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‘Pretenders Live: Kick ‘Em Where It Hurts!’ and 'The Singles' 2LP and CD reissue are out now. https://linktr.ee/pretendersHQ
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The Pretenders
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· Aug 15
The new reissue of the Pretenders' 1987 compilation, 'The Singles', is out now!
Grab your copy here: pretenders.lnk.to/thesingles
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Grab your copy here: pretenders.lnk.to/thesingles
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"Gets colder day by day, I miss you" 🎶
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December 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"Gets colder day by day, I miss you" 🎶
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'Boots Of Chinese Plastic' studio vs live, check out the live version here: pretenders.ffm.to/pretendersli...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
'Boots Of Chinese Plastic' studio vs live, check out the live version here: pretenders.ffm.to/pretendersli...
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Chrissie's Q&A with @theguardian.com is now live, and you can read the full article here: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Chrissie's Q&A with @theguardian.com is now live, and you can read the full article here: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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'Hymn To Her', released as the second single from the studio album 'Get Close' in December 1986, the single also featured the B-side 'Room Full Of Mirrors'.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
'Hymn To Her', released as the second single from the studio album 'Get Close' in December 1986, the single also featured the B-side 'Room Full Of Mirrors'.
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'2000 Miles' performed on Dutch TV show Countdown in 1983.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'2000 Miles' performed on Dutch TV show Countdown in 1983.
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Throwback to The Pretenders' set at C6 Fest in São Paulo earlier this year. What track would you add to the setlist?
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December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Throwback to The Pretenders' set at C6 Fest in São Paulo earlier this year. What track would you add to the setlist?
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Taking you on a tour of The Pretenders 12 studio albums...
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December 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Taking you on a tour of The Pretenders 12 studio albums...
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“What she did send is magic, pure magic”
Chrissie on her duet with Shirley Manson (@garbage.com), listen to the full podcast here: lnkfi.re/DuetsSpecial...
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Chrissie on her duet with Shirley Manson (@garbage.com), listen to the full podcast here: lnkfi.re/DuetsSpecial...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“What she did send is magic, pure magic”
Chrissie on her duet with Shirley Manson (@garbage.com), listen to the full podcast here: lnkfi.re/DuetsSpecial...
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Chrissie on her duet with Shirley Manson (@garbage.com), listen to the full podcast here: lnkfi.re/DuetsSpecial...
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Inside the studio, here's some footage taken from the bands 1986 rehearsal for Get Close.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Inside the studio, here's some footage taken from the bands 1986 rehearsal for Get Close.
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📸 During the filming for the '2000 Miles' music video, 1983 by Steve Rapport
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November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
📸 During the filming for the '2000 Miles' music video, 1983 by Steve Rapport
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Then vs Now, @thebandwashere.bsky.social down where Lynn Goldsmith took this Pretenders photo in New York 1980.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Then vs Now, @thebandwashere.bsky.social down where Lynn Goldsmith took this Pretenders photo in New York 1980.
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What's your favourite Pretenders record that you own?
📸 tavo_salinas
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November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What's your favourite Pretenders record that you own?
📸 tavo_salinas
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📸 tavo_salinas
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An evening with... The Pretenders live in Chile, May 2025
📸 el.eme, eduromerofotografia
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📸 el.eme, eduromerofotografia
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November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
An evening with... The Pretenders live in Chile, May 2025
📸 el.eme, eduromerofotografia
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📸 el.eme, eduromerofotografia
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The story behind the Pretenders first single and demo tape for 'Stop Your Sobbing'.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The story behind the Pretenders first single and demo tape for 'Stop Your Sobbing'.
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46 years of 'Brass In Pocket', released on this day in 1979.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
46 years of 'Brass In Pocket', released on this day in 1979.
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"Each day drags by until finally night time descends on me"
'I Go To Sleep' released as a single November 1981.
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'I Go To Sleep' released as a single November 1981.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Each day drags by until finally night time descends on me"
'I Go To Sleep' released as a single November 1981.
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'I Go To Sleep' released as a single November 1981.
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'I'll Stand By You' in the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room, watch the full performance on YouTube: youtu.be/wcCs78ZN9SA?...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
'I'll Stand By You' in the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room, watch the full performance on YouTube: youtu.be/wcCs78ZN9SA?...
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'Alone', the 10th studio album from The Pretenders, released this month in 2016.
The album featured the singles 'Holy Commotion' & 'Let's Get Lost', and was recorded within the space of two weeks at Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
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The album featured the singles 'Holy Commotion' & 'Let's Get Lost', and was recorded within the space of two weeks at Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
'Alone', the 10th studio album from The Pretenders, released this month in 2016.
The album featured the singles 'Holy Commotion' & 'Let's Get Lost', and was recorded within the space of two weeks at Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
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The album featured the singles 'Holy Commotion' & 'Let's Get Lost', and was recorded within the space of two weeks at Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
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'Message Of Love' live at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1987.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
'Message Of Love' live at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1987.
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'Sense Of Purpose' released as the second single from the studio album 'Packed!' this month in 1990, 35 years ago!
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October 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
'Sense Of Purpose' released as the second single from the studio album 'Packed!' this month in 1990, 35 years ago!
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'Break Up The Concrete', The Pretenders' ninth studio album, was released this week in 2008.
"Still that irresistible blend of hard and soft, with Chrissie Hynde being able being able produce tears, self-belief and riot-girl attitude all at once...
"Still that irresistible blend of hard and soft, with Chrissie Hynde being able being able produce tears, self-belief and riot-girl attitude all at once...
October 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
'Break Up The Concrete', The Pretenders' ninth studio album, was released this week in 2008.
"Still that irresistible blend of hard and soft, with Chrissie Hynde being able being able produce tears, self-belief and riot-girl attitude all at once...
"Still that irresistible blend of hard and soft, with Chrissie Hynde being able being able produce tears, self-belief and riot-girl attitude all at once...
1980, Pretenders played the Dr Pepper Central Park music festival the year they released their debut studio album.
Held at the Wollman Skating Rink other acts that performed there included The Ramones, Talking Heads, The B-52's and Elton John.
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Held at the Wollman Skating Rink other acts that performed there included The Ramones, Talking Heads, The B-52's and Elton John.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
1980, Pretenders played the Dr Pepper Central Park music festival the year they released their debut studio album.
Held at the Wollman Skating Rink other acts that performed there included The Ramones, Talking Heads, The B-52's and Elton John.
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Held at the Wollman Skating Rink other acts that performed there included The Ramones, Talking Heads, The B-52's and Elton John.
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"What you get in the club with a band, you don't get anywhere else"
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October 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"What you get in the club with a band, you don't get anywhere else"
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📸 Chrissie and James on stage at Citi Field, New York last year. Photo by Hannah Laney.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
📸 Chrissie and James on stage at Citi Field, New York last year. Photo by Hannah Laney.
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