Tonight in New York, music fans are being treated to a special flashback to ’70s, ’80s and ’90s rock thanks to a free concert featuring Blondie (hopefully sans fannypack, at left), Pat Benatar (mmm…ok) and the Donnas (who have a new album out now).
Check out hits from all three bands below, and get the scoop on where to see this free show tonight in Brooklyn:
Who: Blondie, Pat Benatar and the Donnas
When: Thursday, August 13, 2009 @7pm
Where: Asser Levy/Seaside Park (West 5th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island/Brighton Beach, across the street from the New York Aquarium.)
Cost: Free!
ABOVE: Blondie performing a classic cover of the Nerves’ track, “Hanging on the Telephone” in 1979.
ABOVE: Pat Benatar performs “Heartbreaker,” with Lisa Marie Presley and a very silly hat. There are so many great, melodramatic Pat Benatar videos from the the ’80s, it’s hard to pick the best. Benatar running away from home in “Love is a Battlefield“? Classic. Benatar as a factory worker daydreaming about fighter jets and Nazis in the “Shadows of the Night” music video? An awesomely bad classic that has somehow been forgotten. (Teen nosejob nightmare, Ashely Tisdale of High School Musical, recorded a version of the song, but odds are her video will skip the Nazi parts…)
ABOVE: The Donnas mix ’80s flair with post-riot grrl attitude on tracks like “Take It Off.” (also available in a silly acoustic version)
REVIEW: Donnas New CD Greatest Hits Vol. 16 Not a Collection of Dusty Hits
This show packs a lot of great female acts onto one bill–which female musician or performer is your favorite?
Which ’70s/’80s bands would you like to see play a reunion tour?
Tell us about it in the comment section!
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bon says...
08.15.09 1:51 pm
I love Pricella and Chrissy!!!!! The video was great!