{"id":22331,"date":"2022-07-22T14:20:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T14:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pat-benatar-refuses-to-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T14:20:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T14:20:43","slug":"pat-benatar-refuses-to-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pat-benatar-refuses-to-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Benatar refuses to sing ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’ after mass shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pat Benatar is refusing to perform her hit 1980 song \u201cHit Me With Your Best Shot\u201d in the wake of the horrific mass shootings across America this year.<\/p>\n

Speaking to USA Today, the rock singer said she will avoid performing the track during her current tour in \u201cprotest\u201d of gun violence.<\/p>\n

Instead, the 69-year-old singer will perform her other classics, including \u201cLove Is A Battlefield\u201d and \u201cWe Belong.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year alone, the country has high-profile gun-related attacks, in places such as Uvalde, Texas; Buffalo, New York; and Highland Park, Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re not doing ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’ and fans are having a heart attack,\u201d Benatar told the outlet. \u201cAnd I’m like, I’m sorry, in deference to the victims of the families of these mass shootings, I’m not singing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Benatar said if people want to hear the song, they should simply \u201cgo home and listen to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the song \u201cis tongue in cheek, but you have to draw the line.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t. I’m not going to go on stage and soap box \u2013 I go to my legislators,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cThat’s my small contribution to protesting. I’m not going to sing it. Tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 69-year-old singer will instead perform her other classics, including \u201cLove Is A Battlefield\u201d and \u201cWe Belong.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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According to Gun Violence Archive, there have been 356 mass shootings in the US this year alone.<\/p>\n

On May 14, 10 people were gunned down in a hate-fueled mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, NY.<\/p>\n

Ten days later, 19 children and two teachers were killed in the horrific Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.<\/p>\n

On July 4, seven people were killed after a gunman allegedly opened fire at the Highland Park parade in Illinois using a \u201chigh-powered\u201d rifle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pat Benatar is refusing to perform her hit 1980 song \u201cHit Me With Your Best Shot\u201d in the wake of the horrific mass shootings across America this year. Speaking to USA Today, the rock singer said she will avoid performing the track during her current tour in \u201cprotest\u201d of gun violence. Instead, the 69-year-old singer …<\/p>\n

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