Chrissie Hynde

The Pretenders star Chrissie Hynde is boycotting a luxury London department store until bosses promise to stop selling foie gras. Famous faces including Sir Roger Moore, Pamela Anderson, and Brigi... Read More >Read Full Story

Don't get me wrongIf I'm looking kind of dazzledI see neon lightsWhenever you walk byDon't get me wrongIf you say hello and I take a rideUpon a sea where the mystic moonIs playing havoc with the tideDon't get me wrongDon't get me wrongIf I'm acting so distractedI'm thinking about the fireworksThat go off when you smileDon't get me wrongIf I split like light refractedI'm only off to wanderAcross a moonlit mileOnce in awhileTwo people meetSeemingly for no reasonThey just pass on the...Read Full Story

Less than a minute into the music video for the Pretenders’ “Brass in Pocket” — one of the first clips ever aired on MTV — we see teddy-boy-coifed bassist Pete Farndon maneuvering a pink whale of an automobile toward the diner where singer Chrissie Hynde is waitressing. All three male ... More » | vulture.comRead Full Story

MandMDirect.com have teamed up with Chrissie Hynde, Madness and Paul Weller to design three exclusive t-shirts in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.The t-shirts were inspired by the distressed look of 60s and 70s band tee’ and include vintage prints of the legendary artists, who have all performed at Teenage Cancer Trust's annual concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. There are only 1,500 of each design and only available at MandMDirect.com. Each t-shirt is £19.99 with 100% of the profits (at least £10...Read Full Story

DETROIT (Billboard) - Forget the Pretenders. As far as Chrissie Hynde is concerned, JP, Chrissie, & the Fairground Boys is her only musical concern these days."I have no interest in working on anything else now but this," Hynde told Billboard.com about her partnership with Welsh singer and songwriter JP Jones. The two met in November 2008 at a party in London and went on to collaborate on the album, "Fidelity," released in August by Rocket Science Records."We certainly have enough songs for...Read Full Story