Music·Curated by Richard

Pat Benatar, live, four decades running

From late-night ABC to American Idol in 2026. Neil Giraldo is on guitar in nearly all of it.

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#01
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Live On Fridays)Hit Me With Your Best Shot — live on Fridays, ABC's late-night answer to SNL
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Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Live On Fridays)
ShoutFactoryMusic
Hit Me With Your Best Shot — live on Fridays, ABC's late-night answer to SNL
#02
Pat Benatar - Hell Is For Children (Live On Fridays)Hell Is for Children — Fridays again
#02
Pat Benatar - Hell Is For Children (Live On Fridays)
ShoutFactoryMusic
Hell Is for Children — Fridays again
#03
Pat Benatar - I Need A Lover (Live)I Need a Lover — live. A John Mellencamp song she made her own
#03
Pat Benatar - I Need A Lover (Live)
PatBenatarVEVO
I Need a Lover — live. A John Mellencamp song she made her own
#04
Pat Benatar - Promises In The Dark (Live) (Official Music Video)Promises in the Dark — live
#04
Pat Benatar - Promises In The Dark (Live) (Official Music Video)
PatBenatarVEVO
Promises in the Dark — live
#05
Pat Benatar - We Live For Love (Live)We Live for Love — live
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Pat Benatar - We Live For Love (Live)
PatBenatarVEVO
We Live for Love — live
#06
Pat Benetar - All Fired Up - (Summer Vacation, USA, 2001)All Fired Up — Summer Vacation tour, USA, 2001
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Pat Benetar - All Fired Up - (Summer Vacation, USA, 2001)
Cherry Red Records
All Fired Up — Summer Vacation tour, USA, 2001
#07
Martina McBride & Pat Benatar Perform 'Independence Day' | CMT CrossroadsIndependence Day — with Martina McBride on CMT Crossroads, her song this time
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Martina McBride & Pat Benatar Perform 'Independence Day' | CMT Crossroads
CMT Crossroads
Independence Day — with Martina McBride on CMT Crossroads, her song this time
#08
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo - Love is a Battlefield | Live From Austin City Limits TVLove Is a Battlefield — Austin City Limits, billed as a duo with Giraldo
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Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo - Love is a Battlefield | Live From Austin City Limits TV
Austin City Limits
Love Is a Battlefield — Austin City Limits, billed as a duo with Giraldo
#09
Pat Benatar And Neil Giraldo: "Heartbreaker" + "Ring of Fire" = Legendary! – American Idol 2026Heartbreaker — American Idol, 2026, with Ring of Fire folded in
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Pat Benatar And Neil Giraldo: "Heartbreaker" + "Ring of Fire" = Legendary! – American Idol 2026
American Idol
Heartbreaker — American Idol, 2026, with Ring of Fire folded in