January 14, 2008 Gideon Coe will be playing some live tracks from the Pretenders 1979 Paris theatre concert this Wednesday (January 16) on 6Music. The show is on from 10:00 PM-1:00 AM, but you can listen again on the website up to 7 days afterwards. Click here to go there. The band started recording for the new album in September, however, producer Ethan Johns had another project he was committed to so everything's on hold right now. They should be back in the studio around the end of April. Finally, the January issue of Akron Life & Leisure magazine has a short (two page) interview with Chrissie. November 8, 2007 Although Chrissie's restaurant, VegiTerranean, is advertising Monday as its official opening date, it will open for business on Friday (that's tomorrow!) at 5:00 PM. As of Monday, the restaurant and bar will be open from 4:00 PM to 1:00 AM. Lunch will be served daily starting November 19. VegiTerranean is at 21 Furnace St. in the Northside Lofts, just north of downtown Akron. Call for reservations - 330-374-5550. October 23, 2007 Chrissie's restaurant, VegiTerranean, will be open soon! Experience some of the ribbon cutting day's events here. Akron's WONE has a guitar autographed by Chrissie up for auction. All proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Greater Akron. Click here to bid. October 17, 2007 Chrissie has been added to the lineup for the Jerry Lee Lewis Tribute Concert on Saturday, November 10 at Playhouse Square's State Theatre in Cleveland. Check the Appearances page for ticket purchasing information. September 20, 2007 The Pretenders are in the studio recording their new album. They already have most if not all of the material worked out and hope to have the recording process finished soon. We'll post any updates as soon as we get them. September 4, 2007 Chrissie's restaurant, VegiTerranean, will be a restaurant, bar, coffee house and bakery. The restaurant will feature both casual and upscale vegetarian cuisine with an Italian flair. Vegan options will also be available. Although the restaurant will not be open for business until a later date, the ribbon cutting and a celebrity preview will be held during the Metropolitan Experience Festival September 15, 2007 in Akron, Ohio. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be in front of the restaurant at 4:00 where Chrissie will be appearing along with surprise celebrity guests. Later that evening, Chrissie and Adam will perform at a benefit for the Civic Theater along with special guests The Diffi Cult, If These Trees Could Talk, Pat Sweany, Half Cleveland, The Bizzaros and The Numbers Band. Check the Appearances page for details and ticket purchasing information. August 16, 2007 PRETENDERS MARATHON Broadcast beginning at 7:00 AM eastern time This 18 hour event, hosted by WBWC in Cleveland focuses exclusively on one band during the broadcast day, and will feature The Pretenders entire catalog, including b-sides, live recordings and rare tracks. You can listen online with RealAudio: http://www.wbwc.com/listen.asp Listeners can also call the request line on the day of the broadcast at 440-826-7846, or email: request@wbwc.com or use the online request form http://www.wbwc.com/requests.asp Interview with Robbie Robertson at approximately 11:00 AM eastern time. Interview with Martin Chambers around 1:00 PM. And Dan Duplain was invited to stop by for a chat about Chrissie's restaurant, Vegiterranean. July 4, 2007 Chrissie will be opening a restaurant in Akron called VegiTerranean. The grand opening is scheduled for September 15. Chrissie and Adam will perform a free concert at the restaurant in the afternoon. May 2, 2007 Chrissie will perform at the Syd Barrett: Madcap's Last Laugh concert at the Barbican in London on May 10. Other guests include Kevin Ayers, The Bees, Vashti Bunyan, King Creosote with Gordon Anderson (The Aliens), Mike Heron, Robyn Hitchcock, Captain Sensible and more. Click here for more information about this event. April 16, 2007 Tickets go on sale Saturday, April 14 for JACK FM Fest 2007. The line-up, which includes The Stray Cats, ZZ Top, Pretenders and The Gin Blossoms, is set for July 28 at Xcel Energy Center. Tickets are $39.50, $49.50 and $85.00. More dates may be coming soon so check back. April 11, 2007 We've heard Landis Expandis of the All Mighty Senators, who opened for the Pretenders on their Loose Screw tour, has fallen ill. Down but not out! Several fundraisers are being held in Maryland to help Landis pay his medical bills, and also to raise awareness and money for the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland. Hope you are back in the fight soon, Landis! Click here for updates on Landis and to donate. March 17, 2007 Shaun Keaveny show on BBC 6music will be playing some LIVE Pretenders tracks this coming Thursday night. The live tracks will be played between 12:20 and 12:50 AM on Thursday night/Friday Morning. Click here to check out their site. February 6, 2007 It looks like the Learning To Crawl and Get Close remastered and expanded CDs are expected to be released in June. There's no official release date yet - stay tuned! There is also a live CD project in the works. It's shaping up to be a double CD + DVD. Current release date is Sept. 10. September 13, 2006 VH1 Classic will air Decades Live with the Pretenders on October 20. Tune into VH1 Classic for local air times. September 12, 2006 The Pretenders will open for The Who November 10 through December 12. Check the Appearances page for the list of dates. September 7, 2006 Rhino Records is re-releasing Pretenders as a double CD, remastered and with bonus tracks. The CD should hit the streets Tuesday, October 3. Check out the track listing… DISC 1: 1. Precious 2. The Phone Call 3. Up The Neck 4. Tattooed Love Boys 5. Space Invader 6. The Wait 7. Stop Your Sobbing 8. Kid 9. Private Life 10. Brass In Pocket 11. Lovers Of Today 12. Mystery Achievement DISC 2: 1. Cuban Slide 2. Porcelain 3. The Wait - (Demo) 4. I Can't Control Myself - (Demo) 5. Nervous But Shy 6. Swinging London 7. Brass In Pocket - (Demo) 8. Kid - (Demo) 9. Stop Your Sobbing - (Demo) 10. Tequila - (Demo) 11. I Need Somebody - (live) 12. Mystery Achievement - (live) 13. Precious - (live) 14. The Phone Call - (live) 15. Tattooed Love Boys - (live) 16. Sabre Dance - (live) Click here to order your copy now! June 6, 2006 Chrissie won the Mojo Music Songwriter Award. The ceremony took place at Shoreditch Town Hall in London. Congratulations, Chrissie! May 24, 2006 Chrissie will appear tonight at Smokey Robinson's 50th Showbiz Anniversary Celebration at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The event will announce a series of international concerts to take place next year celebrating the anniversary. Also in attendance will be Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood and ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, Petula Clark, Candi Staton, Deniece Williams, and Freda Payne. XM Satellite Radio will broadcast Artist Confidential featuring the Pretenders on Monday, August 7 at 6:00 PM ET on The 80s Channel (XM 8). The show was taped before a small audience at Irving Plaza on April 1 before the band's performance later than night. In between questions from the audience they played a few songs. Chrissie asked the audience what they wanted to hear and they called out different songs. She looked at LB and asked, "What do you want to hear?" "Tattooed Love Boys." So they did it. That alone is worth the cost of the equipment and subscription to XM! April 6, 2006 Chrissie released the following statement about her "retirement".... I think I said I am real tired but maybe I was so tired that it sounded like I’m retired. I often think about leaving everything and spending the rest of my days on a beach somewhere, but then who doesn’t? When I said this is our last show in Atlantic City I meant this is the last show of this tour. Chrissie Hynde March 30, 2006 Fire up the DVD recorders... The Pretenders will be on ABC's Good Morning America on Monday, April 3. November 27, 2005 The Pretenders did an AWESOME version of "Waterloo Sunset" at the UK Music Hall of Fame on November 16. They were there to pay tribute to the Kinks, who were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Click here to download the song. November 15, 2005 VH1 will broadcast the UK Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony on November 26 at 9.00 PM (Eastern Time), then run it again directly afterwards at 11:30. VH1 Classic will re-run it on November 27 at 8.00 PM (ET) and again at 11.00 PM (ET). October 27, 2005 The Pretenders will perform "Stop Your Sobbing" and "Waterloo Sunset" for the Kinks induction to the UK Music Hall of Fame at the Alexandra Palace in London on Wednesday, November 16. Andy Hobson is no longer with the band. Nick Wilkinson will be taking his place. September 13, 2005 Any commission we receive from purchases made through the Buy Music link from September 1 until October 31 will be donated to Noahswish.org, a non-profit organization whose sole mission is to rescue animals during disasters. This is for ANY purchase made at CDUniverse through the link on our site. Click here to start your Christmas shopping! July 27, 2005 No Turn Left Unstoned will be broadcast on The Biography Channel on UK TV on August 7, 2005 at 8:00 PM. Click here for a preview. July 18, 2005 We received word that Gerry Mackleduff died of cancer in Belfast on July 16. Gerry played drums on the demos that convinced Nick Lowe to produce the Pretenders first single Stop Your Sobbing/The Wait. Our thoughts are with Gerry's family. July 1, 2005 'Inky Fingers: The NME Story' will feature interviews with Nick Kent, Chrissie Hynde, Danny Baker, Nicky Wire, Charles Shaar Murray, Hugh Cornwell, Paul Morley and Tony Parsons, the program will air on BBC4 on Monday, July 4, at 9:00 PM. Click the link visit their site - www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/nme.shtml.com May 31, 2005 We can update the website again! Due to software problems, we were unable to make any changes to the site for several weeks. The Pretenders Greatest Hits DVD will be released in the US on June 7. Like the Greatest Hits DVDs that were released just about everywhere else in the world a few years ago, it will include the documentary "No Turn Left Unstoned." Click here to order it now. Chrissie is featured on "Don't Hang Up", a song on Ringo Starr's upcoming release called "Choose Love". The CD will be in stores on June 7. Click here to order it now. "Voices For Darfur", a DVD featuring performances by various artists, including Chrissie's covers of "In The Still Of The Night" and "I Concentrate On You", will be released on June 21. Click here to order it now. Incubus has recorded three songs for the soundtrack to the Jamie Foxx movie Stealth, which opens July 29. Among the tracks is a duet with Chrissie called "Neither of Us Can See." April 20, 2005 Chrissie recently recorded a song called 'Cry' with Jarabe De Palo for their new album, 'Un Metro Cuadrado 1m2'.  Check out the video on their site - http:www.jarabedepalo.com Enter and click on "Jarabe De Palo/Un Metro Cuarado" at the top of the page, then click on the "Videoclip of Cry" link at the top. Click here to buy the CD now! March 17 , 2005 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be shown on VH1 on Saturday, March 19 at 9:00 PM. February 15, 2005 Tickets for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony simulcast in Cleveland are now on sale. Check the Appearances page for details. February 9, 2005 On February 19, 2005, Rockwired will be showcasing the Pretenders and their self-titled debut album. Rockwired airs worldwide via the internet at www.ktstfm.com every Saturday at 5:00 PM (PST). December 13, 2004 The Pretenders, along with U2, The O'Jays, Percy Sledge and Buddy Guy, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005! The induction ceremony will be on March 14 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. "When I was growing up in Ohio all I wanted to do was play guitar and sing in a rock band. I went to England and it happened but sadly our glory days were short lived. It's gratifying to know that James Honeyman Scott and Pete Farndon are being remembered and commemorated for all the wonderful music they gave us when we started The Pretenders. Martin Chambers and I will be accepting the induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their honour." December 7, 2004 Click here for a list of PBS stations broadcasting The Blind Boys of Alabama concert in which Chrissie makes an appearance. November 24, 2004 The concert Chrissie did with The Blind Boys of Alabama last year is going to be shown on PBS the week of December 5. Each region will decide when to show it so check your local listings. The concert will also be released on DVD next year. November 18, 2004 Chrissie will participate in the Refugee Voices for Darfur benefit concert, which is scheduled for December 8 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She'll sing two Cole Porter songs with an orchestra. November 16, 2004 The Live Aid DVD comes out today. Click here to buy a copy now. One Night Only: Rod Stewart - Live at Royal Albert Hall, which includes "As Time Goes By" with Chrissie, will be released on December 7, 2004. Click here to pre-order a copy! October 20, 2004 The Rod Stewart performance at the Royal Albert Hall will air Saturday, October 23, on BBC1. Chrissie joined Rod for "As Time Goes By". October 14, 2004 Chrissie performed "As Time Goes By" with Rod Stewart last night at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The performance was filmed for the BBC and is expected to be released on DVD. Walk Like A Penguin... Chrissie has recorded the Bread song "Everything I Own", as part of a duet with Elvis Costello. The song will appear in an animated film called 'Happy Feet', sung by penguins. The film's release is planned for 2006. September 14, 2004 The Pretenders have been nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Other first-time nominees include U2, Buddy Guy, Wanda Jackson, Percy Sledge, the J. Geils Band and Conway Twitty. Previous nominees back on the ballot are the Sex Pistols, Patti Smith, the Stooges, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Gram Parsons. The inductees will be announced sometime in November. Best of luck to the Pretenders! September 7, 2004 The Pretenders will be featured on The Front Row on 95.5 KLOS Sunday, September 12, 2004 at 9:00 PM. The show will include 55 minutes of live material from the December 16, 1981 concert at the Dominion Theatre in London. They're also going to play 3 songs recorded live at The Boardwalk in Sheffield on October 1, 1999. July 24, 2004 On Sunday, July 25 at 10:00 PM (PST), KCBS-FM 93.1 in Los Angeles will air "Off the Record with Joe Benson" featuring the music of The Pretenders, and more of Joe's conversation with Chrissie. Visit Uncle Joe's website and click on the "Radio/Music/Racing Link" to find a city in your area that's broadcasting it. Some radio stations stream the show so check out the link and tune in! June 27, 2004 The video for "Love Can Build A Bridge" is on the new Cher DVD, 'The Very Best of Cher - The Video Hits Collection'. "Love Can Build A Bridge" is a song Chrissie recorded with Neneh Cherry and Cher (along with Eric Clapton) in '95 for the UK's Comic Relief charity. Click here to order a copy. March 23, 2004 Tube & Berger's brilliant 'Straight Ahead' (featuring Chrissie on vocals) will be released in Germany on March 29. German fans can vote for the song on the Vivaplus.tv website. You have to be a member to vote, but signing up is quick and easy. The winner will be broadcast every hour on Saturday! Click here to become a member and vote. February 16, 2004 We received the following message from Chrissie regarding the cancelled show in Perth... > ARCHIVISTS TWO: SHOCK-HORROR-GIG CANCELLED! I WAS CRYING I TELL YOU - SAD DEAF LOSER ON VALENTINE'S DAY. SIMON, KEVIN & GIRL FROM NEW JERSEY RALLIED ROUND THE TOPPLED CHAMPION. A SORRY SIGHT. MEDICAL REPORT: TODAY THE GOOD DOCTOR RODRIGUES OF PERTH MADE TINY HOLES IN MY EARDRUMS DRAINED OFF OFFENDING EVIL FLUIDS & INSERTED PLASTIC TUBES KNOWN AS "GROMMETS" INTO THE DRUMS. I AM NOW AS GOOD AS BIONIC. THE SHOW FOLKS MUST GO ON. YOURS C. February 15, 2004 The show originally scheduled for February 16 in Wellington, New Zealand has been rescheduled for February 19. January 27, 2004 Chrissie has recorded a song with Tube & Berger called "Straight Ahead." Click here to see the video. 2003 News