Pretenders Announce Rare Intimate US Tour
The Pretenders will kick off a highly anticipated tour across the US on August 16th in New York City at the Bowery Ballroom. The nine-date tour will continue into early October and will see the legendary band play in a mix of intimate venues. In addition, The Pretenders will play major stadiums as they join Guns N’ Roses as a special guest on their North American tour with stops at Hershey, PA’s Hersheypark Stadium, Rutherford, NJ’s MetLife Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA’s PNC Park at North Shore, Boston, MA’s Fenway Park, Chicago, IL’s Wrigley Field, Toronto, ON’s Rogers Centre, and St. Louis, MO’s Busch Stadium.
Fans will have even more chances to see The Pretenders as the band will make a top-billed festival appearance to support Foo Fighters at the Ohana Festival, curated by Eddie Vedder on October 1st at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA. The band plans to announce even more dates on their tour in the coming weeks.
THE PRETENDERS - TOUR 2023AUGUST11 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium *15 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium *16 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom18 – Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park at North Shore *21 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park *24 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field *26 – Nashville, TN – The Blue Room29 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony31 – Washington, DC – The Atlantis SEPTEMBER3 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre *5 – Detroit, MI – Shelter7 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry9 – St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium * OCTOBER1 – Dana Point, CA – OHANA Festival †2 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater4 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy + Harriet’s (Outdoor)6 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club * w/ Guns N’ Roses† Festival AppearanceThe tour will promote The Pretenders’ forthcoming studio album, Relentless. The album will be released via Rhino Records on Friday, September 15th. Fans can pre-order the album now in various formats including digital download, CD, and vinyl (in both black and pink variations).
Relentless Track list:Losing My Sense Of TasteA LoveDomestic SilenceThe CopaPromise Of LoveMerry WidowLet The Sun Come InLook AwayYour House Is On FireJust Let It GoVaingloriousI Think About You Daily
Relentless was produced by multiple Grammy Award-nominee David Wrench (Courtney Barnett, David Byrne) at Battery Studios in Willesden, Northwest London. This album is the second consecutive full-length songwriting collaboration between founder Chrissie Hynde and guitarist James Walbourne. Their previous critically acclaimed collaboration was 2020’s Hate For Sale. Relentless marks The Pretenders’ return to Music Group after two decades since first signing to Sire Records by Seymour Stein.
The band has released two singles off Relentless. The first single to be released was the beautiful and heartfelt track, “I Think About You Daily.” The song features the composer Jonny Greenwood who conducted a 12 ensemble and provided the string arrangement. The song has an accompanying music video that is highly emotional and features interpretative dancers. The most recent single off Relentless is ‘Let the Sun Come In.” That track has an official audio video. A visualizer video has also been released featuring live footage of the band playing the song, “A Love.”
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