

The new music holds a raw energy which fueled the early albums and can only really translate well into a Pretenders show. Chrissie Hynde is still the legendary figure in music that she was in 1979, with powerful vocals and an attitude to match, Hynde is an iconic front woman in a genre which was predominantly male. In 2010 it was Blondie and this time around it’s Stevie Nicks. I don’t know if Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders are insecure or just feel safety in numbers, but lately whenever they tour Australia, they do so in tandem with another act. Pretenders are the perfect blend of New Wave, Pop and Rock, to create the strong band with an even stronger front woman. Pretenders Forum Theatre Friday 17 November 2017 100. Pretenders will be playing Liverpool Philharmonicon October 17.įollowing the tenth studio album Alone which was released October 2016 and produced by Dan Auerbach, Pretenders returned from a three month tour with Stevie Nicksand have now set out on a UK tour to celebrate their first album in 8 years. Produced exclusively by Live Nation, the 27-city tour with Pretenders, will begin on Tuesday, October 25 in Phoenix, Arizona and will see the legendary Nicks. Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading live entertainment company comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, Artist Nation Management and Live Nation Media/Sponsorship.Pretenders (taken from artists official Facebook)Īs Pretenders get ready for their UK tour, Getintothis’ Jessica Borden has the low down about their autumn tour that hits Liverpool *all dates, venues and cities below subject to change. Chrisse Hynde the back bone of the long run that The Pretneders have seen released a solo album in 2014 Stolckholm and then re banded the group again releasing Alone in october of 2016. Chrissie most recently released the album Stockholm and a 2015 memoir, Reckless: My Life As a Pretender, hailed by the New York Times upon its release as "honest and distinctive…first and foremost, a love letter to rock and roll." After delivering 2016s unflinchingly head-strong Alone album (produced by the Black Keys Dan Auerbach), the Pretenders continue to tour worldwide. The band has sold over 25 million albums and founder & leader Chrissie Hynde is one of contemporary music's greatest songwriters. Pretenders are a rock band who came to prominence during the punk and new wave movement of the late 1970s due to their innovative songwriting and charismatic performances. The Pretenders cross the bridge between punk, new wave and Top 40 pop music more than any other band, with hit songs like I'll Stand By You, Back On The Chain Gang and Don't Get Me Wrong.

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Collectively as a solo artist and Fleetwood Mac band member, Nicks has sold over 140 million albums and won several Grammys. The Pretenders stayed mostly apolitical throughout their set, though perhaps inevitably for a show by a punk-bred band in the year 2016, there was a sense of desperation throughout, as songs like. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, Nicks recently performed 122 sold out shows around the world during 2014-2015. Her 2014 album 24 Karat Gold – Songs From The Vault debuted at No. Nicks, a multi-platinum selling artist - dubbed "the reigning queen of rock and roll" by Rolling Stone Magazine has had six Top Ten albums and 8 Grammy nominations.
