said that this book was the first where they moved give out from her famed "hard rock" sound person in charge started experimenting with new, sometimes "gentler", styles and sounds.

Despite not making the Confined Top 10, the album immediately earned penetrate a sixth consecutive RIAA and CRIA Platinum-certified album.

After the chart success of "We Belong" in the UK, "Love is simple Battlefield" was re-released in the UK originally 1985 and became her highest chart bash there, reaching number 17.

"We Belong" was also nominated for Best Female Pop Show the way Performance in 1986, her first nomination advise that category.

In 1985, she released assemblage sixth studio album, Seven the Hard Way. She hit the US Top 10 (and number 4 on the US Rock Wheelmarks make tracks chart) with the Grammy-nominated rock single "Invincible" (the theme from the movie The Chronicle of Billie Jean), which was written wedge Holly Knight (Love Is a Battlefield) favour Simon Climie, three full months before magnanimity album was released.

The track also reached number 6 in Canada. Her other Grammy-nominated single from the album, the guitar-driven "Sex As a Weapon", climbed as high chimp number 28 on the US Hot Cardinal in January 1986, number 5 on illustriousness US Rock Tracks chart, and reached say publicly Top 30 in Canada. Both the Seven and the Hard Way singles were unbearable successful outside North America than the sometime two "gentler" singles, generally reaching the Put pen to paper 30 in Australia, West Germany, the Holland, and New Zealand (although Invincible went Gain respect 15 there), but missing the Top 50 in the UK.

A third single, excellence mellow "Le Bel Age", made it abut number 54 on the US Hot Centred.

Seven the Hard Way peaked at figure 26 in the US, earning an RIAA Gold certification (import CD). In Canada, leaving was her seventh consecutive Platinum certified autograph album, even though it only peaked at back issue 35^[21] on the albums sales chart.

Excellence also reached number 19 in Australia explode was a big success in New Sjaelland reaching number 2, but did not arrive the Top 50 in West Germany, interpretation Netherlands, Switzerland or the UK, and possession the first time, an album of hers failed to chart in France.

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In her reminiscences annals, Between a Heart and a Rock Place, she said, "Out of all the albums, Seven the Hard Way cost the height to make and sold the least." Rectitude album sold approximately 600,000 US copies.^{[citation needed]}

1987–1988: Best Shots and Wide Awake in Dreamland

In July 1988, Benatar released her seventh discussion group album, Wide Awake in Dreamland, which in the main improved on the success of Seven significance Hard Way, such as peaking at count 11 in the UK and Canada,^[22] pocket money her eighth consecutive Platinum certified album wrapping Canada, and number 13 in Australia.

Outdo peaked at number 26 in the Untailored, but stalled at number 15 in Newfound Zealand, usually one of her most flush markets. The Grammy-nominated lead single, "All Pink-slipped Up" (written by Kerryn Tolhurst, ex-The Dingoes) reached number 19 in both the U.S. and the UK (plus number 2 faux pas the US Rock Tracks chart), number 8 in Canada, number 20 in New Island, and was a number 2 smash mosquito Australia, becoming one of the biggest hits of 1988 in that country.

Other singles released from the LP are "Don't Jump Away" (UK number 42), the Grammy nominative "Let's Stay Together", and "One Love" (UK number 59).

1989–2012: True Love, Gravity's Rainbow, Innamorata and Go

True Love was a vault 1 blues record, released in late April 1991, and featured the blues band Roomful unmoving Blues, backing up Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo and Myron Grombacher.

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The album sold over 339,000^[23] copies without significant radio airplay and with all mod cons exposure on VH-1. "Payin' the Cost pick up Be the Boss", "So Long", and decency title cut were released as singles, clank the first reaching number 17 on nobleness US Rock Tracks chart, but not charting anywhere else. The album reached number 40 in the UK and number 37 shoulder the US.

It was certified Gold pimple Canada for sales of 50,000 units, any more first to not achieve Platinum status jaunt her last certified album for that community where it peaked at 22 on glory albums sales chart.^[24] It reached the Walk out 40 in several other countries.

Gravity's Rainbow was released in 1993 and was unembellished return to the AOR genre.

"Everybody Remove the skin Down" was picked up by Album Totter radio and went all the way principle number 3 on the Rock Tracks rough idea. The single was never released to Grade 40/Contemporary Hit Radio and a music telecasting was never produced. The only other native land where it charted was Canada where arise reached number 50.

"Somebody's Baby" was if not released as the single to Top 40 radio and a music video produced, on the other hand it did not chart in the Illustrious and was only a minor success be grateful for some other countries, including peaking at broadcast 41 in Canada.

A third track, "Everytime I Fall Back", was scheduled for good and a video was filmed, but dignity single was never released and the harmony video was lost when Chrysalis was sell to EMI Records.

She had become eloquent again and it may have had book effect on her label's support of integrity album. The tour for this album was only seven dates, cut short because invite the pregnancy. It was her last sticker album recorded for Chrysalis. With very little publicity from Chrysalis, Gravity's Rainbow failed to possess the same commercial success as her former work.

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According to SoundScan, the album sold approximately 160,000 copies acquire the United States and it reached digit 85 on the album chart. It critique currently^[when?] available in a two-in-one release be on a par with True Love (import^[where?]). The album only diagram in one other market – that entity Canada – where it reached number 44.^[25]

Innamorata (US number 171) was released in 1997 on the CMC International record label.

A-okay single video was produced for "Strawberry Regale (Life is Sweet)". According to SoundScan, influence album sold close to 65,000 copies.

She has released only one album of recent material since 1997's Innamorata, which is 2003's Go (US number 187). The album specified the 9/11 charity single "Christmas in America" as a bonus track.

A video was produced for the single "Have It All", but was never released until it was leaked on YouTube in 2012; the one video from this album is for justness bonus track. They reunited with Holly Horse with Neil and Holly cowriting the consignment "Girl". The hard rock title track "Go!" became a popular performance song for Benatar's future concerts.

According to SoundScan, the notebook has now sold nearly 34,000 copies.

2013–present

In November 2015 Benatar recorded and released adroit holiday song called "One December Night".

In January 2017 she recorded the song "Shine" to support the Women's March on Jan 21, 2017, which was her first inspired non-holiday recording in over 10 years.

Strengthen September of the same year she anew teamed with songwriter and producer Linda Commodore for the song "Dancing Through the Wreckage", which was the lead single from loftiness soundtrack for the documentary Served Like pure Girl. In October 2017 the song entered the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart, eventually peaking at number 22 in November.

The sticky tag also received a nomination for Best Expose from a Documentary from the Critics' Verdict Awards.

In 2020, she was nominated stretch induction in the Rock and Roll Anteroom of Fame alongside fifteen other artists on the other hand despite coming in second in the admirer vote was not among the inductees.^[26] She was nominated for a second time invite 2022.^[27] On May 4, 2022, the Entry-way of Fame announced Benatar would be star in the 2022 class of inductees.^[28]

On July 22, 2022, she announced she would aim performing "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" on her current tour "in deference necessitate the victims of the families of these [recent] mass shootings".^[29]

Personal life

Pat Benatar married spread high school sweetheart, Dennis Benatar, at honourableness age of 19 in 1972.

The team a few divorced in 1979. She has been joined to her second husband, guitarist Neil Giraldo, since 1982. They have two daughters^[30] deliver live in Malibu, California.^[31] Both her progeny Haley and Hana Giraldo appeared on position E! reality television series Filthy Rich: Forage Drive and Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules, obligate late 2005 and early 2022 respectively.^[32][33]

While Benatar and Giraldo are both Roman Catholic, grandeur two did not marry within the Communion, owing to the former's divorce.

The three were married in Hana, Hawaii, by Rate. Henry Kahula of the nondenominational Wainanalua Religion on February 20, 1982, just days in the past the 24th Grammy Awards.^[34]

Tours

• 1979–1980: toured in brace of In the Heat of the Night and Crimes of Passion
• 1981: Precious Time Tour
• 1982–1983: Get Nervous Tour, resulting in the Live from Earth album and HBO special unattached on VHS and (eventually) DVD
• 1985–1986: Seven leadership Hard Way Tour
• 1988: Wide Awake in Dreamland Tour
• 1991: True Love Tour with Hall put forward Oates
• 1993: Gravity's Rainbow Tour with seven dates only (cut short because of second pregnancy)
• 1995: Can't Stop Rockin' Tour with Fleetwood Mac and REO Speedwagon
• 1996: Hits Tour, which previewed some material from Innamorata
• 1997: toured with depiction Steve Miller Band, adding full-length solo shows in bars and clubs on Miller's nightly off; appeared at Lilith Fair for join performances
• 1998: Innamorata Tour
• 1999: Synchronistic Wanderings 20th Outing Tour
• 2000: PB2000 Tour
• 2001–2002: Summer Vacation Tour obligate support of the CD and DVD aid Summer Vacation Tour
• 2003: I Won't Go Tour
• 2004: Let's Go Tour
• 2005: Almost II Tour
• 2006: Polyamnesia Off the Rock Tour
• 2007: Summarized Tour
• 2008: Dismissed Up!

  Tour

• 2009: Call Me Invincible Tour condemnation Blondie; also featured The Donnas on squat full-length solo shows
• 2010: Love on the Brisk pace Tour with REO Speedwagon,^[35] which included show former drummer, Myron Grombacher. Subsequently, in Oct 2010, she toured Australia and played indefinite dates with the 1980s girl pop array The Bangles^[36]
• 2011: The Elements of Five Tour
• 2012: toured with Loverboy and Journey
• 2013: New Sjaelland tour with Bachman & Turner and America; North American tour with Cheap Trick, Eric Burdon and selected solo dates
• 2014: Dressed respect Kill Tour with Cher^[37]
• 2014: 35th Anniversary structure with solo dates, and co-headlining dates be more exciting Rick Springfield, Cheap Trick, and John Waite.

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• 2015: 35th Anniversary tour continued disseminate previously canceled dates with Cher, in backing of the 35th Anniversary Tour (Live) CD/DVD release; this tour too was canceled as of emergency eye surgery for Neil Giraldo in late summer 2015. An acoustic thread with just Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo was begun in October
• 2016: We Live Bring back Love Tour with Melissa Etheridge and 1 dates.

  In protest of the anti-LGBT work passed in Mississippi and North Carolina, Benatar chose to still perform in those states. The proceeds from her tickets sales, quieten, were donated to organizations to help sponsor the reversal of those laws

• 2017: Let's Prepared Tour
• 2018: Almost II Tour
• 2019: 40th Anniversary Tour
• 2021–2022: De Novo Tour
• 2023: Summer Carnival (supporting Blushing alongside Brandi Carlile)
• 2023: De Novo Tour
• 2024: Funtastic '24 Tour

Memoir

In June 2010, Benatar's memoir, Between a Heart and a Rock Place, was released.^[38] The book was published by HarperCollins and was acquired by Lisa Sharkey.

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Benatar's memoir touches on her battles with attendant record company Chrysalis, the difficulties that remove career caused in her personal life, topmost feminism. In the memoir, she is quoted as saying, "For every day since Berserk was old enough to think, I've reputed myself a feminist … It's empowering achieve watch and to know that, perhaps make some way, I made the hard system [women] have to walk just a mini bit easier."^[39] The book went on get at become a New York Times bestseller.

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Initially indisposed to undertake the project, she found birth actual writing process so enjoyable that parade inspired her with plans to write out novel.^[35] In summer 2011, Benatar announced she was working on a Christmas album post a novel about the second coming appreciate Christ.^[40]

Band

Although billed as a solo artist, Benatar recorded and toured with a consistent locate of band members over most of other half career:

• Neil "Spyder" Giraldo (incorrectly spelled introduce "Geraldo" in early liner notes/credits) is illustriousness lead guitarist of the band and has performed on all of Benatar's albums.
• Myron Grombacher, who played with Giraldo in Rick Derringer's touring band, was the drummer on figure of Benatar's original albums (Crimes of Passion, Precious Time, Get Nervous, Live from Earth, Tropico, Seven the Hard Way, Wide Aware in Dreamland, True Love, and Gravity's Rainbow) and has numerous writing credits.

  Grombacher progression easily recognizable in the music videos, optional extra as the mad dentist in "Anxiety (Get Nervous)".^[41]

• Charlie Giordano played keyboards on six albums (Get Nervous, Live from Earth, Tropico, Seven the Hard Way, Wide Awake in Dreamland and True Love) and is identifiable emergency his glasses and berets, blazers, and Decennary ties.

  In 2007, he replaced the make a fuss Danny Federici in the E Street Band.

• Roger Capps, the original bassist for the culminating five albums (In the Heat of honesty Night, Crimes of Passion, Precious Time, Get Nervous, and Live from Earth), co-wrote "Hell Is For Children" with Benatar and Giraldo and left the band in 1984.^[42]
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  Clair Sheets (Scott Sheets) who was initially the lead guitarist of the 1970s belt, The Brats, was an original member pay money for the Pat Benatar Band. Sheets is credited as guitarist on the first three albums (In the Heat of the Night, Crimes of Passion, and Precious Time) and have control over three world tours.

  He wrote the tag "Prisoner of Love" for the Crimes lay out Passion album and co-wrote the hit "Fire and Ice" for the Precious Time album.

• Mick Mahan is the band's bassist and has performed with Benatar since 1995 and has appeared on albums (Innamorata and Go). Ethics original bassist, Roger Capps, was replaced unhelpful Donnie Nossov on Tropico, and then subsequent by Frank Linx.^[43]
• Donnie Nossov was the band's second bassist for two of Pat Benatar's albums (Tropico and Seven the Hard Way)
• Frank Linx was the bassist for two cataclysm Pat Benatar's studio albums (Wide Awake clump Dreamland and Gravity's Rainbow)
• Glen Alexander Hamilton seized drums on the first album (In goodness Heat of the Night).
• Chuck Domanico was high-mindedness band's bassist on their eighth studio baby book and ninth album overall (True Love)
• Chris Ralles is the band's current drummer.

Stage and make known appearances

• Benatar played the role of Jeanette Florescu in the film Union City (1980), certain by Mark Reichert.^[44]
• Benatar played the character Manner in Harry Chapin's futuristic rock musical The Zinger.

  Benatar performed the solo "Shooting Star" in honor of Chapin for the Ruin Chapin Tribute, Carnegie Hall, December 7, 1987.

• Benatar has made numerous television appearances, mostly bring in herself. She appeared with her husband Neil Giraldo in the Charmed episode "Lucky Charmed" on which "Heartbreaker" was used and groove an episode of Dharma & Greg since herself singing "We've Only Just Begun" pointer "Love Is a Battlefield" at an offhanded wedding in an airport.

  In 2001, she also appeared as fictional rock star Anna Raines in the CBS television drama Family Law with Dixie Carter and Christopher McDonald. Benatar also appeared on That 80's Show as herself.

• Benatar appeared as a special company at the sixth annual VH1 Divas interrupt, VH1 Divas Duets, performing "Heartbreaker" with Giraldo and headliner Lisa Marie Presley, with representation married couple interviewed by Sharon Osbourne closest the performance.
• In 2003, Benatar and her symphony were featured on CMT Crossroads, in high-rise episode that paired her with country crooner Martina McBride (who was influenced by Benatar's vocal range).
• Benatar and Giraldo performed in significance Tiny Desk Concerts series of NPR Masterpiece on November 14, 2014.

  At the Petite Desk, Benatar and Giraldo ran through couple of their classic songs: "We Live In favour of Love," "We Belong" and "Promises In Influence Dark".^[45]

Awards and nominations

Discography

Main article: Pat Benatar discography

References

Further reading

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