The Pretenders

CHRISSIE HYNDE And Her PRETENDERS Rocked The Roof Off In ANTWERP (Belgium)

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6 June 2023

Last week (31 May) CHRISSIE HYNDE and her PRETENDERS stopped
in Antwerp (Belgium) on their current EU tour. Hynde at 71 still is an
glamorous and arousing rock bitch filling the venue with her still
formidable voice.

Wow!

They played a straightforward, full-gass, hard rockin’ (emphasis on hard)
set with a rambunctious mix of new and old material. The new Pretenders
album, their 12th titled Relentless lands on September 1.


Album artwork

As the crowd did loud and clear, Chrissie loved every
second of the show too. Her performance was one you
label as dumbfounding. Keep on pretending in the free
world.

Lead-single ‘Let The Sun Come In‘ from the upcoming new album.

Picture this


These boots are made for rockin’


Still cool as f**k


Chrissie magic in Antwerp


Still the talk of the town

1. Losing Sense
2. Love
3. Turf Accountant Daddy
4. Talk of the Town
5. The Adultress
6. Downtown (Akron)
7. The Buzz
8. Domestic Silence
9. Message of Love
10. Time the Avenger
11. Kid
12. Biker
13. Don’t Cut Your Hair
14. Back on the Chain Gang
15. Hate for Sale
16. You Can’t Hurt a Fool
17. Don’t Get Me Wrong
18. Let the Sun Come In
19. Middle of the Road

Encore:
21. Junkie Walk
22. Cuban Slide


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‘STOB YOUR SOBBING’ By THE PRETENDERS – 1979

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16 April 2023

Power pop heroes PRETENDERS fronted by the utterly charismatic
Chrissie Hynde released their tremendously infectious poppy debut
single STOP YOUR SOBBING in 1979, amidst the punk explosion
in the UK.

It was a cover. The original was written by kink Ray Davies about
a crying girlfriend he broke up with. It was released as a single in
1964 only in… South-Africa!

Guess what? Ray Davies & Chrissie Hynde had a relationship and
a child. No sobbing for them, until they split up sometime later.

C’mon Chrissie.

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Portland’s Dream Pop Duo PURE BATHING CULTURE Cover THE PRETENDERS’ Xmas Classic ‘2000 MILES’

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5 December 2022

It’s been 2 years since Portland’s dream pop duo PURE BATHING CULTURE
released their latest longplayer – the 4th in 10 years – with Hats.

They return now to connect with the upcoming holidays with a cover of the magnific 1983 Xmas reverie 200 MILES (more than 84 million streams on Spotify) by THE PRETENDERS, written/sung by the fabulous Chrissie Hynde.

PBC shared it along with this message.

“hi friends! happy holidays! we’re excited to share our cover of 2000 miles by one of
our very favorite bands the pretenders! it was truly a joy to explore this song together.  

the holidays can be tough especially if you’ve lost someone or if you’re separated from loved ones, so this one goes out to anyone who’s going through a hard time right now. sometimes there’s magic to be found in the melancholy though…it’s been a rough year for us in a lot of ways but you all are our diamonds sparkling in the snow. thank you for being here with us!
your support here at bandcamp truly makes a huge difference.

we love you all, thank you so much for listening to our music we love being here with you!”

PBC‘s take has a similar approach, sounding both emotive and tender,
not cheesy Xmassy. Sarah Versprille‘s starry-eyed voice and Daniel Hindman‘s
sparkling guitar lines come together just beautifully. Glorious version.

Stream/buy
the track here…


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Original version

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Happy 71 CHRISSIE HYNDE

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7 September 2022

Christine Ellen Hynde was born in Akron, Ohio on 7 September 1951. Happy 71 to an utterly cool songstress who flew to London in the mid 70s to dive into the punk scene of London where she joined the young brats who hung out at the late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren’s fashion clothes shop SEX.

Later she was a writer for NME magazine, before starting her band
The Pretenders in 1978 who made 11 LPs between 1979 and 2020
and had multiple singles hits.

Three big Chrissie moments

– BRASS IN POCKET –
(1979)

– BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG –
(1982)

– I GOT YOU BABE –
(Sonny and Cher cover with UB 40.
This is a great live rendition at the
massive ‘Free Nelson Mandela‘
rock event in London in 1988)

CHRISSIE HYNDE: Biography – Discography