Brandi Carlile headlined Portland’s Moda Center on New Year’s Eve with opener KT Tunstall. Also on the premises were local legends Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, who joined Benatar for a cover of Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.” Carlile also reprised her cover of...

This year, metal pioneers Judas Priest are headed into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. But they’re headed in on a kind of technicality. Priest are not among this year’s class of Hall Of Fame performer inductees; they will not be joining the main Hall alongside Eminem, Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, and all the rest. Instead, Prie...

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Pat Benatar said that she won’t sing one of her most popular songs, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” on tour anymore because of mass shootings. In a new interview with USA Today, Benatar explained why the song has been largely absent from her set since she hit the road earlier this year — per Setlist.fm, she&...

The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame has announced its 2022 class of inductees: Dolly Parton, Eminem, Pat Benatar, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon. Everyone except Benatar and Eurythmics were first-time nominees this year.