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Blondie's Debbie Harry would love to work with Johnny Depp. Besides being the frontwoman of the 'Heart of Glass' group, the 78-year-old singer is also an actress. Whilst the group were on hiatus, she launched her acting career, starring in the neo-noir 'Union City' (1980) and in David Cronenberg's body horror film 'Videodrome' (1983). She went on to land roles in John Waters's cult dance film 'Hairspray' (1988), and after releasing more albums, she was in horror film 'Body Bags' (1993), and the drama 'Heavy' (1995). The 'One Way or Another' hitmaker is still keen to act and has the 'Pirates of...
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Blondie's Chris Stein doesn't think he'll play live with the group again. The 74-year-old guitarist has just finished work on a new album, but he won't be joining fellow founder member Debbie Harry and the rest of the group on the road in support of the record because his health isn't up to the demands of travel anymore. He told The Observer newspaper: “After 50 years and all my health issues, I live a little more sedentary now. “Just doing the hotels and the airplanes is hard. And I’ve got a f****** heart condition and I’m at the tail end of dealing with prostate cancer, so I just thought, ‘F...
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Debbie Harry has insisted "most women" would have "died" to have David Bowie flash his penis at them. The Blondie frontwoman memorably revealed in her 2019 autobiography 'Face It' that offering cocaine to Iggy Pop and the late 'Ziggy Stardust' hitmaker - who died of cancer in 2016 - during a tour in 1977, her pal had thanked her by taking out his "notoriously" large member. She wrote at the time: “David’s size was notorious, of course, and he loved to pull it out with both men and women. It was so adorable, funny and sexy.” And at the suggestion some people may have not wanted to see it, she l...
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Yungblud felt "voiceless" at the age of 18. The chart-topping star has recalled feeling "furious at the world" during his younger years, but his attitude and approach to life has changed thanks to his fans. Yungblud - whose real name is Dominic Harrison - explained: "When I was 18, I was so furious at the world. I was so furious at the government, at Brexit. I felt so voiceless. "But how can I be angry when I live in this community? I've realised the protection we have within each other." The 25-year-old star enjoyed huge success with his 2020 album 'Weird!', which featured collaborations with...
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Blondie's gig was once interrupted by an "entire firing squad". The group were performing at iconic New York nightspot CBGB in the 1970s when the show was suddenly interrupted, and they suspect it was partly to make a video of their gig look even "better". Discussing memories of CBGB, singer Debbie Harry told Vulture: "Right before we went on the tour with David Bowie and Iggy Pop, there was a firing squad that came in. An entire firing squad!" Bandmate Chris Stein added: "The fire department was called, and Rod Swenson, who was the Plasmatics’ manager at the time, was filming us doing our sho...
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Yungblud admires musicians who "followed their own path". The 24-year-old star admires the likes of Blondie and Lady Gaga, admitting that he's been inspired by how they've approached their careers. He said: "The bands I love, like The Cure, The Smiths, Joy Division, Blondie, Madonna, Lady Gaga, they did their own thing, they followed their own path. They followed it relentlessly, they followed it without excuse, they followed it without apology. "That's what I want to do." Yungblud has listened to advice from the likes of Robert Smith of The Cure and Liam Gallagher of Oasis. And he's been simi...
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Debbie Harry believes "everything in the world is about sex" - apart from politics. The Blondie singer also reflected on the "chaos and deconstruction" of punk, as well as the genre's "big sexual component", which she believed presented a different attitude to those which had gone before. Speaking to author and artist Hugo Huera Marin for upcoming book 'Portrait of an Artist: Conversations with Trailblazing Creative Women', the New York Post newspaper's PageSix column reports 76-year-old Debbie said: “The only thing that isn’t about sex is politics. Everything else in the world is about sex: w...
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Debbie Harry was "very emotional" at her 76th birthday party. The Blondie frontwoman was able to celebrate her special day with friends earlier this month and she admitted it was "wonderful" to finally see her pals in person after spending so much time in isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic. She said of her "little party": “I finally got to see people properly. I was very touched and emotional about it. “It was wonderful just being able to embrace my friends and have them over for a meal.” The 'Hanging On the Telephone' hitmaker has been mourning the loss of some friends, including produ...
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Blondie singer Debbie Harry arrived at the Tribeca Film Festival’s “Tribeca Talks” in a baseball cap and lime green sunglasses this week. Harry, along with fellow band members Chris Stein and Clem Burke, participated in a Q&A as a part of a “Storytellers” event. The group talked with Rob Roth, the director of their new documentary short Blondie: Vivir en La Habana, which premiered at the festival. The short film focuses on the band’s 2019 tour in Cuba that acted as a cultural exchange, which included museum trips and performances. “Because I had never been there and we had such a bare-bones cr...
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Simon Mayo is returning to Drivetime radio. The 62-year-old radio presenter has confirmed he is moving to the coveted slot on Greatest Hits Radio from March 15 after eight years in the Drivetime slot on BBC Radio 2 until 2018. He said: "Returning to Drivetime is so very exciting for me. It’s a show I loved so much and now on Greatest Hits Radio we intend to make it even better. And with Matt Williams back on sport, we can’t wait to get started. The message of the show is the same - enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think!" Greatest Hits Radio plays all the biggest and best music from the 197...
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