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Pretenders to tour, get tribute

June 29, 2006 at 09:33:00 AM

Veteran rockers will be subject of VH1's Decades Rock Live, with Iggy Pop, Garbage's Shirley Manson, Incubus, and Kings of Leon helping out.

The next episode of VH1's Decades Rock Live series will honor the Pretenders and feature performances from the group plus special guests Iggy Pop, Garbage's Shirley Manson, Incubus, and Kings of Leon.

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To be taped August 11 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the concert will be broadcast in early autumn.

The Pretenders will embark on a short tour before the taping, beginning July 9 at Cornbury Park in Charlbury, England. The group recently issued a five-disc boxed set, Pirate Radio via Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino, but there are no plans to record a new studio album at present.

"I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that--stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy with the Pretenders. And I wanted that represented," frontwoman Chrissie Hynde recently told Billboard of the box set. "I also thought this was a chance to present the band in a way I'd like it to be remembered--and to represent the guys I had playing with me over the years. Once I realized all this, I got completely involved in the project."

Here are the Pretenders' tour dates:


July 9: Charlbury, England (Cornbury Park)

July 14: Almeria, Spain (TBA)

July 15: Bilbao, Spain (TBA)

July 22: Fuji, Japan (Fuji Speedway)

July 23: Osaka, Japan (Izumi Otsu Phoenix)

July 27: New York, NY (Roseland)

July 28: Waterbury, CT (Palace Theatre)

July 31, Aug. 1: Hyannis, MA (Cape Cod Melody Tent)

Aug. 2: Hampton Beach, NH (Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom)

Aug. 4: Boston, MA (Avalon)

Aug. 5: Jim Thorpe, PA (Penn's Peak)

Aug. 6: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)

Aug. 8: Niagara Falls, NY (Seneca Niagara Casino)

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