Artist The Pretenders
-
Website
The Pretenders
The best British group to feature a singer born in Akron, Ohio, The Pretenders have had their share of ups and down over the past 30 years, and even Chrissie Hynde admitted during her Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame acceptance speech in 2005 that the band has ultimately looked like a tribute act. With half of the founding members long dead from drugs, it makes sense that Hynde had to install a revolving door that saw two members of The Smiths pass through, and now she’s back together with original drummer Martin Chambers. The quartet appears here behind 2008’s rockabilly-flavored Break Up The Concrete.
Updated 07/31/2009

Love-at-first-sight art
Don’t stay home: The importance of catching the music while you can
Milwaukee:
Testa Rosa takes II
Denver/Boulder:
Chris Isaak, The Pretenders at Chatfield this August
Milwaukee:
Crooked Fingers at Cactus Club
Kate Pierson of The B-52s