Chrissie Hynde

Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes 40th anniversary reissue – A primitive punk-pop cult classic

Despite the anniversary extras, the core attraction is the Milwaukee band’s 1983 debut album itself

Fri Dec 22 2023 - 05:00

The Music Quiz: What is the name of Beyoncé’s new fragrance?

Plus: a song from Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and a rock star as a child

Wed Nov 01 2023 - 05:00

Pretenders: Relentless – a collection of songs inextricably tethered to Hynde’s self-defining vocals

She may be 72, but for Chrissie Hynde, the show ain’t over till it’s over

Fri Sept 08 2023 - 05:15

Pretenders in Dublin review: Eternal rock chick Chrissie Hynde leads a quickfire tour of a 45-year career

In fine, beguiling voice and with edgy guitar riffology, Hynde’s new songs reference familiar nuggets while saluting the ghosts in the gods

Mon May 22 2023 - 00:45

‘I love Shane MacGowan. He’s the ultimate ... one of the last punks’

Musician and film-maker Don Letts on Shane MacGowan, The Clash and being black in Britain

Tue Mar 23 2021 - 05:00

Lankum: The Livelong Day review – A fierce and fragile masterpiece

Lankum march to the beat of their own tune too: in all its anarchic glory

Fri Oct 25 2019 - 07:00

No disposing of Garbage

As they celebrate 25 years together, the band’s lead singer Shirley Manson explains why they’re as relevant today as they were in the ’90s

Sat Jun 29 2019 - 00:00

Noel Gallagher, Ray Lamontagne, Bedouine and the Vinyl festival: this week’s best rock and pop gigs

M Ward, Snow Patrol and Freya Ridings are other highlights of the next seven days

Sat May 05 2018 - 05:00

From the Archives: October 17th, 1986

Kathryn Holmquist talked to Sinéad O’Connor and some of the other woman garage banders of the 1980s

Sat Oct 17 2015 - 01:00

Chrissie Hynde criticised over ‘victim blaming’ rape remarks

‘If you don’t want to entice a rapist, don’t wear high heels so you can’t run from him,’ the singer says

Sun Aug 30 2015 - 13:49