Last month, in the midst of a landmark year for the music icons, Blondie announced their major UK tour for November 2017. Due to incredible demand, the New York legends have added further shows in Nottingham, Brighton and Cardiff. Tickets go on sale this Friday (August 11th) at 9am. Blondie will also be performing in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and London this November. Manchester sold out within 24 hours with the O2 Brixton Academy following quickly, triggering a second date to be added at the prestigious London Venue.
The band’s already legendary 11th studio album, Pollinator (released May 5th on
BMG), soared to Number 4 in the UK charts, making it the group’s first Top 5
entry in over 18 years. And they are proving that the Blondie live show is an still an experience in itself, with the classic hits like ‘Heart Of Glass’, ‘Atomic’, ‘Tide Is High’, ‘Maria’, ‘Sunday Girl’, ‘Rapture’ and ‘Call Me’ naturally blending with Pollinator’s treasure trove of new songs including singles ‘Too Much’, ‘Long Time’ and ‘Fun.’
This year Blondie have toured Australia and New Zealand (April 2017) and are
currently playing a sold out summer tour across the US and Canada with Garbage that ends this week in Dallas, TX. Rolling StStone praised their New York
show “Blondie deliver timeless pop with an edge”.
In celebration of the release of Pollinator on May 5th, the band returned to the
iconic Roundhouse in London for a triumphant show, receiving an ecstatic reception from fans and critics alike. The show sold out in 30 minutes. The Guardian noted that it “combined sing-along classics with compelling new material” and the Daily Telegraph applauded, “A voice and melodies untouched
by time.”
The band also brought audiences a taste of Pollinator with stunning live performances on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’ (BBC Two), ‘The One Show’ (BBC One), ‘The Chris Evans Breakfast Show’ (BBC Radio 2) and Tonight At The
London Palladium (ITV).
Blondie played a major show in the UK at Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park as main support to Phil Collins on June 30th and headlined at the Eden Project in Cornwall on June 23rd, where they launched their ‘BEE Connected’ campaign, using Pollinator to raise awareness of the decline of the bee population.
In conjunction with this campaign, fans can help make a difference by purchasing help special limited edition special limited edition “Pollinator/Save The Bees” t-shirts – the net proceeds of which will go directly to help raise awareness of the decline in the bee population by promoting organisations dedicated to conserving and improving the health of pollinators through education, consumer empowerment and political activation.
Visit Blondie’s ‘BEE Connected’ home page (http://www.blondie.net/beeconnected/) to purchase a t-shirt, learn more
about incredible organisations they are partnering with (Pollinator Partnership,
Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace) and find out all the ways to get involved.
Blondie are coming to Nottingham Royal Concert Hall on November 7 2017 get your tickets here www.trch.co.uk.
