Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo will rock at Ribs Burnoff

 

Canton, OH — (March 12, 2007) -- Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival welcomes rockin’ husband and wife duo Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo to the National Ribs Burnoff Aug. 2.

 

Mix 94.1 is sponsoring Benatar & Giraldo, the first of three national acts to be announced. The performance begins at 8 p.m. on the main stage. The Burnoff is held at Stark County Fairgrounds.

 

Four-time Grammy award winner with six platinum and four gold albums to her credit, Pat Benatar is best known for such hit singles as "I Need A Lover," "Heartbreaker," "Fire and Ice," "Treat Me Right," "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Hell Is For Children," "Shadows of the Night," and "Love Is A Battlefield."

 

Long acknowledged as one of the leading female rock vocalists in the industry, Benatar will be embarking on her first live concert dates in over two years before going into the studio to record her first album since '93's “Gravity's Rainbow.”

 

Benatar and Giraldo have been a working couple since Neil penned the song, “We Live For Love" from her debut album "In The Heat of the Night", and has continued to wear many different hats, including producer, guitarist and songwriter as well as soul mate.

 

Giraldo was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 29, 1955. Born of Sicilian parents, he got into music at an early age, and was heavily influenced by Elvis Presley. “My father always wanted to play guitar and sing, so consequently he encouraged his off-spring.”

 

Today, Giraldo is known not only as an accomplished guitarist and songwriter but as a prolific producer as well. Giraldo has produced all of Benatar's albums as well as a few other artists' including John Waite, Rick Springfield, and Kenny Loggins.

 

Benatar has always been best in a live situation and two recent concert tours have given a whole new generation of fans a chance to see one of the great rock belters of all times as well as someone who's been a real influence on the latest crop of female Riot Girl rockers.

 

To accommodate the large expected crowd chairs or seating of any kind will not be permitted on the track area in front of the stage; standing [in this area] will be free. Concertgoers can purchase reserved seats in the grandstand, but tickets are not yet available. Ticket sale dates will be announced after all three musical acts have been confirmed.

 

In addition to the national headliners, attendees will enjoy free entertainment all day on the Ohio Lottery Day Stage, and an expanded children’s entertainment area including face painting, sand sculptor, caricaturists, balloon twisters, and Fantasy Football Zone of interactive inflatables.

 

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival National Ribs Burnoff, scheduled August 1 - 3, opens at 11 a.m. and concludes at 10:30 p.m. daily. In addition to tasty, succulent ribs, a wide variety of other foods will be available, including ice cream, corn on the cob, Buffalo wings, funnel cakes, sweet potato fries, Italian sausage, jambalaya, and much, much more.

 

Admission to the Ribs Burnoff is free. On-site parking at the fairgrounds will be free each day until 4 p.m., when a fee of $5 per vehicle will be charged. 

 

For more information, contact Chris Gumpp, event manager, at (330) 458-2054 or visit www.profootballhoffestival.com.

 

                                     

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