Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo in Peachtree City

Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo are the American rock partnership of singer Pat Benatar and guitarist, songwriter and producer Neil Giraldo. They began working together in 1979 on the album In the Heat of the Night, establishing a catalog of hard rock and melodic pop-rock that includes “Heartbreaker,” “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” “Love Is a Battlefield” and “We Belong.” Crimes of Passion became another central album in their work together. Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo performed at the inaugural US Festival in 1982 and later marked 35 years of their musical partnership with the 35th Anniversary Tour in 2014. The De Novo Tour followed in 2022, and in 2023 they opened selected Summer Carnival shows for Pink.