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The PRETENDERS – ” Holy Communion “

Posted: September 12, 2016 in MUSIC
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The Pretenders are back with a brand new album and teamed up with a fellow Akron musician to work on the record. The Pretenders have just announced a new album entitled Alone, their first since 2008’s Break Up The Concrete. Besides Chrissie Hynde, the album features bassist Dave Roe, pedal steel guitarist Russ Pahl, guitarist Kenny Vaughan, keyboardist Leon Michels, and drummer Richard Swift, and it was produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. who helmed the sessions from his Easy Eye Studio in Nashville. According to the press release announcing the LP, Hynde ended up tracking all the vocals for the album in a single 48-hour span.That’s the artwork above, and it’ll be out 10/21 ia BMG. The band also recently announced a North American support tour with Stevie Nicks 

Due in stores October. 21st, Alone is available to fans who purchase their copies early will receive a free download of “Holy Commotion!” now. The track, which you can hear above, may come as a surprise to fans who expected Auerbach’s influence to amp up the Pretenders’ blues quotient; instead, it presents an altogether poppier side of Hynde’s sound, with lyrics describing an urge to “see the light” and adding, “I just want, I want, I want to dance all night/ So be my baby.”

Chrissie Hynde and company recruited Dan Auerbach to produce The Pretenders latest record Alone. The album isn’t due out until October 21st,

PRETENDERS – ” Pretenders ” Great Debut Albums

Posted: January 22, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The Pretenders. regarded as one of the best debut albums ever recorded, Pretenders was chocked full of moxie and attitude. As a part of the second British Invasion, they joined artists such as Elvis Costello, The Clash and Joe Jackson in redefining music in the late ’70s and early ’80s. The band punches us in the stomach with the punk-inspired track “Precious,” but that was just the beginning of the thrashing as “The Wait” and “Tattooed Love Boys” added fuel to the fire. They did go soft on us with the Kinks’ “Stop Your Sobbing,” “Lovers of Today” and “Kid.” They even managed to get a pop song on the radio with “Brass in Pocket.” Chrissie and company have churned out several albums since their debut and have had some hits, but this recording remains to be the band’s best.

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Pretenders are an English-American rock band formed in Hereford, England, in March 1978. The original band comprised initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the drug-related deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon, the band has experienced numerous subsequent personnel changes, with Chrissie Hynde as the only consistent member, and Chambers returning after an absence of several years.Their self-titled debut album was released at the end of December 1979 and was a success in the United Kingdom and the United States Pretenders was subsequently named one of the best albums of all time by Rolling Stone,

CHRISSIE HYNDE – ” 2000 Miles ” Updated Version 2014

Posted: December 4, 2014 in MUSIC
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Chrissie Hynde releases a brand new version of The Pretenders “2000 Miles” on December 15. The song was originally a Christmas hit in 1983, when it reached number 15 in the singles chart. The new version was recorded during the sessions for Hynde’s first solo album, Stockholm.

“Last year while finishing up the album “Stockholm”, Bjorn Yttling and I made up this version of the Pretenders “2000 Miles” says Hynde. “I think it captures the mood of the season perfectly as it gets cold in Sweden, reindeer wander the streets freely and the snow was coming down! Happy Christmas!”

The track is also available on the deluxe version of Stockholm, alongside seven live tracks — including I Go To Sleep and Brass In Pocket — recorded at the singer’s recent iTunes Festival show at London’s Roundhouse.

JEFF LYNNE and ELO – ” Mr Blue Sky ” Hyde Park 14th September 2014

Posted: September 15, 2014 in FESTIVALS, MUSIC
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Something really special as ELO and Jeff Lynne  returned to the stage after 28 years and performed in Hyde Park for the Festival In A  Day, playing all the hits, an amazing concert broadcast on BBC last night. The festival also had on the bill legendary Blondie , Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, Bellowhead the 12 piece Folk band, Paloma Faith and Kacey Musgraves plus the soul of Billy Ocean…ELO who had 26 top selling singles in the 70’s and 80’s also were accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra. the set list

All Over The World, Evil Woman, Mama Belle, Showdown, Livin Thing, Strange Magic, 10538 Overture, Can’t Get It Out Of My Mind, Sweet Talkin Woman, Turn to Stone, Steppin Out, Handle With Care, Don’t Bring Me Down, Rock and Roll Is King, Telephone Line, Mr Blue Sky, Roll Over Beethoven,

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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – ” Livin Thing ” to play HYDE PARK Sept 2014

Posted: June 16, 2014 in FESTIVALS, MUSIC
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Electric Light Orchestra band leader Jeff Lynne has announced he will be performing a full show with the band for the first time since the songs played in 2013 for the BBC Children in Need but this will be a full show as part of the BBC2 Live in Hyde Park event already also booked are BLONDIE and Chrissie HYNDE.

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