MUSIC NEWS - Today, The Pretenders announced the release of a iTunes PRETENDERS "Originals" edition. The Pretenders edition will be available exclusively at the iTunes Store beginning on December 23, 2008. In addition, the band has released a digital holiday EP which features a new recording of the band's classic "2000 Miles" as well as holiday classics "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and "Blue Christmas." The version of "Blue Christmas" will also be featured in the video game Rock Band.
The Pretenders' "Originals" release has new recordings of songs that follow the band's entire career and were recorded with the band's lineup of Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, James Walbourne, Mark Spencer, and Nick Wilkinson. The Pretenders Original also includes interviews with Chrissie Hynde exploring the origins of songs, and the LP Version of "Love's A Mystery" from the band's critically raved Break Up the Concrete (see track list below). In other band news, they've announced a major tour (dates below) of the US for six weeks starting January 29 in Albany (Eric Heywood, the pedal steel player from the last album will be rejoining the band for the tour replacing Mark Spencer).
Song list for PRETENDERS iTunes Originals:
Almost Perfect
Don't Cut Your Hair
Love's A Mystery (LP Version)
My City Was Gone
One Thing Never Changed
Rosalee
Talk Of The Town
Tequila
Thumbelina
Winter 2009 Tour Itinerary (all dates subject to change) -
| Thu 01/29/09 | Albany, NY | Palace Theatre |
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| Fri 01/30/09 | New York, NY | Roseland Ballroom |
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| Sat 01/31/09 | Atlantic City, NJ | Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa - Music Box |
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| Mon 2/02/09 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club |
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| Wed 2/04/09 | Boston, MA | Orpheum Theatre |
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Thu 02/05/09 |
Jim Thorpe, PA |
Penn's Peak |
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Fri 02/06/09 Sat 02/07/09 |
Philadelphia, PA Mashantucket, CT |
Electric Factory Fox Theatre |
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| Mon 2/09/09 | Ann Arbor, MI | Michigan Theater |
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| Tue 02/10/09 | Cleveland, OH | House Of Blues |
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| Wed 2/11/09 | Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theatre |
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| Fri 02/13/09 | Cincinnati, OH | Taft Theatre |
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| Sat 02/14/09 | Akron, OH | Akron Civic Center |
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| Sun 02/15/09 | Chicago, IL | Riviera Theatre |
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| Tue 02/1/09 | Milwaukee, WI | Northern Lights Theater |
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| Wed 2/18/09 | Milwaukee, WI | Northern Lights Theater |
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| Fri 02/20/09 | Minneapolis, MN | First Avenue |
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| Sat 02/21/09 | Kansas City, MO | Ameristar Hotel & Casino |
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| Sun 02/22/09 | Tulsa, OK | Brady Theater |
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| Tue 02/24/09 | Denver, CO | Paramount Theatre |
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| Wed 2/25/09 | Aspen, CO | Belly Up Aspen |
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| Fri 02/27/09 | Dallas, TX | House Of Blues |
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| Sat 02/28/09 | Houston, TX | House Of Blues |
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| Sun 03/01/09 | Austin, TX | Stubb's Bar-B-Q / Waller Creek Amph. |
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| Wed 3/04/09 | Phoenix, AZ | Dodge Theatre |
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| Thu 03/05/09 | San Diego, CA | House Of Blues |
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| Fri 03/06/09 | Pala, CA | Pala Casino |
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| Sat 03/07/09 | Las Vegas, NV | House Of Blues |
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| Sun 03/08/09 | Anaheim, CA | Grove Of Anaheim |
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| Tue 03/10/09 | Los Angeles, CA | The Wiltern |
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