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    Bryan Adams: Roll with the Punches w/ guest Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

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    Wednesday, August 12, 2026

    7:30 PM

    Prudential Center

    25 Lafayette Street, Newark, NJ 07102

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Bryan Adams, the Canadian singer‑songwriter behind decades of radio staples and an estimated 75–100+ million record and single sales worldwide, brings a band‑forward, songcraft‑focused set to the Prudential Center. He is joined by Pat Benatar and guitarist‑producer Neil Giraldo — Hall of Fame collaborators whose precise, guitar‑driven arrangements and direct vocal attack have shaped arena‑ready rock since the late 1970s.

    About Roll with the Punches

    “Roll with the Punches” brings Bryan Adams to the Prudential Center with a set drawn from a decades-long catalog by the Canadian singer-songwriter, whose sales are widely estimated in the 75–100+ million range and who remained a heavy presence on Canadian radio into the 2010s. The bill also includes Pat Benatar with longtime collaborator Neil Giraldo, pairing two strands of late-20th-century rock craft on one stage. Though not an NYC premiere, the night has regional weight for a New York–area audience shaped by arena tours and FM-era songwriting. The clearest throughline is durability: choruses built to hold up under time and repetition.

    About the Artists

    Bryan Adams

    Bryan Adams

    Bryan Adams is a Canadian rock and pop singer-songwriter, producer, and photographer whose career stretches across decades of radio staples and arena tours. His catalog has generated an estimated 75–100+ million record and single sales worldwide, with a long run of charting songs in Canada and abroad.

    Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

    Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

    Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo are longtime rock-pop collaborators whose work pairs her direct vocal attack with his guitar-driven arranging and songwriting. Known for a radio-era catalog built for arenas, they often present as a tight unit rather than a rotating backing band.

    Pat Benatar

    Pat Benatar

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    Pat Benatar is an American rock and pop singer-songwriter whose catalog helped define arena-ready AOR without losing a hard-edged vocal attack. Her career includes multiple multi-platinum and platinum releases, a long run of Billboard Top 40 singles, and four Grammy Awards, followed by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2022.

    Neil Giraldo

    Neil Giraldo

    Neil Giraldo is an American guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and producer whose career has moved between arena rock and behind-the-console craft. He has been Pat Benatar’s key musical collaborator since the late 1970s, shaping the sound of records that helped define their partnership, and he has also written and produced for artists including Rick Springfield, Kenny Loggins, and John Waite.