Might be Fantastic…

The Pretenders

Chrissie Hynde, a living legend, now 73 swept onto the stage in blue jeans, black above the knee boots with a black skull t-shirt combined with a pink jacket – the later soon departed as she hit the ground running with her 4 piece band – no keyboards, three guitars and drums so powerfully bass driven!

This sometimes marred her vocals which are still intact and most notably seen on the ballads at the end of the show – I’ll Stand by You and Middle of the Road where she also took the opportunity to seize and work the harmonica. Lead guitarist, James Walbourne was a whirl on Time the Avenger and in another frenzy on, You Can’t Hurt a Fool. Chrissie’s rendition of her own lyrical work Private Life took me back to a paired down oozing Grace Jones cover which I love had echo and beautiful acoustic guitar.

The only hint of her growing on the road fragility was her comment … “Kind of burnt out as been on tour since May” which she immediately realised was a momentary senior lapse, as not really what the audience wanted to hear ! so she quickly moved on with a word and a nod to James to deliver: Thumbelina was duly rolled out. He then nailed another, Hate for Sale which I believe was his stand out psychedelic solo of the night. All was right with the world when Brass in Pocket was in the encore – and I had noted not always played on tour- lucky old Ipswich.

Band
Chrissie Hynde: Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and harmonica
James Walbourne: Lead guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals
Kris Sonne: Drums
Dave Page: Bass
Carwyn Ellis: Keyboards and acoustic guitar

Set List
Losing My Sense of Taste
A Love
Turf Accountant Daddy
Ki d(dedicated to Pete Farndon & James Honeyman-Scott)
Junkie Walk
The Buzz
Talk of the Town
Time the Avenger
You Can’t Hurt a Fool
My City Was Gone
Back on the Chain Gang
Private Life
I Think About You Daily
Biker
Thumbelina
Don’t Get Me Wrong
Night in My Vein
Let the Sun Come In
Hate for Sale
Mystery Achievement

Encore:
I’ll Stand by You
Brass in Pocket
Middle of the Road

Ipswich Regent Saturday 26th October 2024 Fawkes S & J

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