10 December 2025
Early December, the soundtrack to the Xmas comedy movie
OH. WHAT. FUN. came out with artists covering other artists’
Xmas songs.
Among them, the tremendous SHARON VAN ETTEN.
Listen to her version of The Pretenders 1987 hit 2000 MILES
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Original
7 November 2025
True!
Hynde has a new album out. ‘Duets Special‘ features covers
of old tunes perfomrmed by Chrissie with guest vocalists.
3 April 2025
During their first US tour, CHRISSIE HYNDE
and her PRETENDERS were involved in a fight
at a bar in Memphis.
Eventually Hynde was arrested for disorderly conduct. She kicked out the window
of the police cruiser sent to take her away and spent the night in jail. Bad, bad rock
chick, but pretty cool story.
A true warrior, always talk of the town
Top singles from the past
19 January 2025
THE PRETENDERS topped the UK’s Singles Chart with BRASS IN POCKET
45 years ago today, on 19 January 1980. It was the 3rd single from their
self-titled debut LP.
It was written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott. Originating as
a guitar lick written by Honeyman-Scott, the song’s lyrics were explained by Hynde
to be about the cockiness that one needs to effectively perform. The song’s title
derives from a phrase she overheard after a show.
It peaked at number 14 in the US.
7 September 2024
Born in Ohio on 7 September 1951. Happy 72 Chrissie.
Last September THE PRETENDERS launched their 12th longplayer, called
RELENTLESS and started touring it. And they keep on rolling the tour bus
in 2024. In the UK and Europe.
UK
EUROPE
Last year – 31 May – in Antwerp, Belgium.
Photos by Turn Up The Volume.
These boots are made for rockin’
Still cool as f**k
Chrissie magic in Antwerp
RELENTLESS
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The Pretenders: Linktree
Standout longplayers
15 September 2023
Today, everlasting cool rock chick CHRISSIE HYNDE and her line-up changing PRETENDERS released LP #12. It’s titled RELENTLESS . You can buy it here.
HYNDE about the album’s title: “I enjoy seeing the various meanings and
origins of a word. And I liked the definition: ‘showing no abatement of intensity.’
So when it came to an album title, it seemed fitting. You know… to keep doing it.
I think anyone in a band is constantly questioning if they should keep going.
It starts as a youthful pursuit and eventually, it makes you wonder, why am
I doing this? It’s the life of the artist. You never retire. You become relentless.”
HYNDE – a year ago – about touring and the new album.
UNCUT Magazine says: “She has crooned before, but the freight of intimate emotion
here, letting low notes waver within the ferally alive arrangement, is masterful. Ending
an album of looking back, this is the new prime of Chrissie Hynde.” Score: 4/5.
Pretenders in Belgium last May – pic by TUTV
TUTV: When I saw Hynde – the only original Pretender left – rockin’ out for a full 75 minutes, with old and new songs, in Belgium last May (review here) I thought the new album (at that point only the first single, smooth rocker Let The Sun Come In was out) would be pretty hot-blooded too. Now I know it’s the opposite.
Except for Losing My Sense Of Taste, Let The Sun Come In and Vainglorious, Hynde chooses
to sit down, relax and reflect on her past, her present and her future, with tender ballads, co-written with guitarist James Walbourne. And as she proved several times before, she’s a most affecting crooner. Relentless gets more heartwarming with every spin. Pretenders are the talk of the town again.
SINGLES: A Love / Let The Sun Come In
ALBUM
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PRETENDERS: Instagram – Facebook
TUTV: Facebook – Instagram – Twitter
25 June 2023
(Pic by Turn Up The Volume, last month in Belgium, unfortunately without Grohl and Marr)
This year’s legendary British Glastonbury Festival edition is in full swing.
And as happens frequently, artists invite other artists to join them for a
couple of songs.
That’s what CHRISSIE HYNDE and THE PRETENDERS did yesterday. They invited
foo fighter Dave Grohl, who hit his drumsticks as if he was shooting a riot gun,
and former The Smiths‘ guitar hero Johnny Marr (who used to play live for a while
with The Pretenders, years ago).
All together, they went for a stormy version The Pretenders‘ rocker
TATTOOED LOVE BOYS (from their 1980 self-titled debut LP).
Fireworks.
THE PRETENDERS: Instagram
6 June 2023
Last week (30 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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THE PRETENDERS: Facebook – Instagram
GUNS ‘N ROSES
The Pretenders
Generation Sex
(Supergroup with Generation X icons Billy Idol and Tony James
and Sex Pistols legends Steve Jones and Paul Cook)
Direction: Paradise City.
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