32 years of 'I'll Stand By You' ❤️

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'Kid' music press advert taken from 1979, did anyone catch the band on this tour?

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Shots from 1981 when Bruce Springsteen surprised The Pretenders fans in California with a guest appearance!

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'Hate For Sale' was released as a single this month in 2020.

📸 Matt Holyoak

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March 1983, 'Back On The Chain Gang' peaks at #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 spending 24 weeks in total in the charts.

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Throwback to The Pretenders performing 'Don't Get Me Wrong' on Saturday Night Live in '86

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'Stop Your Sobbing' performed on the Kenny Everitt show, on this day in 1979.

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📸 Cover stars, 1980

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This week in 2020, 'The Buzz' released as the first single taken from the album 'Hate For Sale'.

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'Show Me' was released as a single in the US this month in 1984. It was the fourth single to be taken from 'Learning To Crawl'

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The closing track from 'Get Close', a cover of Jimi Hendrix's 'Room Full Of Mirrors', was released 40 years ago. This cover was recorded during some of the first recording sessions for the album back in 1986.

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Back in 1984 'Thin Line Between Love and Hate' was released as a single. The song featured on 'Learning To Crawl', and was originally released by New York group The Persuaders in 1971. The Pretenders' version of the song altered the lyrics to a second person viewpoint.

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"I kind of wrote this for him, so, in the unlikely event that you're watching this, I did think about you." - Chrissie on the meaning behind the song via the BBC Songwriter's circle.

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"I had in mind this kid who used to stand outside the soundchecks on our first tour... I never spoke to him. I remember that the last time I saw him I just left him standing in the snow, I never had anything to say to him."

'Talk Of The Town', released as a single this month in 1980.

📸 A moment in time captured by Lynn Goldsmith, Pretenders in New York 1980.

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The Pretenders performing 'Message Of Love' live on Friday's in '81, the band also played 'Louie Louie' & 'The Adultress' in their set.

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The shot by Jill Furmanovsky at the London Palladium in 2024 that became the back cover of last years 'Pretenders Live: Kick 'Em Where It Hurts!'

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'Gotta Wait' live from Isle Of Wight festival, released as a single alongside 'Let's Get Lost' February 2017, taken from The Pretenders' studio album 'Alone'.

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Gig throwback: Deaf Institute Manchester, February 2023. The 2 Guitars, Bass and Drums tour, who caught a show on this tour?

📸 Mike Gray

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This year marks the 40th anniversary of 'Don't Get Me Wrong', released as a single in 1986.

Share your favourite performances, favourite lyrics and memories with the song in the comments!

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Happy anniversary to 'Message Of Love' ❤️

Released as a single in 1981.

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"The phrase 'brass in pocket' came from some guys in Wakefield I knew, in a band. They had been to the dry cleaners, and one asked: “Was there any brass in pocket?” I heard it over dinner." - Chrissie via The Guardian in 2023.

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"You've turned your head,
You dropped my hand"

'Kid' live at Pavillon Baltard, 1981

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"Jimmy was more important than anyone realises to The Pretenders, because he played the ultimate guitar solo" - Lemmy

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@uncutmagazine.bsky.social have released their feature on The Pretenders debut album, including an interview with Chrissie from 2006, on their website this month. Check it out here: www.uncut.co.uk/features/int...

📸 Lynn Goldsmith

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This month in 1979, The Pretenders' first single 'Stop Your Sobbing' starts its run of nine weeks in the of the UK Official Charts.

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'My Baby' was released as a single in the US this month in 1987, can you name the B-Side that accompanied this single?

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📸 Pretenders in London, 1980 by Chalkie Davies

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January 1980, Pretenders release their debut studio album. Debuting at number one in the UK, and top 10 in the US, the album later went on to be certified platinum by the RIAA.

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