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CALENDAR
ENDANGERED SPECIES TOUR
Waipara (New Zealand)
Mud House Winery - December 19, 2010
(tickets)
Martinborough (New Zealand)
Alana Estate - December 18, 2010
(tickets)
Auckland (New Zealand)
Vector Arena - December 16, 2010
(tickets)
Canberra, ACT (Australia)
Royal Theatre, National Convention Centre - December 14, 2010
(tickets)
Brisbane, QLD (Australia)
Sirromet Winery, Mt Cotton - December 12, 2010
(tickets) | (flyer)
Hunter Valley, NSW (Australia)
Bimbadgen Estate - December 11, 2010
(tickets) | (flyer)
Sydney, NSW (Australia)
Enmore Theatre, Newtown - December 9, 2010
(tickets)
Sydney, NSW (Australia)
Enmore Theatre, Newtown - December 8, 2010
(tickets)
Sydney, NSW (Australia)
Enmore Theatre, Newtown - December 7, 2010
(tickets)
Launceston, TAS (Australia)
Josef Chromy Wines - December 5, 2010
(tickets) | (flyer)
Yarra Valley, VIC (Australia)
Rochford Vines - December 4, 2010
(tickets) | (flyer)
Melbourne, VIC (Australia)
Palais Theatre, St Kilda - December 2, 2010
(tickets)
Melbourne, VIC (Australia)
Palais Theatre, St Kilda - December 1, 2010
(tickets)
Barossa Valley, SA (Australia)
Peter Lehmann Wines - November 27, 2010
(tickets) | (flyer)
Perth, WA (Australia)
Kings Park & Botanic Garden - November 25, 2010
(tickets)
Perth, WA (Australia)
Kings Park & Botanic Garden - November 24, 2010
(tickets)
Riverside, CA (USA)
Fox Performing Arts Center - November 18, 2010
(tickets)
El Paso, TX (USA)
Speaking Rock Events Center - November 16, 2010
New York, NY (USA) (with The Jazz Passengers)
Jazz Standard - September 29, 2010
(tickets - 7:30 PM) (tickets - 9:30 PM)
Boston, MA (USA)
House Of Blues - September 12, 2010
(tickets)
Atlantic City, NJ (USA)
House Of Blues - September 11, 2010
(tickets)
Lincoln, RI (USA)
Twin River Casino - September 10, 2010
(tickets)
Falls Church, VA (USA)
State Theater - September 8, 2010
(tickets)
Westhampton, NY (USA)
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center - September 5, 2010
(tickets)
Memphis, TN (USA)
Live At The Garden - September 3, 2010
(tickets)
Jim Thorpe, PA (USA)
Penn’s Peak - September 1, 2010
(tickets)
New York, NY (USA)
Nokia Theatre - August 31, 2010
(tickets; pre-sale password: panic)
Baltimore, MD (USA)
Pier Six Pavilion - August 29, 2010
(tickets)
Kettering, OH (USA)
Fraze Pavilion - August 28, 2010
(tickets)
Detroit, MI (USA)
DTE Energy Center - August 27, 2010
(tickets)
Atlanta, GA (USA)
Chastain Amphitheatre - August 25, 2010
(tickets)
Charleston, WV (USA)
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences - August 24, 2010
(tickets)
Red Wing, MN (USA)
Treasure Island Resort and Casino - August 21, 2010
(tickets)
Springfield, IL (USA)
Illinois State Fairgrounds Il State Fair - August 20, 2010
(tickets)
Hammond, IN (USA)
The Venue at Horseshoe - August 18, 2010
[setlist]
Regina, SK (Canada)
Casino Regina - August 16, 2010
[setlist]
Edmonton, AB (Canada)
River Creek Resort & Casino - August 14, 2010
Coquitlam, BC (Canada)
Boulevard Casino - August 13, 2010
Woodinville, WA (USA)
Chateau St Michelle Winery - August 12, 2010
Saratoga, CA (USA)
Mountain Winery - August 10, 2010
[setlist]
Costa Mesa, CA (USA)
Pacific Amphitheater - August 8, 2010
[setlist] [images]
Las Vegas, NV (USA)
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino - August 7, 2010
Santa Rosa, CA (USA)
Ruth Finley Person Theater - August 5, 2010
San Francisco, CA (USA)
The Fillmore - August 4, 2010
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V Magazine
September 2, 2010
Debbie is featured in the latest New York issue of the V Magazine.
“It’s one of the greatest cities in the world. It’s the greatest, but it’s become so gentrified. For art to happen there has to be some funk, some chaos, you need some decay to create a balance and excitement and creativity. So, I feel like that is really in danger and perhaps gone away. I don’t really know, I hope its not gone away.”
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Debbie and The Jazz Passengers live
August 22, 2010
Debbie will join The Jazz Passengers as a special guest for two shows at the Jazz Standard club in New York on September 29. Tickets can be purchased on ticketweb.com (7:30 PM show) (9:30 PM show).
The Jazz Passengers’ new album “Reunited” will be released on October 12 and will include two tracks with Debbie, “Think Of Me” and “One Way Or Another.”
source: allaboutjazz.com
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billboard.com article/update on “Panic Of Girls” release
August 18, 2010
Blondie to Spread ‘Panic’ with First Album in 7 Years
by Gary Graff, Detroit
Blondie is planning a staggered worldwide rollout this year and next for “Panic of Girls,” the group’s first set of new material since “The Curse of Blondie” in 2003.
While label and distribution deals are still being formulated, drummer Clem Burke tells Billboard.com that he expects the set to come out in Australia in time for Blondie’s November-December tour with the Pretenders. Following that, the band plans to release it in 2011 in other territories, including the U.S. “There’s a lot of politics involved,” Burke says with a laugh.
Blondie recorded “Panic of Girls” during November and December in Woodstock, N.Y., which Burke says is only the second time the band has made an album outside of Manhattan (the first was 1980’s platinum “Automamerican,” which was done in Los Angeles). “We were living in the country out there, kind of the antithesis of the urbanite kind of atmosphere that exists around Blondie,” explains Burke, adding that the album photos shot by Bob Gruen feature the band members posing with farm animals. “We tried to make the recording process as organic as possible and tried to stay away from programming as much as we could, because ['The Curse of Blondie'] had a lot of programming on it. So in the spirit of Woodstock, we kept going in the studio and playing.”
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Hampstead and Highgate Express
July 8, 2010
Debbie Harry looks forward to Kenwood performance
source: hamhigh.co.uk
Debbie Harry has been a legend of the music industry for so long that many of her contemporaries who set off on the same journey are no longer around.
Harry admits it is a thought that often troubles the iconic lead singer of the band Blondie but one she tries her best to ignore.
“There are days when I think, Jesus, I would love to hear the Ramones sing,” she says. “I would really like to go and see them live, but I can’t do it. It’s sort of like your extended family in a way. I don’t think about it constantly, but it is a factor.”
Blondie are back in Britain for the first time in two years for a short tour which includes a date at Kenwood House on June 26 as part of the summer series of concerts.
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Yorkshire Evening Post interview
June 14, 2010
source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
Music interview: Debbie Harry
Published Date: 10 June 2010
After gaining legendary status 30 years ago, she’s still recording and performing as the unmistakable frontwoman of Blondie.
As they prepare to perform in Yorkshire, Rod McPhee was granted an audience with Ms Debbie Harry and discovered why Britain has been such an unlikely inspiration.
Heart racing, face flushed, a shaking hand clutching the receiver, I pick up the phone and do the one thing you only ever dream of doing – calling Debbie Harry.
There’s some protracted clicking and transferring of lines at the other end, then finally comes the unmistakable but muted tones which graced Call Me, Atomic, One Way or Another and every other seminal tune from the Blondie back catalogue.
It seems strange that her speaking voice is so familiar, then you remember that Harry was one of the first mainstream artists to use a rap in one of her records (Rapture in 1981). It was one of countless firsts for the band.
When the new wave pioneers first came into being 36 years ago, they were one of the first groups to develop such a commercially eclectic sound, the first male-dominated band to have a frontwoman enjoy such a meteoric rise to fame.
Hands still shaking, I tell her she was also the first images I can recall from my childhood: a blonde siren in lip gloss staring out of a suburban TV screen singing Heart of Glass.
“Oh” she responds, (understandably) not knowing quite what to say. “Well, you know, that is a funny sensation, truthfully. I think when it first started happening I thought the idea of being some kind of icon was really preposterous.
“After a while it came to me that it’s just a matter of passing time the way people think of things, and after a certain amount of time has passed people just start to think of you in a different way.
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Bournemouth Echo interview
A new interview with Debbie can be found on the bournemouthecho.co.uk website.
Blondie in the flesh
9:30am Sunday 13th June 2010
By Nick Churchill
THEY wouldn’t have realised at the time, but the few hundred or so young punks and slightly older pub rockers that gathered at Bournemouth’s Village Bowl on May 20, 1977, were witnessing the start of something huge.
Most had probably gone to see an emerging London new wave band called Squeeze.
A few would have been there to see a group from New York, called Blondie, whose first two singles, X-Offender and In the Flesh, had made a small dent in the lower regions of the charts and garnered a bit of press in the music papers.
It was their first British gig.
“Oh God, I haven’t thought about that in years, but I remember that show really well,” says Debbie Harry, her quietly spoken voice suddenly sharpened by a rush of excitement in anticipation of returning to play the O2 Academy, Bournemouth, next weekend (Saturday, June 19).
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ENDANGERED SPECIES TOUR (UK/Ireland)
June 13, 2010
Blondie kicked off their UK/Ireland tour in Hatfield last Wednesday. The setlist includes some brand-new songs including “D-Day”, “What I Heard”, “Love Doesn’t Frighten Me At All”, “Mother In The Night”, “The End, The End”, a cover of Taio Cruz’s “Break Your Heart” and many more surprises, as well as some of their greatest hits.
A review from the Hatfield show on June 9 can be found at whtimes.co.uk.
Debbie, Chris and Clem were interviewed by Absolute Radio before the Isle Of Wight Festival, yesterday. Make sure you visit absoluteradio.co.uk to check out the video interview – or download the video here (right-click and save as… .m4v | 33.2 MB).
Two songs from the show last night (“What I Heard” and “Heart Of Glass”) can be watched at ITV.com (Blondie’s performance starts at 1:02). Alternatively you can download the video here (right-click and save as… .m4v | 42.9 MB).
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Welwyn Hatfield Times interview
Blondie exclusive with Debbie Harry ahead of Forum gig in Hatfield
BLONDIE open their latest UK tour at the Forum in Hatfield next week and ahead of the gig singer Debbie Harry spoke exclusively to Welwyn Hatfield Times reporter Ross Logan.
SOMETIMES, when people ask me what I do for a living, I don’t get the sort of response I’m hoping for.
“Local journalism” seems to conjure up an idea of endlessly writing about cake sales and village fetes, and while I personally like cake sales and fetes, I get the impression other people don’t think it’s very cool.
But like most jobs, you have good days and bad days.
Like the other day, when I get a phone call from New York telling me Debbie Harry, the iconic singer/songwriter from new wave punk legends Blondie, is on the other line and waiting to speak to me. Pretty cool, no?
SOMETIMES, when people ask me what I do for a living, I don’t get the sort of response I’m hoping for.
“Local journalism” seems to conjure up an idea of endlessly writing about cake sales and village fetes, and while I personally like cake sales and fetes, I get the impression other people don’t think it’s very cool.
But like most jobs, you have good days and bad days.
Like the other day, when I get a phone call from New York telling me Debbie Harry, the iconic singer/songwriter from new wave punk legends Blondie, is on the other line and waiting to speak to me. Pretty cool, no?
I’m speaking to 64-year-old Debbie shortly before Blondie arrive on these shores to begin their new tour, which kicks off on Wednesday at The Forum, in Hatfield.
“We’re all pretty excited about it,” says Debbie, in that distinctive, New York drawl of hers.
“We’ve a bank of new material, which is brilliant and so long overdue.”
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heraldsun.com.au interview
June 3, 2010
A brand-new interview with Debbie was posted on heraldsun.com.au.
DEBBIE Harry was the original bleached popstar, long before Madonna or Lady Gaga. Now she’s 65, the Blondie frontwoman shrugs off the label of icon.
You’re touring Australia in summer with the Pretenders. That’s a lot of hits in the one show.
It’s going to be great. I love the Pretenders, I love Chrissie Hynde. We toured the US with Pat Benatar last year, that was fun. I wanted to do something together with them on stage. Maybe we can do that with Chrissie.
What’s your favorite Pretenders song?
There’s so many, but I love Brass in Pocket. What a great song.
What can you tell us about the new Blondie album Panic of Girls?
We’re really excited about it. We hadn’t recorded in such a long time (since 2003’s The Curse of Blondie) that everyone had really good ideas, there were a lot of great contributions and a wide variety of material. I think it’s the typical Blondie mishmash. I’m not sure when it’s coming out, the (record) labels are in a terrible state now of course. But I want it out the sooner the better.
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Untitled Document
August 22, 2010
The tour schedule has been updated. Two shows with The Jazz Passengers on September 29 have been added.
August 19, 2010
The setlist database has been updated.
August 18, 2010
The setlist database has been updated.
Pictures from the show in Costa Mesa have been added to the gallery.
August 15, 2010
The tour schedule has been updated. Shows in El Paso, TX on November 16 and Riverside, CA on November 18 have been added to the calendar.
July 21, 2010
Screenshots of the Absolute Radio interview at the Isle Of Wight Festival on June 12 have been added to the gallery.
July 15, 2010
The forum has been redesigned and can now be accessed directly at blondieforum.com.
July 13, 2010
The latest interviews with Debbie (heraldsun.com.au, Welwyn Hatfield Times, Yorkshire Evening Post, Bournemouth Echo and Hampstead and Highgate Express) have been added to the press section.
The Isle Of Wight Festival videos ('What I Heard' & 'Heart Of Glass' + interview) have been added to the video downloads section.
July 6, 2010
The setlist database has been updated.
July 5, 2010
The 'D-Day', 'The End, The End', 'End Of The World', 'Le Bleu à l’âme', 'Mother', 'A Sunday Smile', 'What I Heard', 'Wipe Off My Sweat' and 'Break Your Heart' song pages have been created. All titles from the 'Panic Of Girls' sessions have been added to the "unreleased songs" section and will be moved as soon as the album is out.
The setlist database has been updated.
July 1, 2010
Deborah-harry.com wishes Debbie a very Happy Birthday and all the best on her special day. May all your dreams come true. Thank you for all the great shows and the new music.
June 24, 2010
The tour schedule has been updated. A show at the Nokia Theatre in New York on August 31 has been added.
June 5, 2010
The filmography has been updated.
June 2, 2010
The tour schedule has been updated. Shows with the Pretenders in Australia and New Zealand in November and December have been added.
May 30, 2010
The setlist database has been updated. New shows have been added.
May 29, 2010
The 'I'll Be Your Mirror' song page has been added to the lyrics section. The song was performed by Debbie, Chris and Matt at the Woodstock Day School benefit last night.
May 22, 2010
The Spanish 'Call Me' 7" single has been added to the discography.
The latest "Go Belfast" edition with a new interview with Debbie has been added to the press section.
May 18, 2010
The 'Spirit Of The Forest' song page has been created.
May 14, 2010
The "Don't Stop Believin'" song page has been created.
Pictures from last night's Rainforest Fund’s 21st Birthday Celebration Benefit have been added to the gallery.
May 10, 2010
The tour schedule has been updated. Blondie are scheduled to perform at the Hop Farm Festival in Kent (UK) on July 2.
May 8, 2010
The 'Rainforest Fund’s 21st Birthday Celebration Benefit' concert with Debbie has been added to the calendar/tour schedule.
May 4, 2010
The Hatfield (UK) show has been postponed to June 9. New shows in Cambridge on June 10 and London on June 30 have been added to the tour schedule.
May 1, 2010
The interview on 'Chris Frantz The Talking Head' from last night has been added to the audio downloads section.
April 28, 2010
The UK 'Strike Me Pink' cassette has been added to the discography.
April 24, 2010
Scans of the 'Record Collector' magazine have been added to the press section.
April 20, 2010
Images of Debbie and Chris on the French TV show 'Tout Le Monde En Parle' in 2003 have been added to the gallery.
April 17, 2010
The Isle Of Man show on June 8 has been replaced with a show at the Forum in Hatfield (UK). Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster.
The 'Time Is Tight', 'Nutbush City Limits', 'My Baby Must Be A Magician', 'Smarty Pants' and 'Mr. Big Stuff' cover pages have been added to the lyrics section.
April 15, 2010
A show in Southend (UK) on June 29 has been added to the tour schedule.
April 13, 2010
The tour schedule has been updated with new European shows.
April 12, 2010
A show in Manchester (UK) on June 16 has been added to the tour section.
April 11, 2010
The tour schedule has been updated with new U.S. shows.
April 9, 2010
The U.S. 'Backfired' 7" promo single, the Mexican 'The Tide Is High' 7" single and the Australian 'Maybe For Sure' 7" single have been added to the discography.
A Blondie show in Hammond, IN on August 18 has been added to the tour schedule.
April 6, 2010
Blondie shows in London (UK) on June 26, Springfield, IL on August 20 (with Cheap Trick), Detroit, MI on August 27 (with Cheap Trick) and Baltimore, MD on August 29 (with Cheap Trick) have been added to the tour schedule.
April 4, 2010
A Blondie show in Santa Rosa, CA on August 5 has been added to the tour schedule.
April 1, 2010
A Blondie show in Inverness (UK) at the RockNess Music Festival has been added to the tour schedule.
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