By Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, will headline the 25th annual Gathering on the Green music festival in Mequon in summer 2019.
Benatar, who rose to fame in the 1980s with top 10 hits like "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Love Is a Battlefield" and "We Belong," will perform the second night of the two-day festival on Saturday, July 13, in Mequon's Rotary Park, 4100 W. Highland Road.
Benatar will be joined on stage by her husband, Giraldo, a songwriter and guitarist who has written, produced, arranged and recorded more than 100 songs with Benatar.
The night before Benatar's performance, on Friday, July 12, Gathering on the Green will host a country music night with headliner Lee Brice and special guest Post Monroe.
With more than 2 billion listens on Pandora, Brice is among the top 25 most-streamed country artists on the music streaming service.
Brice is a Grammy Award nominee, a Country Music Award nominee and a double winner of the Academy of Country Music Awards. He's taken five radio singles to the top of the charts with, “A Woman Like You," “Hard To Love," “I Drive Your Truck," “I Don’t Dance" and “Drinking Class.”
Opening up for Brice is Post Monroe, a country duo influenced by a vast array of sounds from country, pop and rock. The group was featured in Rolling Stone Country’s "10 Artists You Need To Know" and have performed multiple times on The Grand Ole Opry.