Pat Benatar won't sing ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’ on 2022 tour in wake of gun violence

Pat Benatar performs at the 89th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Rehearsals in 2015 in New York City. (Getty Images)

When Pat Benatar watched Billie Eilish’s documentary, “The World’s a Little Blurry,” she was struck by the progress made by young female singers.

“It probably never occurred to [Billie] that she couldn’t do it. That right there was everything,” Benatar says. “I don’t even think it’s in her lexicon of thought that ‘I can’t be this person.’”