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Pretenders released their 10th studio album, Alone, on 21 October 2016. However, as on Packed! , Hynde was the only Pretender on the album, which was otherwise played entirely by session musicians. [ citation needed ] In May 2017, Ellis resumed touring with the Pretenders, who toured Australia and New Zealand with Nicks.
Peter Granville Farndon (12 June 1952 – 14 April 1983) was an English bassist and founding member of the rock band the Pretenders.In addition to playing bass with the group, Farndon sang backup vocals and co-wrote two of the group's songs ("The Wait" and "Space Invader"), before a drug problem resulted in his dismissal from the group in 1982 and his death a year later.
James Honeyman-Scott (4 November 1956 – 16 June 1982) was an English rock guitarist, songwriter and founder member of the band the Pretenders.. With the band, Honeyman-Scott established a reputation, in the words of AllMusic, as "one of the most original and versatile guitarists of the early-'80s new wave movement."
The Pretenders were formed in the spring of 1978 by Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, Pete Farndon and Martin Chambers. [1] After the release of Pretenders in 1980 and Pretenders II in 1981, Farndon was fired from the band on 14 June 1982 due to increasing problems with drug abuse, which had led to Honeyman-Scott claiming he would leave if the bassist was not dismissed. [2]
Learning to Crawl is the third studio album by British-American rock band the Pretenders.It was released on 13 January 1984 by Sire Records after a hiatus during which band members James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon died of drug overdoses.
This album was released as a Pretenders' album, though Hynde was the only original member to appear on it. [30] The new band also played a concert for the BBC at the Maida Vale studio. [31] In 2016, Hynde and the Pretenders opened for Stevie Nicks. [32] In July 2020, the Pretenders released their 11th studio album Hate for Sale. The album was ...
"My City Was Gone" is a song by the rock group The Pretenders. The song originally appeared in October 1982 as the B-side to the single release of "Back on the Chain Gang"; [3] the single was the first release for the band following the death of founding bandmember James Honeyman-Scott.
The music video, their first after Honeyman-Scott's death and Farndon's firing in 1982, featured Hynde and Chambers, the only two remaining Pretenders at that time. The video was directed by Don Letts and begins with shots of people jumping in the sky, before dissolving into a shot of people walking across London Bridge ; Chambers is among the ...