Pat Benatar among iconic music acts coming to the local region
By Michael Williams
April 16, 2023

Rock icon Pat Benatar and Neil Gerardo will perform at Harrahs Cherokee Event Center in Cherokee Friday April 21st.

Within a ninety-minute drive of Knoxville are several venues offering a litany of choices in musical entertainment featuring rock and roll hall of famers and giants of country music.

Classic rockers Pat Benatar and her husband Neil Giraldo will be performing at Harrah’s Casino Event Center April 21st at 9;30 p.m. The couple were both inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. Benatar first burst onto the music scene in the ‘80s with a string of hits including “Love is a Battlefield”, “Heartbreaker”, “We Live for Love”, and her biggest hit “Hit Me with your Best Shot.”

Benatar had eight straight platinum albums, 15 top 40 hits and won four Grammy Awards and three American Music Awards. The couple have made numerous T.V. appearances appearing on CMT Crossroads and “Dharma and Greg” among many others.

For ticket information, visit www.tickets-center.com.

The Bristol Casino, the future home of the Hard Rock Café will feature up and coming artists Abby Bryant and the Echoes, D.J. Stacie, Joshua Ray Walker and DJ Jessie D on April 28. For more information, visit www.hardrockhotelcasinobristol.com.

Closer to home the Thompson-Boling Arena will be featuring an amazing line up of rock and country stars in the coming months including; Lizzo, Stevie Nicks, Bush, country music legend Hank Williams Jr., Thomas Rhett, Guns and Roses and heavy metal legends Kiss.

For ticket information, visit www.tbarena.com.

The historic Tennessee Theater will feature Amy Grant on April 28. In May the venue will feature Gary Clark, Jr., on the 2nd, Keb M on May 12, and hard rocker Alice Cooper on the 13th. The Woods Brothers with Shovels and Rope will perform on May 21st. For ticket information, visit www.tennesseetheatre.com.

Citizen Cope will perform at the historic Bijou Theater on May 3. Comedian Dusty Slay will be taping a comedy special at the theater in a live show on May 13. For information on these and upcoming shows, visit knoxbijou.org.