NME — Sugababes, Scouting For Girls, The Pretenders, The Magic Numbers and Sharleen Spiteri will play the 2009 Cornbury Festival. more info

The Music Fix — News: HARD ROCK INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS NEIL YOUNG HEADLINING SATURDAY AT HARD ROCK CALLING WEEKEND FLEET FOXES, BEN HARPER and RELENTLESS7, SEASICK STEVE AND THE PRETENDERS ALSO CONFIRMED TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 13 MARCH AT 9AM HARD ROCK ... more info

The Newsroom — The Pretenders remind us what true American rock n roll music is all about. Check out the video BOOTS OF CHINESE PLASTIC then watch them perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live this Wednesday, March 11 on ABC. more info

My Old Kentucky — (photo by Barb Schramm with thanks to Culture Bully)You are to be forgiven if you showed up at First Avenue last Friday night and assumed you'd stumbled into a casting call for a new Flomax ad. The median age in the club was a little on the high side... more info

Slowcoustic — From 2006's "All This Time" album - the acoustic version of "Searching For The Ghost".nbsp; Right up my alley.nbsp; Nuff Said. Does anyone else actually get a "Chrissy Hynde" vibe a la Pretenders out of Heartless Bastards??nbsp; At least for the lat... more info

All About Jazz — Words by: Cat Chapman | Images by: Rod Snyder The Pretenders :: 02.06.09 :: Electric Factory :: Philadalphia, PA The Pretenders :: 02.06 :: Philly The Pretenders are currently on tour promoting their 9th album Break Up The Concrete (see JamBase re... more info

JamBase — Words by: Cat Chapman | Images by: Rod Snyder The Pretenders :: 02.06.09 :: Electric Factory :: Philadalphia, PA The Pretenders :: 02.06 :: Philly The Pretenders are currently on tour promoting their 9th album Break Up The Concrete (see JamBase ... more info

Chicago Tribune — "I'm not the cat I used to be," confessed Chrissie Hynde on the Pretenders' propulsive 1984 hit "Middle of the Road." "I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three." It's one of Hynde's best lines, and one of rock 'n' roll's rare acknowledgments of the aging pro... more info

Stereogum — Diehard fans will claim he never went away, but to those of us who didn't weep or throw flowers when we saw him live, it seems like Mr. Morrissey is in the midst of a renaissance. "Shame Is The Name" is the B-side for "I'm Throwing My Arms Around ... more info

Detroit Free Press — THE PRETENDERS: Chrissie Hynde made a dazzling return with last fall's "Break Up the Concrete," an album that nods to Americana and recaptures the old Pretenders magic without sounding forced. At 57, she's still one of the coolest figures i... more info