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The Pretenders have announced that their UK headline tour dates through February and March will now be rescheduled to October 2024. The newly announced shows will begin on 11th October at Portsmouth’s Guildhall before closing at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on 28th October.
The tour will take in thirteen performances across the country, including four new dates announced today at Portsmouth’s Guildhall (11th October), Hull’s Bonus Arena (19th October), a third night at London’s Palladium (24th October), and a show at Ipswich’s Regent Theatre (26th October). Tickets are on sale from 10:00 GMT on Friday 16th February here.
The October 2024 tour will follow The Pretenders’ latest album Relentless, their highest-charting record in 23 years and 14th UK Top 40 release. The album has been met with high critical praise, described by MOJO as “persistently brilliant songwriting … surely how Chrissie Hynde always wanted The Pretenders to sound”. The Observer heard “inspiring longevity”, Record Collector applauded “the best Pretenders album in 20 years” in a five star review, and Uncut Magazine labelled the album “the new prime of Chrissie Hynde”. Elsewhere The Times proclaimed, “this is the Pretenders at their rocking best” and the i Newspaper praised “a statement of intent”, whilst The Telegraph confirmed “Relentless might just be one of the most thrilling things you’ll hear all year.” The album went on to be tipped as an Album of the Year by magazines including MOJO, Uncut, Classic Rock and more.
New album Relentless is available now on baby pink vinyl, CD and digital download.
Tickets for the 2024 UK headline tour dates are available from Friday 16th February at 10:00 GMT.
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