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Chrissie Hynde

September 2023

  • chrissie hynde wearing a motorhead t-shirt

    The Pretenders: Relentless review – recalls their early-80s imperial phase

  • Tom Allen, the comedian photographed wrapped in a water hose, for OFM.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer Photography

August 2023

  • Chrissie Hynde in a Sun Records T-shirt

    You ask the questions
    Chrissie Hynde: ‘I’m more relaxed now. Ageing is like being a pothead again’

    The Pretenders frontwoman takes questions from famous fans and Observer readers on her relentless creativity, rethinking her hippy youth, and her cruelty-free farm

July 2023

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    Got something to ask the Pretenders frontwoman? Send it our way and we’ll put it to her

June 2023

  • The Pretenders on the Park stage at Glastonbury festival with Dave Grohl and Johnny Marr.

    The Pretenders at Glastonbury review – Chrissie Hynde in the pocket with Johnny Marr and Dave Grohl

    Hynde’s reliably resonant and calming roar finds new backing with surprise appearances from Marr, Grohl – and a shy Paul McCartney

April 2023

  • ‘Entirely lovely’ … Bob Marley shot by Jill Furmanovsky in London, 1978.

    ‘I had a reckless feeling of destiny’: photographer Jill Furmanovsky on Blondie, Bob Marley and rock’s boys’ club

    From a snarling Debbie Harry to a radiant Amy Winehouse, Furmanovsky reveals the layers of her complex subjects. She explains how she conquered her shyness to tour with Pink Floyd aged 19 and why music has a ‘grounding’ quality

February 2023

  • The epitome of an iconic rock star … Chrissie Hynde, centre, with the Pretenders at Manchester Deaf Institute.

    The Pretenders review – Chrissie Hynde is still the talk of the town

    The septuagenarian rock star’s songwriting is as sharp as ever, with new songs stealing the limelight from classic hits

December 2022

  • Vivienne Westwood on the runway at Paris fashion week in 2014

    Vivienne Westwood: Chrissie Hynde and Paul McCartney lead tributes to fashion icon

    Greenpeace calls designer a ‘true radical’ and Hynde says ‘the world is already a less interesting place’

September 2022

  • The Foo Fighters looking grave on stage at Wembley Stadium

    Taylor Hawkins tribute concert review – stars unite to honour the late Foo Fighters drummer

    An eclectic lineup of musicians makes this a curious bombardment of music – but Dave Grohl, his voice cracking with emotion, is the real star of the show

August 2020

  • Barbara Castle speaking at a Labour conference in Brighton

    Don’t forget so many brilliant women

    Letters: An article by Caitlin Moran fails to acknowledge the female writers, politicians and musicians who were involved in groundbreaking work, says Dr Kim Thomas

July 2020

  • The Pretenders 2020

    The Pretenders: Hate for Sale review – every song could be a single

    Chrissie Hynde and co make it sound oh-so easy on the band’s 11th studio album
  • Chrissie Hynde

    London police should focus on gangs – Chrissie Hynde

    Letters: Pretenders musician responds to the police stop of black athletes that she witnessed
  • Chrissie Hynde

    Chrissie Hynde condemns 'aggressive' police stop of black athletes in London

    Pretenders singer writes to the Guardian over treatment of couple trained by Linford Christie

December 2019

  • Martha Wainwright and Rufus Wainwright at A Not So Silent Night

    Rufus and Martha Wainwright review – quirky, magnificent festive blowout

    Chrissie Hynde, Neil Tennant and Sophie Ellis-Bextor joyously topped up the Wainwright siblings’ big-hearted Christmas fundraiser, A Not So Silent Night

November 2019

  • Siouxsie Sioux, London 1980.

    'From Abba to Zappa': Michael Putland's shots of rock royalty – in pictures

    Putland, who died this week aged 72, was said to have snapped every major musical star from A-Z. Here’s a selection of images from a new book that pairs images of the many stars he captured over his 50-year-career with his own memories

September 2019

  • Chrissie Hynde at Mary McCartney's studio in West London, UK - 27 Jul 2018<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andy Paradise/REX/Shutterstock (9942472c) Chrissie Hynde Chrissie Hynde at Mary McCartney's studio in West London, UK - 27 Jul 2018

    Chrissie Hynde: Valve Bone Woe review – offbeat jazz with rock star cool

    Hynde’s album of covers is inviting and interesting, thanks to her insouciant attitude

December 2018

  • Annie Lennox, one of the musicians opposing the current Brexit deal.

    Music industry heavyweights call for an alternative to Brexit

    Open letter signed by figures including Annie Lennox and Billy Bragg says leaving EU poses ‘significant threat’ to UK music business

November 2018

  • Chrissie Hynde by Gabby Laurent 2018 ( her copyright, not commissioned)

    Chrissie Hynde: ‘It's hard work being alone. Paintings are an outlet'

    The Pretenders frontwoman has been defying musical expectations for 40 years. Now she is pursuing her passion for art

November 2017

  • Stevie Nicks and Chrissie Hynde at a 2016 concert in Florida, USA

    Stevie Nicks and the Pretenders: fandoms collide at first concert of Australian tour

    The disparate devotees of Chrissie Hynde and Stevie Nicks came together for a night of electrifying songs and stories – with a few firm words from Hynde

September 2017

  • Suzanne Moore

    Kathy Acker showed it takes blood, guts and smarts to be a female artist

    Suzanne Moore
    I always admired the US writer for her mythology as an outlaw and sexual adventurer. Chris Kraus’s biography reminds us how hard the avant garde has been for women
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