The Pretenders Mapping Out 2009 Tour
Posted by Dan Marsicano on 11.10.2008
Readying a full-scale tour...
The Pretenders are working out plans for a full-scale tour in 2009 to support their latest album, Break Up The Concrete.
"We'll probably be touring most of the year, I think; that's what we're hoping for, at least," group leader Chrissie Hynde tells Billboard.com. "Even to me it sounds like, why would I want to get on a tour coach and sleep in a bunk with a bunch of guys, but that's where we feel comfortable. That's my trade-off for ... not having to wait tables."
The last major Pretenders tour was the group's 2007 summer jaunt with ZZ Top and the Stray Cats, but Hynde says that so far "there haven't been any suggestions" for another package, which is just fine with her.
"I would love to headline something, 'cause then I don't have to share the catering with meat eaters," explains Hynde, a vegan who operates a restaurant, VegiTerranean, in her hometown of Akron, Ohio. "I love working with other bands, and I certainly don't mind supporting another band. I don't have to be the headliner; that's never been an issue for me at all. I'm just more concerned about sharing the catering."
