Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo to Join Cher at Joe Louis Arena, 4/12

Cher has just announced Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo as support for her "Dressed To Kill Tour" coming to Joe Louis Arena on Saturday, April 12 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, The Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611. For all online tickets purchased (presale and general public), ticketholders will receive a free copy of Cher's new album Closer To The Truth, out now on Warner Bros Records.

In a joint statement, Pat Benatar and Neil "Spyder" Giraldo remarked, "We're excited to be with Cher on the "Dressed To Kill Tour" kicking off our 35th anniversary."

Pat Benatar and Neil "Spyder" Giraldo have been an unstoppable rock 'n' roll powerhouse since their initial collaboration 35 years ago on the debut album "In The Heat of the Night." Together, with Benatar's mezzo-soprano vocal range and Giraldo's trail-blazing work as a guitarist, producer and songwriter, they have sold more than 26 million albums and charted 19 Top 40 singles including "Love is a Battlefield", "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", "Heartbreaker", "We Live For Love", "Promises In The Dark," "We Belong" and more - leading to four consecutive Grammy Awards between 1980 and 1983, as well as three American Music Awards.

Today, Benatar and Giraldo remain one of rock 'n' roll's most successful duos, inspiring future generations of artists, selling out concerts, and wowing audiences around the world. Billboard Magazine ranked Benatar as one of the most successful female rock vocalist of all-time. Her emergence as a fearless, fighting force has helped forge a path for other female rock stars around the world. In addition to the arsenal of more than 100 songs he's written, produced, arranged and recorded for Benatar, Giraldo's helped create hits for legions of other artists including John Waite, Rick Springfield (No. 1, Grammy-winning classic "Jessie's Girl" and Top Ten hit "I've Done Everything for You"), Kenny Loggins and more. Theirs is a chemistry that will, undoubtedly, be thrilling music lovers forever.

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