Pat Benatar: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Cynthia Rose, NME, 12 February 1983
LIKE THE rest of the full house on Friday night, I was actually looking forward to seeing Pat Benatar, despite our previous encounters on vinyl. Afer all, she was voted Sex Symbol of '82 in the American rock polls. Plus I like 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' and 'Hell Is For Children' even if the latter, like all Pat's work, makes no real sense at all.
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