Look for the Kate cameo.

^^^ So does this mean that they ironed out the legal problems and will finally release their new album? They played a couple of songs off it at the concert last year and I was looking forward to hearing the stdio version.

Its release date is for the 4th of July.

Timmy84 said:

Its release date is for the 4th of July.

Thanks!

purplethunder3121 said:

Timmy84 said:

Its release date is for the 4th of July.

Thanks!

No prob.

if it sounded like 1979 and not 2009 I would buy it.

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The track listing for Panic Of Girls, the new album, is as follows:

'D-Day'
'What I Heard'
'Mother'
'The End The End'
'Girlie Girlie'
'Love Doesn't Frighten Me'
'Words In My Mouth'
'Sunday Smile'
'Wipe Off My Sweat'
'Le Bleu'
'China Shoes'

Preview it here

Cool news - I will have to check it out

No offesnse to Blondie but she kinda looks like Dolly Parton in that video and the song is just ok

2020 said:

Cool news - I will have to check it out

No offesnse to Blondie but she kinda looks like Dolly Parton in that video and the song is just ok

Blondie's the name of the band.

The lead singer is Debbie Harry.

Just to correct ya.

Great, she's brilliant.

Could have been a world superstar if it wasn't for all the drugs, such a shame, think she was prettier and more talented than Madge.

Identity said:

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The track listing for Panic Of Girls, the new album, is as follows:

'D-Day'
'What I Heard'
'Mother'
'The End The End'
'Girlie Girlie'
'Love Doesn't Frighten Me'
'Words In My Mouth'
'Sunday Smile'
'Wipe Off My Sweat'
'Le Bleu'
'China Shoes'

Preview it here

I previewed the songs and many of them sound like they might be pretty decent. But I can't stand all the modern production on a band like Blondie, it doesn't suit them at all. There's a reason people still listen to Heart of Glass, and Maria is long forgotten.

There were 2 of these tracks released free as part of a newspaper release of Parallel Lines:

Girlie Girlie and What I heard?

They both sounded really cool. Girle Girlie was very reggae sounding and had some clever rhymes and What I heard had quite a strong beat and a is cool song.

She is a (or has) good songwriter(s)....

Btw, Amazon UK has the release date down as June 1st.

[Edited 5/20/11 23:35pm]

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Blondie Release New Album in Magazine Format

Link

June 2, 2011

Blondie have released their first studio album in eight years in a ‘Fan Pack’ magazine format.

The ‘Fan Pack’ version of ‘Panic Of Girls’ comes with two bonus tracks and a magazine which contains interviews with Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke as well as never-before-seen photos of the band, including shots from Chris Stein’s personal archive.

Released yesterday (June 1) in partnership with Future Publishing, the album and ‘Fan Pack’ is available in UK supermarkets, high street newsagents and record stores and can also be purchased here:

myfavouritemagazines.co.u...k-fan-pack

Panic Of Girls will be on general CD release from July 4.

The album, which has been produced by Jeff Saltzman [The Killers, Fischerspooner] and Kato Khandwala [Paramore, Papa Roach], was recorded principally in the band's home town of New York.

Panic Of Girls, which is the follow up to 2003's The Curse Of Blondie, contains covers of Sophia George's 'Girlie Girlie' and Beirut's 'Sunday Smile'. Beirut's Zach Condon also appears on the album, providing guest vocals.

Blondie are set to play a number of UK festivals this summer, including appearances at Kendal Calling festival and Camp Bestival.

Identity said:

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Blondie Release New Album in Magazine Format

Link

June 2, 2011

Blondie have released their first studio album in eight years in a ‘Fan Pack’ magazine format.

The ‘Fan Pack’ version of ‘Panic Of Girls’ comes with two bonus tracks and a magazine which contains interviews with Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke as well as never-before-seen photos of the band, including shots from Chris Stein’s personal archive.

Released yesterday (June 1) in partnership with Future Publishing, the album and ‘Fan Pack’ is available in UK supermarkets, high street newsagents and record stores and can also be purchased here:

myfavouritemagazines.co.u...k-fan-pack

Panic Of Girls will be on general CD release from July 4.

The album, which has been produced by Jeff Saltzman [The Killers, Fischerspooner] and Kato Khandwala [Paramore, Papa Roach], was recorded principally in the band's home town of New York.

Panic Of Girls, which is the follow up to 2003's The Curse Of Blondie, contains covers of Sophia George's 'Girlie Girlie' and Beirut's 'Sunday Smile'. Beirut's Zach Condon also appears on the album, providing guest vocals.

Blondie are set to play a number of UK festivals this summer, including appearances at Kendal Calling festival and Camp Bestival.

So, the fanpack magazine will only be available in UK stores and on the internet? This will not be sold in U.S. stores or on Amazon?

Got my pack yesterday online....its the CD plus a magazine and posters and badges! It's £15 and is released via Future Publishing so should be in newsagents too I would guess.

I have to say I'm loving this CD already, very cool!

Its got quite a reggae and latin vibe to it as well.

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purplethunder3121 said:

So, the fanpack magazine will only be available in UK stores and on the internet? This will not be sold in U.S. stores or on Amazon?

It's listed for pre-order on Amazon.com.

Click here.

NIIIIIIIIICE!!!!!!!!

Identity said:

purplethunder3121 said:

So, the fanpack magazine will only be available in UK stores and on the internet? This will not be sold in U.S. stores or on Amazon?

It's listed for pre-order on Amazon.com.

Click here.

OUCH!!! $47!!! It is cheaper to buy it on the European website! If 17 pounds currently equals $25.00. I think I will wait. I really want the fanpack magazine release but I don't want to spend more than I did to see Blondie perform live last year at the Fillmore!!!

Tickets On Sale For New Tour

July 8, 2011

The beat goes on for Blondie, as Debbie Harry and bandmates prepare to hit the road this fall. Harry, fellow original members Chris Stein and Clem Burke and a few newer colleagues will tour behind a ninth studio album, Panic of Girls, out Sept. 13 on the group's own imprint.

Tickets are on sale for a series of shows kicking off Sept. 4 in Prior Lake, Minn. The trek will touch down in Chicago, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles and other cities before wrapping Oct. 8 in Las Vegas.

Fans can refer to blondie.net for more details.

Link

Blondie's bond: Debbie Harry and Chris Stein on why they're still going strong after 40 years of rocking 'n' rolling

By Adrian Thrills

Last updated at 12:32 AM on 8th July 2011

Debbie Harry and Chris Stein are explaining how they have kept an occasionally tumultuous relationship on the rails for nearly four decades.

Having met in a New York bar in 1973 — she was a struggling singer, he an art student — they became lovers and bandmates.

Then, even after their romance fizzled out in the early Nineties, they remained close friends and musical partners.

‘To be honest, I can’t stand him, but we get on with it,’ says punk figurehead Harry. ‘We approach everything differently, so it is a constant surprise to me that we work so well together.’

Rocking 'n' rolling: Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie have been musical partners for nearly four decades. They are performing here together at the Hammersmith Odeon in January 1980

She’s joking — at least, I think she is. Alongside drummer Clem Burke, singer Debbie and guitarist Chris have been the bedrock of Blondie since the band conquered the world’s charts in the late Seventies. It would be odd if they didn’t have a little in common.

‘We’re actually very sympatico,’ agrees Harry, still radiant — and platinum blonde — at 66. ‘We’re not like brother and sister, though. That would be incest! Our relationship has always been creative. We’ve had our disagreements, but there’s never been any ego clashes.’

Stein, 61, now married to actress Barbara Sicuranza, says his relationship with Harry isn’t unusual in music. He has a point — Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) and Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) have kept creative juices flowing despite romances ending.

Hits: Harry, Stein and members of Blondie on the cover of their self-titled hit album released in 1976

‘Debbie and I will never get away from it,’ says Stein. ‘We must have known each other in a previous life.’

‘We actually explored that once with a spiritualist,’ adds Harry. ‘So I wouldn’t’ rule it out.’

Debbie and Chris finish each other’s sentences a lot — as befits a couple who’ve survived years of excess, financial ruin and a rare skin disease that took Stein to the brink of death.

They are now together again in a reinvigorated Blondie, beginning a month-long UK tour with an appearance at T In The Park on Sunday.

Beyond that, there is also a new album, Panic Of Girls. The first Blondie record in eight years, it marries some familiar traits — strong tunes, vibrant vocals, a twist of reggae — with a modern, electronic sheen.

Harry was initially reluctant to get back on board, but is now happy with the outcome.

‘My solo career was evolving, but Chris convinced me a reunion would be a good thing, so I capitulated,’ she says. ‘And it’s worked. A solo album will never have the same identity as a Blondie one.’

While Harry has been described as ‘the Marilyn Monroe of her generation’, she is uncomfortable with being labelled an icon.

Diva: Debbie Harry rehearses for a concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in 2004

‘I hate the word,’ she says. ‘I can see why people use it about singers like myself or Siouxsie Sioux, because rock was such a boys’ club at the time.

But the great thing about the female punk singers was that we all played in bands. We weren’t just singing and dancing at the front of the stage.’

Blondie’s imperial phase came to an abrupt halt in the early Eighties when a decade of touring took its toll.

Worse followed when Stein was diagnosed with the life-threatening genetic disease pemphigus. Harry put her career on hold and spent four years helping to nurse him back to health.

‘Getting ill had a lot to do with being worn out,’ says Chris. ‘But I always knew I was going to pull through.’

‘It wasn’t just Chris’s illness,’ adds Debbie. ‘That was terrible to deal with, but the band had reached deadlock. Unlike Madonna or Lady Gaga, we didn’t pay enough attention to the business side of things.’

After splitting in 1982, Blondie lay dormant for 15 years, a period in which their influence — and Harry’s stature as a role model — grew.

A reunion was inevitable, but many were surprised when the band returned with such vigour. Not only did they top the UK charts, with Maria, in 1999, but they re-established themselves as a major live draw.

‘Touring is different now,’ says Chris. ‘It used to be like the Wild West.

Things are more efficient now, and that helps us keep going. The next album is already well under way.’

Debbie adds: ‘It’s important to tour now, as we’ll have less energy in ten years. One day, I won’t feel like going on the road. But we love what we’re doing — so why stop?’

Panic Of Girls is out now. Blondie’s UK month-long tour starts on Sunday (blondie.net).

[Edited 7/8/11 13:16pm]

It was a great concert in 2010...if you have the chance to see Blondie in a small venue, GO!