Eighties punk icon, 66, has barely aged a day in 43 years since iconic hits and marrying huge tennis star
SHE made a name for herself in the eighties as the lead singer of rock band Scandal.
And while she might not be hitting the stage every night anymore, Patty Smyth has barely aged a day since then.
The 66-year-old still has a huge fan base and often shares snaps, showing she looks exactly the same.
During her time in the band, Patty topped the charts with her hit The Warrior, but the band didn’t last long until they split.
Following her stint in Scandal, Patty forged a hugely successful solo career, as well as a songwriter.
She reached the top 10 with the hit single Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough, her duet with Don Henley of the Eagles.
In 1994 she co-wrote Look What Love Has Done, which featured in the film Junior and ended up being nominated for Academy Award and Grammy.
Patty hit headlines around that time when she started dating tennis legend John McEnroe.
They tied the knot in secret in 1997 and went on to have two daughters together.
Patty had a daughter – Ruby – from a brief marriage to punk rocker Richard Hell
John and Patty are still completely smitten with each other and in 2020, Patty told People: “Twenty-something years later, I’m like ‘Wow, I still have these feelings when I see him’.
“Never did I think that I would ever be with somebody for this long. I think we got very lucky.”
In that year she released a new album – her first in 28 years – and called it It’s About Time.
It featured love songs about her marriage to the tennis star and their enduring love.
But she has been careful to keep their romance mostly out of the limelight – apart from attending Elton John’s Oscar party every year.
She explained: “For me, it was a superstition thing. I didn’t want to be like, ‘Hey, look at us, we’re this happy couple.’ I just thought if I kept it on the down-low, I had this gut feeling that we would stay together — if I threw it out to the world, that we wouldn’t — because I’ve seen that happen so many times,”
