PRETENDERS ANNOUNCE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR SINCE 2003

Last updated: Saturday, December 6, 2008

PRETENDERS ANNOUNCE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR SINCE 2003

Tour in support of widely acclaimed album Breakup The Concrete.

The Pretenders announced a tour through North American starting January 29 at the Palace Theatre in Albany, NY with the final show taking place on March 14 in Reno, Nevada. The tour is the band's first extensive headlining tour since 2003.

The Pretenders touring line up of Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, James Walbourne, Eric Heywood, and Nick Wilkinson is touring in support of the band's ninth album, Break Up The Concrete, which was released through Shangri-La Music in October of 2008. The album, which Rolling Stone lauded as, "The best Pretenders album in years," was recorded in 12 days in Los Angeles and offers an especially gritty and immediate and recalls the band's earlier days. The album has spawned the single "Boots Of Chinese Plastic" which reached #1 on the AAA radio chart.

Below is the Pretenders 2009 North American tour
January 29 Albany, NY
January 30 New York, NY
January 31 Atlantic City, NJ
February 2 Washington, DC
February 4 Boston, MA
February 5 Jim Thorpe, PA
February 6 Philadelphia, PA
February 7 Ledyard, CT
February 9 Ann Arbor, MI
February 10 Cleveland, OH
February 11 Indianapolis, IN
February 13 Cincinnati, OH
February 14 Akron, OH
February 15 Chicago, IL
February 17 Milwaukee, WI
February 18 Milwaukee, WI
February 20 Minneapolis, MN
February 21 Kansas City, MO
February 22 Tulsa, OK
February 24 Denver, CO
February 25 Aspen, CO
February 27 Dallas, TX
February 28 Houston, TX
March 1 Austin, TX
March 4 Phoenix, AZ
March 5 San Diego, CA
March 6 Pala, CA
March 7 Las Vegas, NV
March 8 Anaheim, CA
March 10 Los Angeles, CA
March 13 San Francisco, CA
March 14 Reno, NV dates more dates to follow: The Palace Theatre Roseland Ballroom Borgata-Music Box 9:30 Club Orpheum Theatre Penn's Peak Electric Factory Fox Theatre Michigan Theater House Of Blues Murat Theatre Taft Theatre Akron Civic Ctr Theatre Riviera Theater Northern Lights Theatre Northern Lights Theatre First Avenue Ameristar Casino Brady Theater Paramount Theatre Belly Up Aspen House Of Blues House Of Blues Stubbs The Dodge Theater House Of Blues Pala Casino-Cabaret Room House Of Blues The Grove The Wiltern The Fillmore Silver Legacy Casino

Source: Big Hassle Media

| Saturday, December 6, 2008

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