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How bassist Tony Butler helped relaunch The Pretenders with this 1982 rock classic
Having fired bassist Pete Farndon for his erratic drug-fuelled behaviour, The Pretenders tapped Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner and bassist Tony Butler
Chrissie Hynde warns how global warming will likely impact the existence of outdoor summer shows
The Pretenders icon recalls playing shows with Foo Fighters and Guns N’ Roses over the last few years amid intense heatwaves
The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne on what it takes to be a real guitar hero
Kick ’Em Where It Hurts is the new live album from the Pretenders and it serves as a testament to a creative rebirth as they emerged from lockdown
That time Chrissie Hynde enraged one of her Pretenders bandmates because she stopped playing mid-gig
The guitar icon once decided to spontaneously shake things up on stage, and ended up feeling the wrath of Jimmy Scott
Chrissie Hynde on that one time she bought her own signature guitar off the shelf
Turns out having your own signature Fender Telecaster stocked in shops is pretty handy when you're caught without your own...
The 10 best covers of Charles Mingus songs
From Keith Richards to Joni Mitchell, we chart the 10 best takes on ‘The Angry Man of Jazz’, Charles Mingus
How gender equality in the guitar industry has improved – and what more needs to be done
Progress has been made, but as Fender and Reverb explain, steps need to be taken to break down the barriers female and non-binary players face in the guitar world
Female and non-binary artists make up less than 6% of the signature electric guitar market
Of the 226 signature electrics available from today’s 21 biggest guitar brands, only 13 come from artists who identify as female or non-binary, a study has found
