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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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