[NEohioPAL]the pretenders @ the agora 12-10-06

Wed Oct 4 15:07:35 PDT 2006

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THE PRETENDERS
SUNDAY DECEMBER 10th  8:00pm
The Agora Theatre is pleased to announce the long awaited return of Ohio’s
own The Pretenders on Sunday December 10th at 8:00PM. Tickets for this
special engagement will be available 10/7/06 @ 10:00am at Ticketmaster or at
the Agora Box Office.

           The Pretenders were one of the seminal bands of the second
British Invasion, rising out of London in 1979 with a forceful, self-titled
first album. Their melodic but hard-charging sound suggested a union of punk
and New Wave approaches. Moreover, being older and more seasoned than their
punk peers, they drew inspiration from bands of the first British Invasion,
including The Who and The Kinks as well as American soul music. The
Pretenders, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, have been
rocking the world for over two decades.

Throughout their volatile history, which has included the drug-related
deaths of two founding members, The Pretenders have remained a vehicle for
Chrissie Hynde’s songs and breathy, dark-timbered alto. From the outset The
Pretenders were an explosive combination of precision and flamboyance. The
group mastered the blistering tempos and brute force of punk, but Hynde’s
writing took them to other places as well. Her songs possessed the melodic
sheen of well-turned pop yet employed unconventional time signatures (one
writer referred to her “treacherously eccentric meters”) and at times blunt,
psychosexual lyrics. As one of the first women to front a popular rock
band - not only as the singer but also main songwriter and bandleader - she
presented a hard, unsentimental image that was far removed from the likes of
Linda Ronstadt or Stevie Nicks. She seemed tough, and her songs - including
“Tattooed Love Boys,” “Up the Neck” and “The Phone Call” - could at times be
unsparing, though she’d counterpoint those with sweeter tunes like “Kid” and
“Don’t Get Me Wrong.”

When The Pretenders’ two-decade-long relationship with Sire/Warner Bros.
came to a close, Hynde signed with Artemis Records, releasing Loose Screw in
2002. A quarter century after The Pretenders first stood the world on its
ear, Chrissie Hynde remains their feisty, determined and passionate leader.

In March 2006, The Pretenders released their first-ever box set. Pirate
Radio, via Rhino. The four-disc package included over five hours of music
and a DVD of rare performances.

Tickets can be purchased at Ticketmaster and The Agora Box Office (open
mon-fri 10a-5:30p ~ 216.881.6700)

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