Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Well, maybe we should start with, 'Who are the Pretenders?'" she tweaks, not one to acquiesce for politeness' sake. "Because ...

On the band's first promotional tour, frontwoman Chrissie Hynde found herself constantly aware of the presence of the same ...

Joss Crowley's superb documentary explores the paradox of Chrissie Hynde: the smoldering punk who was also the most majestic songwriter of that scene.

A professional tennis player became the unlikely inspiration for what remains one of the biggest hits by The Pretenders.

Oh yes, she's still the great Pretender. At 73 years old, Chrissie Hynde remains an imperious talent – a fantastic songwriter, glorious singer, stirring bandleader and fearsome guitar-slinging ...

"Pretenders," the new documentary centered on the iconic rock band led by Chrissie Hynde, is world premiering at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. According to the TIFF program, the ...

Chrissie Hynde didn't want to release what became The Pretenders' breakout song. It arrived anyway and became the band's ...

After the original lineup of the Pretenders had been destroyed by drugs and death, Hynde continued to trudge on, finding herself further and further from what made her band so good in the first place.

Hynde started working at the music magazine, NME, before becoming immersed in the emerging punk scene. She frequently hung out with members of The Sex Pistols, after she landed a job at Vivienne ...

Not every holiday song is happy. Elvis Presley waxed poetic about his yuletide loneliness in "Blue Christmas," Joni Mitchell cursed herself for leaving an incomparable lover in "River," the Eagles ...

Set at the end of the Wars of the Roses, the long dynastic struggle between the English royal houses of York and Lancaster, Jo Harkin’s exuberant historical novel “The Pretender” brings to life one of ...