--- - |- It's been six years since the last Pretenders album, and Chrissie Hynde returns with a new one Sept. 23 called Break Up The Concrete. Fans don't have to wait until then, as the band is offering free MP3 downloads beginning yesterday at various sites, one song per week. First up this week is 'Boots of Chinese [...] ~~- The Pretenders
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I'm being completely seduced by the new Pretenders album. With one track being given away each week, there's time to really get inside each one before the next one drops. It helps that it's a great album.Chrissie's voice is intimate and confessional. She can belt a rocker when she wants, but the two really brilliant songs for me are the one up above and another called "The Maker Of Nothing", w...
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The Pretenders are giving away their new album one track per week. It's worth getting. Chrissie Hynde has never sung in a way to strain her voice and it's still in excellent condition. The band behind her play with vim, verve and velocity. Most important, her songwriting is in top form.Back in 1976, the anecdote about Chrissie was that she lived on £10 a week in an empty room with a matress and a
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The Pretenders have unveiled dates for their first US tour in over 6 years.The extensive jaunt is set to kick off January 29 in Albany, NY.The tour, in support of their recently-released ninth album ‘Break Up The Concrete‘, will run through several major cities including New York, Chicago, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco.The band will wrap up the jaunt on March 14 in Reno, NV.The Pret
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It's gotta be a pretty powerful female led tour, when Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders hit the road this fall with Cat Power and Juliette Lewis opening some of the dates. This tour marks the second for The Pretenders in support of their latest album, Break Up The Concrete. It all begins in Rama, ONT on August 4 and wraps up a month later in Rancho Mirage, CA. All shows will be all thre bands u...
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Cat Power at the Virgin Mobile Festival Pimlico (08/09/08)Photo: Tim GriffinThe title just about says it all.The Pretenders, Juliette Lewis, Cat PowerMonday, August 10, 2009From 8:00 PM to 10:00 PMCentral Park SummerStageView the rest of the 2009 Summerstage schedule over here.
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Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde will sing at the opening of her vegetarian restaurant, VegeTerranean, in her hometown of Akron, Ohio. Hynde, accompanied by an acoustic guitarist, will give a free mini-concert on September 15th at the grand launch of VegeTerranean. The restaurant will serve a meat-free vegetarian/Mediterranean cuisine, thus the clever name. The Pretenders, "I'll Stand By Yo...
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Chrissy Hynde and The Pretenders have released an EP just in time for the holiday season. The aptly titled Holiday EP is available exclusively through iTunes.The four tracks will include some classic rock Christmas tunes including "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus".A good thing to help you get into the holiday spirit.The Pretenders' websiteThe Pretenders' Myspace
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MUSIC NEWS - Show off your music boots!!!! The Pretenders ,The People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and YouTube have announced a video contest forfans to make their own video for the band's hit song "Boots Of Chinese Plastic " (off their latest album Break Up The Concrete) . Fans and animal lovers are being requested to create videos via YouTube and lip synch the song "Boots O...
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MUSIC NEWS - The Pretenders have just announce their return to North American with a headlining tour starting August 4 at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario with Cat Power and Juliette Lewis supporting on certain dates of the tour (see full itinerary below),THE PRETENDERS touring line up of Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, James Walbourne, Eric Heywood, and Nick Wilkinson, will make their
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The Pretenders have put up the stems for their new track Break Up The Concrete in hopes that you will send them back an awesome remix ! Give it a shot, and don't forget to send us a copy of your mix! ThePretenders.com Tonight is the Pretenders show in NYC at the Hiline Ballroom. We will see you there! Oh, and one more thing! Want a Pretenders signed guitar? Enter for the chance to win...
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