There was still plenty of room in the show, of course, for hits, from both her solo career (“Edge of Seventeen,” “Stand Back”) and her albums with Fleetwood Mac (“Rhiannon,” “Gypsy”). MUSIC: Kurt Baker Combo brings punchy power-pop to North Jersey THEATER: 'Million Dollar Quartet' comes to Paper Mill Playhouse She was on stage for two hours and 20 minutes, and at least a half hour of that time was devoted to the stories.įILM: Montclair Film Festival announces lineup Chrissie exhibited incredible power and command on stage.Nicks, 68, also talked a lot about the songs, especially the obscure ones, and told stories about what her life was like at the time they were written. As anyone who has heard her being interviewed knows, she’s a great raconteur - open and honest and always ready to delve into some fascinating tangent - and the stories made up a big portion of Sunday’s set. She also had a very sweet and disarming stage presence which added to her aura.Īfter the remaining jazz songs she proceeded to crank up her guitar to her classic songs including Talk of the Town, My City was Gone, Message of Love, Kid, Back on the Chain Gang, Don’t Get Me Wrong and I’ll Stand by You. Whereas the first half of the set was really good, the second half was simply a phenomenal marquee performance! Chrissie is like 70 years old and her voice sounded stupendous. When they returned, she continued with a few more jazz songs. After about 8 or 9 songs she finished the first set with Brass in Pocket then she and the band took a break. She got right to business crooning and belting out her jazz songs. The show started with a full orchestra playing a few songs then Chrissie came out. I had never seen Chrissie Hynde perform before nor gone to the Hollywood Bowl, and neither disappointed! Chrissie was performing songs from her upcoming jazz-oriented Valve Bone Woe album, as well as play her classics and her performance was spectacular and the Bowl sound system was fantastic. Don’t believe me? Go see her for yourself. Her trans-Atlantic rock ‘n roll voice is still as fresh and unique on those Pretenders hits as it ever was, plus her new material is pretty damn impressive. I can’t recommend enough that you catch Chrissie live on one of her tour dates. After all, this is a woman who famously had several false starts at fame in bands alongside the likes of Mick Jones, Malcolm McLaren and Mark Mothersbaugh before striking gold with The Pretenders: she is clearly a grafter. While we may have had to wait years for some truly solo work, we always knew she’d deliver. Seeing Chrissie live I could tell how totally amped she is about her new material. Chrissie knew what we wanted and she didn’t disappoint. Classic hits such as Don’t Get Me Wrong and Message of Love were perfectly interlaced with new work from her recently released album, Stockholm. Chrissie’s voice is synonymous with alternative-rock band The Pretenders, and thankfully she has no intentions of denying her roots. At the iTunes festival this year, her relaxed posture, on-point sound and post-punk stylings served as a reminder that this woman is in charge of her stage. Sure she’s 63, but don’t let that fool you into thinking she’s any less astounding to see live than she was in the late seventies. Chrissie Hynde might be the textbook definition of effortlessly cool.
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