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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="پرتندرز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرتندرز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%ED%85%90%EB%8D%94%EC%8A%A4" title="프리텐더스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프리텐더스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%A1" title="הפריטנדרס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הפריטנדרס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="The Pretenders" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders" title="The Pretenders – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="The Pretenders" 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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pretenders_Dubai_200702.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Pretenders performing in Dubai, 2007"><img alt="The Pretenders performing in Dubai, 2007" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Pretenders_Dubai_200702.jpg/330px-Pretenders_Dubai_200702.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Pretenders_Dubai_200702.jpg/500px-Pretenders_Dubai_200702.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Pretenders_Dubai_200702.jpg/960px-Pretenders_Dubai_200702.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1007" data-file-height="624" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Pretenders performing in <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>, 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hereford" title="Hereford">Hereford</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">alternative rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1978–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sire_Records" title="Sire Records">Sire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Records" title="Warner Records">Warner Bros.</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Members</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde" title="Chrissie Hynde">Chrissie Hynde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Chambers" title="Martin Chambers">Martin Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Walbourne" title="James Walbourne">James Walbourne</a></li> <li>Kris Sonne</li> <li>Dave Page</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Past members</span></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Honeyman-Scott" title="James Honeyman-Scott">James Honeyman-Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Farndon" title="Pete Farndon">Pete Farndon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_McIntosh" title="Robbie McIntosh">Robbie McIntosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Foster" title="Malcolm Foster">Malcolm Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Cunningham" title="Blair Cunningham">Blair Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._M._Stevens" title="T. M. Stevens">T. M. Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Marr" title="Johnny Marr">Johnny Marr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Seymour_(musician)" title="Adam Seymour (musician)">Adam Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carwyn_Ellis" title="Carwyn Ellis">Carwyn Ellis</a></li> <li>Nick Wilkinson</li> <li>Eric Heywood</li> <li>Andy Hobson</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thepretenders.com">thepretenders<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Pretenders</b> are a British-American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter <a href="/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde" title="Chrissie Hynde">Chrissie Hynde</a> (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), <a href="/wiki/James_Honeyman-Scott" title="James Honeyman-Scott">James Honeyman-Scott</a> (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), <a href="/wiki/Pete_Farndon" title="Pete Farndon">Pete Farndon</a> (bass guitar, backing vocals) and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Chambers" title="Martin Chambers">Martin Chambers</a> (drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the deaths of Honeyman-Scott in 1982 and Farndon in 1983, the band experienced numerous personnel changes; Hynde has been the band's only continuous member.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The band's hit songs include "<a href="/wiki/Kid_(Pretenders_song)" title="Kid (Pretenders song)">Kid</a>" (1979), "<a href="/wiki/Brass_in_Pocket" title="Brass in Pocket">Brass in Pocket</a>" (1979), "<a href="/wiki/Talk_of_the_Town_(Pretenders_song)" title="Talk of the Town (Pretenders song)">Talk of the Town</a>" (1980), "<a href="/wiki/Message_of_Love" title="Message of Love">Message of Love</a>" (1981), "<a href="/wiki/My_City_Was_Gone" title="My City Was Gone">My City Was Gone</a>" (1982), "<a href="/wiki/Back_on_the_Chain_Gang" title="Back on the Chain Gang">Back on the Chain Gang</a>" (1982), "<a href="/wiki/Middle_of_the_Road_(song)" title="Middle of the Road (song)">Middle of the Road</a>" (1983), "<a href="/wiki/2000_Miles" title="2000 Miles">2000 Miles</a>" (1983<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Get_Me_Wrong" title="Don't Get Me Wrong">Don't Get Me Wrong</a>" (1986), "<a href="/wiki/My_Baby_(Pretenders_song)" title="My Baby (Pretenders song)">My Baby</a>" (1986) and "<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Stand_by_You" title="I'll Stand by You">I'll Stand by You</a>" (1994). The Pretenders were inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in 2005. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hynde, originally from <a href="/wiki/Akron,_Ohio" title="Akron, Ohio">Akron, Ohio</a>, moved to London in 1973, working at the weekly music paper <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_McLaren" title="Malcolm McLaren">Malcolm McLaren</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vivienne_Westwood" title="Vivienne Westwood">Vivienne Westwood</a>'s clothes store. She was involved with early versions of the <a href="/wiki/Sex_Pistols" title="Sex Pistols">Sex Pistols</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Clash" title="The Clash">the Clash</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Damned_(band)" title="The Damned (band)">the Damned</a> and played in short-lived bands such as <a href="/wiki/Masters_of_the_Backside" title="Masters of the Backside">Masters of the Backside</a> (1976) and <a href="/wiki/The_Moors_Murderers_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Moors Murderers (band)">the Moors Murderers</a> (1978 lineup), but failed to find a regular or equal partnership in the bands she joined.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hynde's own provocative band project, centred around her own songwriting, was initially called (Mike Hunt's) Dishonorable Discharge and featured former <a href="/wiki/London_SS" title="London SS">London SS</a> and future Damned members, along with Mick Jones and <a href="/wiki/Sid_Vicious" title="Sid Vicious">Sid Vicious</a> (where Hynde taught Vicious to play guitar), but failed to get managerial backing from either Malcolm McLaren or <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Rhodes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernie Rhodes">Bernie Rhodes</a>, despite them both poaching her band members for, or asking her to fill in, in their pet projects.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pretenders formed in 1978 after Dave Hill at <a href="/wiki/Anchor_Records" title="Anchor Records">Anchor Records</a> heard some <a href="/wiki/Demo_(music)" title="Demo (music)">demos</a> of Hynde's music. He arranged a rehearsal studio in <a href="/wiki/Denmark_Street" title="Denmark Street">Denmark Street</a>, London, where a three-piece band consisting of Hynde, Mal Hart on bass (he had played with Hynde and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Strange" title="Steve Strange">Steve Strange</a> in the Moors Murderers), and <a href="/wiki/Phil_%22Philthy_Animal%22_Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor">Phil Taylor</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead" title="Motörhead">Motörhead</a> on drums played a selection of Hynde's original songs. Hill was impressed and arranged a day at Studio 51 to record another demo. Although it was rough, he felt he had seen and heard enough "star potential" to suggest that Hynde form a more permanent band to record for his new label, Real Records.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hynde then formed a band composed of <a href="/wiki/Pete_Farndon" title="Pete Farndon">Pete Farndon</a> on bass, <a href="/wiki/James_Honeyman-Scott" title="James Honeyman-Scott">James Honeyman-Scott</a> on guitar, and Gerry Mcilduff on drums. This band, then without a name, recorded five tracks at Regents Park Studio in July 1978, including a cover of <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">the Kinks</a>' song "<a href="/wiki/Stop_Your_Sobbing" title="Stop Your Sobbing">Stop Your Sobbing</a>". Shortly thereafter, Gerry Mcilduff was replaced on drums by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Chambers" title="Martin Chambers">Martin Chambers</a> (of <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Vacants&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Vacants (page does not exist)">the Vacants</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hynde named the band the Pretenders after <a href="/wiki/The_Platters" title="The Platters">the Platters</a> song "<a href="/wiki/The_Great_Pretender" title="The Great Pretender">The Great Pretender</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was the favourite song of one of her former boyfriends.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_band_(1978–1982)"><span id="Original_band_.281978.E2.80.931982.29"></span>Original band (1978–1982)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Original band (1978–1982)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The band's first single, a cover of <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">the Kinks</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Stop_Your_Sobbing" title="Stop Your Sobbing">Stop Your Sobbing</a>" (produced by <a href="/wiki/Nick_Lowe" title="Nick Lowe">Nick Lowe</a> and recorded at the July Regents Park sessions) was released in January 1979 and gained critical attention.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was followed by "<a href="/wiki/Kid_(Pretenders_song)" title="Kid (Pretenders song)">Kid</a>" in June 1979. In January 1980, the band reached No. 1 in the UK with "<a href="/wiki/Brass_in_Pocket" title="Brass in Pocket">Brass in Pocket</a>", which was also successful in the US, reaching No. 14 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pretenders_Dec_81.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Pretenders_Dec_81.JPG/220px-Pretenders_Dec_81.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Pretenders_Dec_81.JPG/330px-Pretenders_Dec_81.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Pretenders_Dec_81.JPG/440px-Pretenders_Dec_81.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1179" data-file-height="718" /></a><figcaption>The Pretenders (original line-up), Dominion Theatre, London, December 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>Their <a href="/wiki/Pretenders_(album)" title="Pretenders (album)">self-titled debut album</a> was released in January 1980 and was a success in the United Kingdom and the United States both critically and commercially.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Produced by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Thomas_(record_producer)" title="Chris Thomas (record producer)">Chris Thomas</a>, it is regarded as one of the best debut albums of all time,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been named one of the best albums of all time by <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a> (no. 52)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> (no. 155).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second full-length album, <i><a href="/wiki/Pretenders_II" title="Pretenders II">Pretenders II</a></i>, was released during August 1981. <i>Pretenders II</i> included the songs from the US EP <i><a href="/wiki/Extended_Play_(Pretenders_EP)" title="Extended Play (Pretenders EP)">Extended Play</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> video success "Day After Day", and popular <a href="/wiki/Album_oriented_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Album oriented rock">album-radio</a> tracks "The Adultress", "Birds of Paradise", "Bad Boys Get Spanked", and "The English Roses".<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 September 1981, the Pretenders were the musical guest on the US late night sketch comedy show <a href="/wiki/Fridays_(TV_series)" title="Fridays (TV series)"><i>Fridays</i></a>. The band performed "The Adultress", "<a href="/wiki/Message_of_Love" title="Message of Love">Message of Love</a>" and "Louie, Louie" (not <a href="/wiki/The_Kingsmen" title="The Kingsmen">the Kingsmen</a> song). <a href="/wiki/Andy_Kaufman" title="Andy Kaufman">Andy Kaufman</a> was the guest host of the program on that night.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to Farndon's escalating drug abuse, he was fired from the band after a meeting between Hynde, Honeyman-Scott, and Chambers on 14 June 1982. Two days later, on 16 June 1982, Honeyman-Scott died of heart failure as a result of cocaine intolerance. While in the midst of forming a new band, Farndon was found dead by his wife on 14 April 1983. After taking heroin and passing out, he had drowned in his bathtub.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Re-grouping_(1983–1989)"><span id="Re-grouping_.281983.E2.80.931989.29"></span>Re-grouping (1983–1989)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Re-grouping (1983–1989)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Pretenders_Learning_To_Crawl_(1984_Sire_publicity_photo).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/The_Pretenders_Learning_To_Crawl_%281984_Sire_publicity_photo%29.jpg/220px-The_Pretenders_Learning_To_Crawl_%281984_Sire_publicity_photo%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/The_Pretenders_Learning_To_Crawl_%281984_Sire_publicity_photo%29.jpg/330px-The_Pretenders_Learning_To_Crawl_%281984_Sire_publicity_photo%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/The_Pretenders_Learning_To_Crawl_%281984_Sire_publicity_photo%29.jpg/440px-The_Pretenders_Learning_To_Crawl_%281984_Sire_publicity_photo%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1139" data-file-height="1220" /></a><figcaption>The Pretenders in a 1984 publicity photo. An alternate photo from the same shoot would be used as the cover for <i><a href="/wiki/Learning_to_Crawl" title="Learning to Crawl">Learning to Crawl</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Hynde and Chambers continued the band after Honeyman-Scott's death. During July 1982, a caretaker team of Hynde, Chambers, <a href="/wiki/Rockpile" title="Rockpile">Rockpile</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bremner_(musician)" title="Billy Bremner (musician)">Billy Bremner</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Big_Country" title="Big Country">Big Country</a> bassist <a href="/wiki/Tony_Butler_(musician)" title="Tony Butler (musician)">Tony Butler</a> was assembled to record the single "<a href="/wiki/Back_on_the_Chain_Gang" title="Back on the Chain Gang">Back on the Chain Gang</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song was released in October and became their biggest success in the US, staying at No. 5 for three consecutive weeks. The single's B-side, "<a href="/wiki/My_City_Was_Gone" title="My City Was Gone">My City Was Gone</a>" was (except for a brief period in the 1990s) the theme music for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rush_Limbaugh_Show" title="The Rush Limbaugh Show">the Rush Limbaugh Show</a></i> since its inception.<sup id="cite_ref-Limbaugh_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Limbaugh-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mydad_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mydad-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hynde then set up a more permanent lineup for the band, keeping Chambers and adding <a href="/wiki/Robbie_McIntosh" title="Robbie McIntosh">Robbie McIntosh</a> on guitar and <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Foster" title="Malcolm Foster">Malcolm Foster</a> on bass. "Middle of the Road" was this line-up's first single, released in the US in November 1983 and reaching the top 20 there. The US B-side, "<a href="/wiki/2000_Miles" title="2000 Miles">2000 Miles</a>", was released as a single in the UK. The third Pretenders album, <i><a href="/wiki/Learning_to_Crawl" title="Learning to Crawl">Learning to Crawl</a></i> was produced by "fifth Pretender" Chris Thomas and released in January 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1985, the band (including Rupert Black on keyboards) played at <a href="/wiki/Live_Aid" title="Live Aid">Live Aid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after recording sessions for the next album began and one track had been completed, Hynde declared that Chambers was no longer playing well and dismissed him. Discouraged at the loss of his bandmate, Foster quit ("My whole argument was that Martin Chambers was the rhythm section of the Pretenders and it didn't really matter who was playing bass. So I just said I didn't want to be involved any more."<sup id="cite_ref-fosterguitarist_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fosterguitarist-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) Hynde and McIntosh recorded the rest of the album in various sessions in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a> with assorted session musicians. Towards the end of the sessions, Hynde hired two of the guest players–bassist <a href="/wiki/T.M._Stevens" class="mw-redirect" title="T.M. Stevens">T.M. Stevens</a> and ex-<a href="/wiki/Haircut_One_Hundred" title="Haircut One Hundred">Haircut One Hundred</a> drummer <a href="/wiki/Blair_Cunningham" title="Blair Cunningham">Blair Cunningham</a>—as the new Pretenders rhythm section. The <i><a href="/wiki/Get_Close" title="Get Close">Get Close</a></i> album was released in 1986; the disc included the top 10 singles, "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Get_Me_Wrong" title="Don't Get Me Wrong">Don't Get Me Wrong</a>" from the film <i><a href="/wiki/Gung_Ho_(film)" title="Gung Ho (film)">Gung Ho</a></i> (helped by a popular video homage to the television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(TV_series)" title="The Avengers (TV series)">the Avengers</a></i>) and "<a href="/wiki/Hymn_to_Her" title="Hymn to Her">Hymn to Her</a>", a No. 8 success in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the US, both "Don't Get Me Wrong" and "<a href="/wiki/My_Baby_(Pretenders_song)" title="My Baby (Pretenders song)">My Baby</a>" reached No. 1 on the <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_(chart)" title="Mainstream Rock (chart)">Mainstream Rock</a> chart.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <i>Get Close</i> tour, <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Worrell" title="Bernie Worrell">Bernie Worrell</a> was added to the live lineup on keyboards. During the tour, Hynde felt the band's sound had strayed from its <a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a> rock roots. She believed that she was now fronting a new band that was "not Pretenders". Partway into the tour, she took drastic action: Stevens and Worrell were both sacked, Malcolm Foster was reinstated on bass, and Rupert Black returned on keyboards.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In mid 1987, McIntosh left the band and was replaced by ex-Smiths guitarist <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Marr" title="Johnny Marr">Johnny Marr</a>, who remained with the group until early 1988. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1990, Hynde hired session players (including one-time Pretenders Bremner and Cunningham and bassist <a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(musician)" title="John McKenzie (musician)">John Mckenzie</a>) and recorded a new Pretenders album, <i><a href="/wiki/Packed!" title="Packed!">Packed!</a></i> Hynde was the only person pictured anywhere on the album, and was the only official member of the band.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1993, Hynde had teamed with ex-<a href="/wiki/Katydids_(band)" title="Katydids (band)">Katydids</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Adam_Seymour_(musician)" title="Adam Seymour (musician)">Adam Seymour</a> to form a new version of Pretenders. The team of Hynde and Seymour then hired a number of session musicians to record <i><a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Independents" title="Last of the Independents">Last of the Independents</a></i> that year, including ex-Smiths bassist <a href="/wiki/Andy_Rourke" title="Andy Rourke">Andy Rourke</a>, ex-<a href="/wiki/The_Primitives" title="The Primitives">Primitives</a> bassist Andy Hobson, and former Pretender and drummer/writer/producer James Hood, previously with <a href="/wiki/The_Impossible_Dreamers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Impossible Dreamers">the Impossible Dreamers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moodswings_(band)" title="Moodswings (band)">Moodswings</a>. But by the end of the album sessions (and for the subsequent tour) the official band line-up was Hynde, Seymour, Hobson, and returning drummer Martin Chambers.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When <i>Last of the Independents</i> was released in 1994, it rated gold in the US. Lead single "Night In My Veins" was a minor success in the US, a mid-chart success in the UK, and a top 10 success in Canada. The second single was the album's centrepiece ballad "<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Stand_by_You" title="I'll Stand by You">I'll Stand by You</a>"; this track received substantial airplay, and was a top 10 success in the UK, and top 20 in the US (No. 16 on the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100) and in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 April 1999, Hynde led the memorial concert "<a href="/wiki/Concert_for_Linda" title="Concert for Linda">Here, There and Everywhere – A Concert for Linda</a>" for her late close friend <a href="/wiki/Linda_McCartney" title="Linda McCartney">Linda McCartney</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a>, London, organised by Hynde and <a href="/wiki/Carla_Lane" title="Carla Lane">Carla Lane</a>. Pretenders were the backing band for all artists.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Viva_el_Amor" class="mw-redirect" title="Viva el Amor">Viva el Amor</a></i> was released during 1999, as was their collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)" title="Tom Jones (singer)">Tom Jones</a> on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Reload_(Tom_Jones_album)" title="Reload (Tom Jones album)">Reload</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Pretenders joined with <a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Grievous_Angel:_A_Tribute_to_Gram_Parsons" title="Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons">Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons</a></i>, performing the song "<a href="/wiki/She_(Charles_Aznavour_song)" title="She (Charles Aznavour song)">She</a>". A <i>Greatest Hits</i> compilation followed in 2000. During 2002 <i><a href="/wiki/Loose_Screw" title="Loose Screw">Loose Screw</a></i> was released by <a href="/wiki/Artemis_Records" title="Artemis Records">Artemis Records</a>, the first Pretenders record to be released by a company other than WEA. <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> noted its "refinement, stylish melodies and vocal fireworks," while <i><a href="/wiki/Blender_(magazine)" title="Blender (magazine)">Blender</a></i> called it "slick, snarky pop with flashes of brilliance".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2005, the Pretenders were inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the induction ceremony, the band performed "<a href="/wiki/Precious_(Pretenders_song)" title="Precious (Pretenders song)">Precious</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Message_of_Love" title="Message of Love">Message of Love</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During her acceptance speech, Hynde named and thanked all the replacement members of the group, then said: </p> <blockquote> <p>"I know that the Pretenders have looked like a tribute band for the last 20 years. ... And we're paying tribute to James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon, without whom we wouldn't be here. And on the other hand, without us, they might have been here, but that's the way it works in rock 'n' roll."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>The Pretenders' album <i><a href="/wiki/Break_Up_the_Concrete" title="Break Up the Concrete">Break Up the Concrete</a></i> was released through <a href="/wiki/Shangri-La_Music" title="Shangri-La Music">Shangri-La Music</a> on 7 October 2008. It was the band's first Top 40 album in the US in twenty-two years, and its last to date. Tracks include "Boots of Chinese Plastic", "Don't Cut Your Hair", "Love's a Mystery", "The Last Ride" and "Almost Perfect".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2012, the Pretenders re-grouped (Hynde, Chambers, Heywood, Walbourne, Wilkinson) as part of the entertainment line-up for the <a href="/wiki/2012_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Singapore Grand Prix">2012 Singapore Grand Prix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were joined by keyboardist/acoustic guitarist <a href="/wiki/Carwyn_Ellis" title="Carwyn Ellis">Carwyn Ellis</a> in autumn 2012.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 6 September 2016, <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Nicks" title="Stevie Nicks">Stevie Nicks</a> announced that the Pretenders would tour with her on a 27-city tour for the last three months of 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-nicks_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicks-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The live band consisted of Hynde, Chambers, Heywood, Walbourne, Wilkinson, as before.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pretenders released their 10th studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/Alone_(Pretenders_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alone (Pretenders album)">Alone</a></i>, on 21 October 2016. However, as on <i>Packed!</i>, Hynde was the only Pretender on the album, which was otherwise played entirely by session musicians.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In May 2017, Ellis resumed touring with the Pretenders, who toured <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> with Nicks. In October 2017, the Pretenders appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/Austin_City_Limits" title="Austin City Limits">Austin City Limits</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The band was originally scheduled to release their 11th studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Hate_for_Sale" title="Hate for Sale">Hate for Sale</a></i> on 1 May 2020, and lead single "The Buzz" was released on 17 March 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-HFS_NME_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HFS_NME-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on 24 March, the album release was delayed to 17 July.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same day (24 March), they released the second single, which is the title track, "Hate for Sale". </p><p>17 April 2020 saw the release of the third single "You Can't Hurt a Fool".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 May 2020, they released their fourth single "Turf Accountant Daddy".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Don't Want to be This Lonely", release 28 May 2020, was the fifth and final single from the album. </p><p>A five-month North American tour with <a href="/wiki/Journey_(band)" title="Journey (band)">Journey</a> was originally slated to begin 15 May 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the tour was cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 September 2022, Pretenders performed at the <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Hawkins" title="Taylor Hawkins">Taylor Hawkins</a> Tribute Concert at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a> with <a href="/wiki/Dave_Grohl" title="Dave Grohl">Dave Grohl</a> on bass. They performed "Precious", "Tattooed Love Boys" and "Brass in Pocket".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Relentless_(The_Pretenders_album)" title="Relentless (The Pretenders album)">Relentless</a></i> was announced in May 2023, with a release date of 1 September, which has subsequently been moved to 15 September. The announced line-up for the recording was Chrissie Hynde (vocals), <a href="/wiki/James_Walbourne" title="James Walbourne">James Walbourne</a> (guitars), <a href="/wiki/Carwyn_Ellis" title="Carwyn Ellis">Carwyn Ellis</a> (keyboards, guitar), Kris Sonne (drums), and Chris Hill (double bass) and Nick Wilkinson (bass). The new album announcement coincided with a return to major touring in 2023, starting with various UK, Ireland and European dates with a wide variety of headline, festival and support shows reaching the US, Canada and further European dates to be completed by October.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_Pretenders_band_members" title="List of the Pretenders band members">List of the Pretenders band members</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde" title="Chrissie Hynde">Chrissie Hynde</a> – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica (1978–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Chambers" title="Martin Chambers">Martin Chambers</a> – drums, percussion, backing and occasional lead vocals (1978–1986, 1993–present)</li> <li>Nick Wilkinson – bass, backing vocals (2005–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Walbourne" title="James Walbourne">James Walbourne</a> – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2008–present)</li> <li>Eric Heywood – <a href="/wiki/Pedal_steel_guitar" title="Pedal steel guitar">pedal steel guitar</a>, backing vocals (2008–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carwyn_Ellis" title="Carwyn Ellis">Carwyn Ellis</a> – keyboards, acoustic guitar (2021–present; touring member 2012, 2017–2021)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Pretenders_discography" title="The Pretenders discography">The Pretenders discography</a></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pretenders_(album)" title="Pretenders (album)">Pretenders</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pretenders_II" title="Pretenders II">Pretenders II</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Learning_to_Crawl" title="Learning to Crawl">Learning to Crawl</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Get_Close" title="Get Close">Get Close</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Packed!" title="Packed!">Packed!</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Independents" title="Last of the Independents">Last of the Independents</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/%C2%A1Viva_El_Amor!" title="¡Viva El Amor!">¡Viva El Amor!</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loose_Screw" title="Loose Screw">Loose Screw</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Break_Up_the_Concrete" title="Break Up the Concrete">Break Up the Concrete</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alone_(The_Pretenders_album)" title="Alone (The Pretenders album)">Alone</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hate_for_Sale" title="Hate for Sale">Hate for Sale</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Relentless_(The_Pretenders_album)" title="Relentless (The Pretenders album)">Relentless</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pretenders&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 June</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=AllMusic&rft.atitle=Pretenders+%26%23124%3B+Biography+%26+History&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Fartist%2Fpretenders-mn0000492331%2Fbiography&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Pretenders" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/a5d79c54-81c3-4a73-af6a-ad5c143d3f21">"Chrissie Hynde - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music"</a>. <i>BBC</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BBC&rft.atitle=Chrissie+Hynde+-+New+Songs%2C+Playlists+%26+Latest+News+-+BBC+Music&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fmusic%2Fartists%2Fa5d79c54-81c3-4a73-af6a-ad5c143d3f21&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Pretenders" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190127020756/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/15/watch-chrissie-hynde-remake-the-pretenders-2000-miles">"Watch Chrissie Hynde's remake of the Pretenders' 2000 Miles"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. 15 December 2014. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 December</span> 2019</span>. <q>First released in 1983</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Watch+Chrissie+Hynde%27s+remake+of+the+Pretenders%27+2000+Miles&rft.date=2014-12-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmusic%2F2014%2Fdec%2F15%2Fwatch-chrissie-hynde-remake-the-pretenders-2000-miles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Pretenders" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_4-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFStrong2000" class="citation book cs1">Strong, Martin C. 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Sleep</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Back_on_the_Chain_Gang" title="Back on the Chain Gang">Back on the Chain Gang</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_City_Was_Gone" title="My City Was Gone">My City Was Gone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/2000_Miles" title="2000 Miles">2000 Miles</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Middle_of_the_Road_(song)" title="Middle of the Road (song)">Middle of the Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Show_Me_(Pretenders_song)" title="Show Me (Pretenders song)">Show Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Thin_Line_Between_Love_and_Hate" title="Thin Line Between Love and Hate">Thin Line Between Love and Hate</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Get_Me_Wrong" title="Don't Get Me Wrong">Don't Get Me Wrong</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hymn_to_Her" title="Hymn to Her">Hymn to Her</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Baby_(Pretenders_song)" title="My Baby (Pretenders song)">My Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Has_Everybody_Gone%3F" title="Where Has Everybody Gone?">Where Has 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