Blondie
American rock band
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April 6 2025 | Drummer Clem Burke died of cancer. |
2024 | Blondie scheduled to tour with Alice Cooper on the Pandemonium 2024 Tour. |
November 6 2024 | Posted images on social media showing Harry in the recording studio, indicating a new album for the next year. |
November 6 2024 | Posted images on social media showing Debbie Harry in recording studio, captioned 'Whatever. Blondie album next year'. |
June 2024 | Harry and Stein confirmed upcoming Blondie album to be released in Spring 2025 in BBC Radio 6 Music interview. |
2023 | Nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Historical Album for 'Against the Odds: 1974–1982'. |
2023 | Nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame. |
April 2023 | Performed at the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. |
2022 | Won the BBC Longshots Audience Award for 'Blondie: Vivir en la Habana'. |
2022 | Blondie conducted the Against the Odds Tour. |
August 26 2022 | Capitol and Universal released the 'Against the Odds 1974–1982' box set, which includes the band's first six studio albums, B-sides, outtakes, and demos. The box set was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Historical Album. |
April 2022 | Chris Stein announced unable to tour due to heart issues, replaced by Andee Blacksugar. Glen Matlock filled in for bassist Foxx. |
2021 | Andee Blacksugar joins as touring guitarist and backing vocalist. |
October 8 2021 | Blondie released the vinyl and digital download EP 'Yuletide Throwdown' through Capitol Records |
July 16 2021 | Blondie released the vinyl and digital download EP 'Vivir en la Habana' through BMG label |
October 20 2020 | Announced a ten-date UK arena tour with Garbage, later postponed to April 2022 due to COVID-19. |
2019 | Blondie co-headlined a tour with Elvis Costello & The Imposters. |
2019 | Chris Stein stops touring with the band, though remaining a member. |
December 21 2019 | Announced EP and mini-documentary 'Vivir en La Habana'. |
March 2019 | Band's residency in Havana, Cuba. |
September 21 2018 | The 'Essential' compilation was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). |
2017 | Blondie launched the Pollinator Tour, which continued until 2019, and co-headlined the Rage and Rapture Tour with Garbage. |
2017 | Toured Australia and New Zealand co-headlining with Cyndi Lauper. |
March 2017 | Announced their eleventh studio album 'Pollinator' in Mojo magazine, to be released on May 5. |
January 2017 | Announced support for Phil Collins at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on June 25. |
2016 | Won the Q Music Award for Q Inspiration Award. |
2016 | Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for the song 'Heart of Glass'. |
2016 | Recorded a concert for PBS's Soundstage, including two new tracks 'My Monster' and 'Gravity'. |
2016 | Universal released the Original Era box set, featuring the first six studio albums on 6 LPs with reproduced original album artworks, packaged in a Parallel Lines-themed slipcase. |
2015 | Band announced they would work on a new album produced by John Congleton. |
2014 | Won the NME Award for NME Godlike Genius Award. |
December 9 2014 | Blondie released the digital download EP 'iTunes Festival: London 2014' through Noble ID label |
May 2014 | Released album 'Ghosts of Download' as part of two-disc package 'Blondie 4(0) Ever' to mark the band's 40th anniversary. |
February 2014 | Blondie began their official worldwide 40th anniversary tour. |
December 2013 | Second single 'Sugar on the Side' released digitally in US. |
September 2013 | Blondie conducted the US 'No Principals Tour'. |
June 2013 | Blondie held a 'Blast Off Tour' of Europe. |
June 24 2013 | First single 'A Rose by Any Name' released digitally in Europe. |
March 20 2013 | Debbie Harry and Chris Stein were interviewed on WNYC Soundcheck, confirming they were working on a new Blondie album and previewing a new song called 'Make a Way'. |
2012 | Blondie toured with Devo on the Whip It To Shreds Tour. |
November 2012 | Band released 'Practice Makes Perfect' as a free download. |
October 10 2012 | Band released several tracks for free download via Amazon and their website, including 'Bride of Infinity', 'Dead Air', and 'Rock On', timed to coincide with their YouTube Presents performance. |
2011 | Blondie embarked on the Panic of Girls Tour. |
2011 | Band recorded sessions for the 'Panic of Girls' album, with an outtake later posted on Deborah Harry's website as a free download. |
October 31 2011 | The compilation was reissued again as a single disc under the title 'Essential', maintaining the identical track listing of the previous versions. |
2010 | Blondie conducted the Endangered Species Tour, co-headlining with The Pretenders and Cheap Trick. |
2010 | Tommy Kessler joins as guitarist, continuing the band's evolution. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Atomic: The Very Best of Blondie, Blondie discography, Blondie 4(0) Ever & Blondie (band), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.