Once again in March, Clem will be going back out on tour in the U.S. and Canada with Hugh Cornwell, the original guitarist, singer, and main songwriter in the UK-based band The Stranglers.  For full details and the latest information including the complete list of the tour dates, visit the Official Hugh Cornwell site’s tour dates page.  Except as noted, the shows feature two sets; the first is a collection of Stranglers hits and classic solo material, with the second featuring The Stranglers seminal debut album Rattus Norvegicus IV performed in its entirety.

March 3 – Las Vegas Country Saloon – Las Vegas, NV (This is a ‘one off’ special show, with first half being an acoustic storytelling and the second half a full band show.) (tix)
March 4 – Viper Room – Los Angeles, CA (regular and VIP tickets available) (tix)
March 5 – Red Devil Lounge – San Francisco, CA (early show) (tix)
March 6 – Blue Lamp – Sacramento, CA (tix)
March 10 – East End – Portland, OR
March 11 – The Funhouse – Seattle, WA (tix)
March 12 – Venue – Vancouver, BC (early show) (tix)
March 15 – The Haven Social Club – Edmonton, AB (tix)
March 17 – Pyramid Cabaret – Winnipeg, MB (tix)
March 18 – 400 Bar – Minneapolis, MN (tix)
March 19 – Off Broadway – St. Louis, MO (tix)
March 21 – Republic – New Orleans, LA (tix)
March 22 – Numbers – Houston, TX (tix)
March 23 – Lovejoys – Austin, TX (free show)
March 26 – George & Dragon – Phoenix, AZ (tix)
March 27 – Alex’s Bar – Long Beach, CA (tix)

Debbie Harry, The Who, Bryan Adams, Jeff Beck, and The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft will perform at a benefit concert for the charity Killing Cancer, this Thursday, January 13 at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London.  For more information about the event or to purchase tickets, visit the HMV Tickets webpage.

Clem, Matt, and Tommy visiting with U2 after their Melbourne show:

“Mother”, Blondie’s first studio track from their forthcoming album Panic of Girls is now available for free to all of the fans worldwide from our new Download page.  Simply enter a valid email address then check your inbox for the download link to this high-quality MP3.

Fans in the U.K. can also enjoy two more brand new tracks from Panic of Girls today.  The Mail on Sunday is including with the paper, a free CD of Blondie’s 1978 multiplatinum album Parallel Lines with the bonus tracks “What I Heard” and “Girlie Girlie” straight off their latest and soon-to-be-released album.  Sign up for your free account right here on blondie.net and join our community and share your thoughts and experiences with other fans all over the world who share your enthusiam and love for the rock icons of Blondie!

Don’t forget to check out the new stuff in the newly reopened U.K. Blondie Merchandise store.  More new designs are in the works and the U.S. store will reopen soon.

Blondie’s new U.K.-based merchandise store is once again open for business.  Stay tuned for more exciting news about the band’s major promotion in The Mail on Sunday, coming tomorrow!

We are excited to announce that the first new material from our upcoming release Panic of Girls will be available along with the entire Parallel Lines album in the Mail on Sunday next week on Sunday, December 5th! An extra bonus track will be available for a FREE download right here on Blondie.net. Pick up your copy and enjoy!!

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Blondie will be performing at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida on February 13, 2011.  The show is free with a park admission.
Note: Effective Jan. 7, 2011, this event has been cancelled.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

A new interview with Clem Burke and Hugh Cornwell is now available online at the Exclusive Magazine website.  They were interviewed in Detroit on November 3 by Russell A. Trunk.

The transcript of Tommy Kessler’s November 1 live online chat with fans is now available on  Raúl Sevillano’s Panic of Girls Facebook fan page here.

Preceding Blondie’s tour of Australia and New Zealand, Clem Burke will be out on the road in the U.S. and Canada with former Stranglers frontman Hugh Cornwell, today through November 5.  The show features two sets; the first is a collection of Stranglers hits and classic solo material, with the second featuring The Stranglers seminal debut album Rattus Norvegicus IV being performed in its entirety for the first time in North America.  The three-piece band on this tour features Hugh Cornwell on guitar/vocals, Fish on bass/vocals and Clem drumming at the following performances:

Oct 20 – El Cid – Los Angeles, CA (warmup date)
Oct 22 – Record Collector – Bordentown, NJ
Oct 23 – The Brighton Bar – Long Branch, NJ
Oct 24 – World Cafe Live Upstairs – Philadelphia, PA
Oct 26 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
Oct 27 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
Oct 28 – The Church – Boston, MA
Oct 29 – Lovin Cup – Rochester, NY
Oct 30 – Thunderbird Cafe – Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 31 – Beachland Tavern – Cleveland, OH
Nov 2  – The Abbey – Chicago, IL
Nov 3  – Corktown Tavern – Detroit, MI
Nov 4  – This Aint Hollywood – Hamilton, ON
Nov 5  – Zaphod Beeblebrox – Ottawa, ON

For more information, visit the official Hugh Cornwell website.