The guitarist died just a few years after the band’s debut album, but his imprint on their sound can still be felt today ...

The post The Pretenders Tell Fans They Could Be Moved for Standing in Front Row At Too Many Shows appeared first on Consequence. As The Pretenders wind down their UK tour, the band has warned fans who ...

"There was never really a concept or a master plan, which was probably just as well," Chrissie Hynde said. "Because as I've learned, you can't really plot out anything, because there will always be ...

On the first day that MTV launched, back on August 1, 1981, the seventh video played on the nascent channel was the Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket." In that clip, Chrissie Hynde, all beehive hairdo and ...

Not every holiday song is happy. Elvis Presley waxed poetic about his yuletide loneliness in "Blue Christmas," Joni Mitchell cursed herself for leaving an incomparable lover in "River," the Eagles ...

Chrissie Hynde admits that The Pretenders‘ new single “A Love,” is the “most traditionally Pretenders-sounding song” on the band’s upcoming album, Relentless, out September 15. It’s “in the vein of ...

The Pretenders have just dropped their twelfth studio album, Relentless, today. The new LP currently available to stream on many popular streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music, and all ...

At first look, with the exception of Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders circa 2008 bears little resemblance to the band that blasted its way onto the musical landscape with "Brass In Pocket" and "Mystery ...

In stressful times, there's something hugely reassuring about seeing the old new-wave heroes of the '80s coming back with really good songs. Last week, for instance, the reunited Psychedelic Furs came ...

The Pretenders are back with the band's first new album in eight years, this time collaborating with The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach as producer. The album is called Alone, and the first single is a ...

Chrissie Hynde, one of rock’s preeminent female stars, has produced some of the toughest rock and roll of the past four decades with her band, The Pretenders. Forty years after the Pretenders’ iconic ...