The trailblazing founder, vocalist and guitarist of the Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde, lives a life less ordinary – and yet even she succumbed to the rhythmless ennui of our pandemic present. Like many of us, she welcomed a puppy into her home and took receipt of a new electric guitar.
And to think her 2020 was going to be big. The Pretenders’ new album, Hate For Sale, was scheduled for late spring, the first to be co-written with lead guitarist James Walbourne and feature the current touring lineup. Hynde’s calendar was fully booked out, too, with some 70 cities on the Pretenders’ touring itinerary.
Yadda yadda yadda, everything got paused and everyone was cocooned in the prophylactic amber of public health measures. Hate for Sale ultimately got released in
