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Graham Gouldman says 10cc's music reached 'a different audience' thanks to Doja Cat sample

10cc's ;70s classic I'm Not in Love has become a cross-generational hit.

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“Chrissie Hynde was getting fed up with our performance. So she stood in front of us and bent over, so we were staring at her backside”: How bassist Tony Butler helped relaunch The Pretenders with this 1982 rock classic

Having fired bassist Pete Farndon for his erratic drug-fuelled behaviour, The Pretenders tapped Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner and bassist Tony Butler

Guitar World

Chrissie Hynde and k.d. lang hook up for smoky version of soul classic Me And Mrs Jones

Me And Mrs Jones comes from the Pretenders' singer's upcoming album of duets with Mark Lanegan, Lucinda Williams, Debbie Harry, Shirley Manson and more

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“Pretty much everyone who used chorus during the ’80s had a Boss CE-2 at some point or another”: How a little dual-knob blue chorus pedal from Boss took over the world

What was so great about the CE-2? It had everything. It was affordable, built like a tank, had simple controls and lush tones that defined an era

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“It was so hot I had to strap ice packs around my waist”: As Glastonbury Festival kicks off, Chrissie Hynde warns how global warming will likely impact the existence of outdoor summer shows

The Pretenders icon recalls playing shows with Foo Fighters and Guns N’ Roses over the last few years amid intense heatwaves

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"Fired up, furiously fashioned and bug-shit crazy": His Lordship define rock'n'roll on Bored Animal

A second album of fevered garage rock from Pretenders' guitarist

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“Robbie came to us in 2022 with an idea... His favourite guitar was the 1953 Esquire he used for many years with Paul McCartney”: Robbie McIntosh and Monty’s unveil pickup set offering best of both worlds for Tele and Esquire fans

The Pretender is the upgrade that can give your Telecaster a new lease of life – and the “vibe” and sound of McIntosh's Esquire

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“Most celebrities are dullards. I met a lot of these clowns and you assume they’re smart. They are not!” Why the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde is one of the last rock stars unafraid of saying what’s on her mind

In 2016, the Pretenders released their 10th album, Alone - but Chrissie Hynde was showing no sign of playing the game

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“I’d go into a soundcheck, there’d be all these cases open and they’d say, ‘Choose one. We’ll give you a guitar.’ I’d be like, ‘No, thanks. I have a guitar’”: The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne on what it takes to be a real guitar hero

Kick ’Em Where It Hurts is the new live album from the Pretenders and it serves as a testament to a creative rebirth as they emerged from lockdown

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“I had never done that before. I thought Jimmy was going to go, ‘Nice one’ – he looks at me and goes, ‘Don’t you ever do that again’”: That time Chrissie Hynde enraged one of her Pretenders bandmates because she stopped playing mid-gig

The guitar icon once decided to spontaneously shake things up on stage, and ended up feeling the wrath of Jimmy Scott

Guitar World

“I don’t classify myself as a rock ’n’ roll or rockabilly player… I was trying tobe as all-around as I could be”: Billy Bremner on his greatest sessions with Pretenders, Nick Lowe and countless others – and the story behind Rockpile

Rockpile was a band that came and went too soon, but its guitarist, session great Billy Bremner, played on hundreds of recordings, including the Pretenders’ Learning to Crawl and Nick Lowe’s Cruel to be Kind. This is his story

Guitar World

UB40: ‘We should be as big as Oasis – we’ve sold twice as many records’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Last week the 1980s reggae icons, known for blending political dissent with easy-going pop grooves, played a sold-out show at Wembley Arena. But they haven’t always had the recognition they think they deserve. They talk to Annabel Nugent about cultural appropriation and selling out, being bugged by…

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Girls Aloud to release poignant new version of I'll Stand By You for BBC Children In Need

Girls Aloud are releasing the single 'I'll Stand By You - Sarah's Version', which features the late Sarah Harding on lead vocals, in aid of BBC Children In Need

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Girls Aloud to release first song since 2012, solely with vocals by late Sarah Harding

Group revisit their chart-topping 2004 cover of the Pretenders’ I’ll Stand By You to benefit BBC Children in Need

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Pretenders urge followers to 'give local fans a chance'

The Pretenders have sparked outrage by asking their supporters to "give local fans a chance" to be on the front row at their concerts and admitted people who book to see them multiple times may be asked to move.

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Chrissie Hynde announces Hynde Sight art exhibition in London

The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde has announced the 'Hynde Sight' exhibition of her latest paintings will open in London on November 21.

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“Chrissie Hynde and Linda McCartney were friendly. She said that Paul was looking for a guitar player”: Robbie McIntosh on a playing career running from the Pretenders to John Mayer – and the knock-off Japanese Strat he used on tour with a Beatle

In a lifetime of great gear and credits from Norah Jones to Celine Dion and Paul McCartney, the guitarist says he remains in love with his yellow Strat copy

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“I’m probably gonna buy this. So there you go. Sold already”: Watch the Pretenders’ James Walbourne get to grips with a vintage Gibson Explorer – and no, not the guitar

The GA-18T Explorer is one of the lesser-spotted amps from the golden era of the Gibson archive but on this evidence maybe it is due a comeback

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"On this album he proved he was so much more than a rock musician": The Pete Townshend album that measures up to The Who's best work

A late-70s blitz of punk, personal problems and tragedy forcedThe Who’s Pete Townshend to reassess his life and career.One of the results was his solo masterpiece Empty Glass

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Recorded in the wake of tragedy, The Pretenders' Learning To Crawl was an indestructible triumph of sheer will

Named in honour of Chrissie Hynde’s baby daughter Natalie, Learning To Crawl was also an applicable metaphor for Pretenders 2.0

Guitar World

“I was scared to death. Miles didn’t say a word to me. Afterwards, I asked what he thought of my playing. He said, simply, ‘It was cool’”: T.M. Stevens on playing with Miles Davis and James Brown – and what went wrong on Vai’s Sex & Religion project

Vai hired the “flashy bassist with the long hair” after spotting him in a Joe Cocker video

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“An important piece of the low end theory”: T.M. Stevens, bass legend and session pro who performed and recorded with the likes of Steve Vai, James Brown, Bootsy Collins, and the Pretenders, dies at 72

Stevens manned the low-end on Vai's Sex & Religion album, and played on James Brown's latter-day hit, Living in America

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"It brings back lots of memories and takes me back to a place instantly of heartbreak but also teen rebellion, great times, intense times": This is the soundtrack of Bill Bailey's life

Rock-loving comedian Bill Bailey picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the song that's been a constant companion throughout his life

Guitar World

“We tried to sell it and the guy in the shop said it was the worst guitar he’d ever seen in his life”: The Pretenders’ James Walbourne on a shocking first guitar, gear regrets and the big sounds of single coils

The Pretenders guitarist recalls leaving a precious acoustic in the back of a taxi and why ’60s SG Juniors rock his world…

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Making Violent Femmes' "timeless" album

As the self-titled album gets a deluxe box set, Ritchie recalls their fateful, impromptu opening for The Pretenders

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