A famous rock singer revealed she’s been in a relationship with her bandmate for more than two decades.
Halestorm members Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger performed at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on Thursday. Before performing “The Silence,” Hale told the audience why they never talked about dating publicly.
“For those of you who have just met us, I know there’s a lot of different dynamics and things, but Joe and I are together, and we have been for 22 years,” Hale said. “Like Joe was saying earlier in the night, when we met, we had never met anyone like each other.“
“You actually wanna sit till four in the morning and manifest our dreams and make them into reality. And so we were hanging out all the time and I’m, like, ‘Man, it sucks that he’s in the band.’ That’s a big no-no. Like Joe said, you don’t wanna [end up like] Fleetwood Mac. What you wanna do is Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo‚” she added, referring to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame couple who’s been married and performing together for more than four decades.
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According to Blabbermouth, some Halestorm fans have known or suspected the relationship for years, though the couple didn’t speak about it openly. Hale once responded to a fan question about whether she’d get married to Hottinger during a Twitter Q&A in 2020, and said “technically I was asked” but said she didn’t want to get married because she’s “living a #newmodernlove.” Hale has also previously talked on social media about being bisexual.
Hale co-founded Halestorm with her brother, drummer Aejay Hale, in 1997. Hottinger joined on guitar and backing vocals in 2003, and things quickly turned romantic with Lzzy Hale.
“…You can’t predict those things. So we had these very adult conversations, like, ‘Well, if we…’ ‘Cause we were very immaturely flirting. We were flirting, but pretending we’re not,” she said Thursday. “But no, we made the decision, we’re, like, ‘If we don’t try this, then we could be losing out on something too.’ Because I will tell you over the last 22 years, there is nothing like having all of these firsts and chasing your dream, doing the thing that you love with the person you love.”
Halestorm
Halestorm, who previously performed at K-Rockathon, is a Grammy-winning rock band that released its first album in 2009. The group’s hits include “I Miss the Misery,” “Love Bites (So Do I),” “I Get Off,” “Here’s to Us” and new singles “Can U See Me in the Dark?” and “Darkness Always Wins.”
Halestorm has more than 20 concerts scheduled in 2026. Fans can get tickets via StubHub and Vivid Seats.
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