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Akron native Chrissie Hynde is coming home. The Pretenders have scheduled a concert for 8:30 p.m. July 23 at Goodyear Theater.. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at Ticketmaster.Reserved seats ...
Hynde is the only continuous member of the Pretenders, having appeared on every studio album released by the band. Hynde formed the Pretenders in Hereford, England in 1978, with Pete Farndon, James Honeyman-Scott and Chambers. She has also recorded a number of songs with other musicians, including Frank Sinatra, Cher and UB40.
Hynde, originally from Akron, Ohio, moved to London in 1973, working at the weekly music paper NME [4] and at Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's clothes store. She was involved with early versions of the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the Damned and played in short-lived bands such as Masters of the Backside (1976) and the Moors Murderers (1978 lineup), but failed to find a regular or equal ...
Tour dates. List of 2023 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, ... Chrissie Hynde – harmonica during the song "Bad Obsession" (August 21, 2023)
Chrissie Hynde went back to Ohio. Not all of her city is gone. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer took time out to reminisce this week as The Pretenders returned to Akron for two sold out concerts ...
Comedian Eddie Izzard hosted the concert, with proceeds going to various animal rights charities. Chrissie Hynde and Linda had worked together supporting various animal rights groups, including PETA. [3] Tickets to the show, with 5,000 people attending, sold out within an hour after going on sale. [4]
"2000 Miles" -- Chrissie Hynde. If "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie then Akron's Chrissie Hynde melancholy "2000 miles" can be a holiday chestnut too. Released in 1984 by the Pretenders, the song ...
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]