Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo to Perform Indian Ranch Concert this July

Indian Ranch announced that Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo will return to Webster, MA on Sunday, July 23, 2017. Tickets go on-sale Friday, March 3, 2017 at 10 AM at www.indianranch.com.

Pat Benatar has always been a rule-breaker and a trailblazer and remains a bold and distinctive artist both on stage and on record, and now after more than three decades in rock 'n' roll, she is a bona fide living legend. A four-time Grammy winner, Benatar is a classically trained mezzo-soprano. During the 1980s, Benatar had two RIAA-certified Multi-Platinum albums, five RIAA-certified Platinum albums, and three RIAA-certified Gold albums. She has also had 19 Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", "Love Is a Battlefield", "We Belong" and "Invincible". During the early days of MTV, Benatar was one of the most heavily played artists on the popular music channel. Her hits continue to be as unforgettable now as they were at the dawn of MTV, when Benatar emerged, fearless, fighting and forging a path for other female rock stars around the world.

Neil Giraldo has been a professional musician, producer, arranger and songwriter for over four decades, changing the face of the pop charts throughout the 1980s with his collaborator, muse and wife, Pat Benatar. More than just an explosive steel bending guitar player, Giraldo's innovative vision helped him create the signature Benatar sound, from its inception. His impressive back catalog includes more than 100 songs written, produced, arranged and recorded for Benatar, as well as many hits he helped create for John Waite, Rick Springfield (Number One, Grammy-winning classic "Jessie's Girl" and Top Ten hit "I've Done Everything For You" included), Kenny Loggins (Top Twenty hit "Don't Fight It" - also Grammy-nominated), Steve Forbert, The Del Lords, Beth Hart and countless others.

In the spring of 1979, producer and writer, Mike Chapman, introduced Giraldo to an up-and coming singer who had recently signed to Chrysalis Records. While impressed with the young vocalist, Chapman felt she needed a musical director/partner who could establish a more aggressive sound. The vocalist was, of course, Pat Benatar and, in Giraldo she found someone as strong as her, someone who could match the same fire power, someone who could inspire, while being inspired by her.

Shortly afterwards, the world was introduced to Giraldo and Benatar's enduring partnership and rock 'n' roll love affair via her platinum 1979 debut album, In The Heat Of The Night, which included the classic "Heartbreaker," as well as the Giraldo-penned hit, "We Live For Love".

The following year, Benatar and Giraldo cemented their place in music history forever, by being the first female and first guitarist, respectively, to ever appear on MTV, with the video for "You Better Run," taken from 1980's Grammy winning album Crimes of Passion- an album that also included the gold-certified single, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."

After being inducted into the Long Island Hall of Fame in 2008, Benatar released her long-awaited autobiography in 2010, the appropriately-titled Between a Heart and a Rock Place - which allowed the world a fascinating glimpse into the life and times of one of the most beloved female rock 'n' roll icons of all time.

Pat Benatar is acknowledged as the leading female rock vocalist of the '80s - a feat marked by her unprecedented winning of four consecutive Grammy Awards between

1980 and 1983, as well as three American Music Awards - but Benatar and Giraldo remain a rock 'n' roll powerhouse today, selling out concerts and still wowing audiences after over three decades in music together. Theirs is a chemistry that will, undoubtedly, be thrilling music-lovers forever.

Indian Ranch offers music lovers a chance to see some of the greatest country, classic rock and pop bands steps from Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. Nestled between pine trees, the amphitheater offers the ability to see the stage from anywhere in the audience. Tickets are already on sale for The Marshall Tucker Band on June 25, The Mavericks on July 16, Josh Turner on July 30, Phil Vassar on August 6, Dwight Yoakam on August 13 and the Charlie Daniels Band on September 9. Additional shows for the 2017 season will be announced soon.

Tickets for Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo on July 23, 2017 at Indian Ranch go on-sale Friday, March 3, 2017 at 10:00 A.M.! Gates open at 1:00 P.M. show time is 3:00 P.M. Tickets are available online at www.IndianRanch.com, by calling 1-800-514-ETIX (3849) or at the Indian Ranch Box Office. The Indian Ranch Box Office is currently open Wednesday's and Saturday's from 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. All events are rain or shine. No refunds. Indian Ranch is located at 200 Gore Road in Webster, MA outside of Worcester and less than an hour's drive from Boston, Providence, Hartford and Springfield. For more information, visit www.indianranch.com.

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