Blondie’s Debbie Harry remembers being stage invaded by Hell’s Angels
Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry has recalled how she was as soon as surrounded onstage by a bunch of Hell’s Angels.
Talking in new interview with The Sunday Times, the star mentioned that the incident culminated in her being dragged off stage by guitarist Chris Stein.
She mentioned: “I used to be on stage as soon as when a bunch of Hell’s Angels took it over. I saved singing away however swiftly Chris yanked me off. Everybody was fearful however I wasn’t. The bikers had been completely charming, they had been simply so into the music.”
Harry additionally supplied her ideas on her impending eightieth birthday later this 12 months. She turns 80 on July 1.
“I don’t stroll round pondering each minute, ‘Oh God, I’m going be 80 – however that’s type of how I really feel,” she added.
“My mom used to say in her head she was 25 and I’m the identical. However fascinated by it on a regular basis could possibly be your downfall. And I don’t actually need the identical type of life I did after I was youthful. I’ve accomplished that! That’s the great thing about ageing – you already know what it’s about. You’ve got it in your coronary heart and soul and your reminiscence financial institution … or does that sound like an excuse? Ought to I am going out and occasion each evening?”
The band are at present engaged on a brand new album produced by John Congleton. They shared their eleventh and most up-to-date studio report, ‘Pollinator’, again in 2017. Stein had beforehand instructed followers to count on a brand new album sooner or later this 12 months.
Final month, the guitarist additionally posted a black-and-white {photograph} of Congleton enjoyable in a chair together with his ft up on a mixing desk with Harry standing behind him.
“With John Congleton,” Stein captioned the image. “New Blondie report subsequent 12 months.”
In 2022, it was revealed that Intercourse Pistols bassist Glen Matlock could be contributing to Blondie’s subsequent album. He has additionally been performing as a part of the band’s dwell exhibits lately, together with their set at Glastonbury 2023.
Talking to NME just lately in regards to the ‘Pollinator’ follow-up, Matlock gave an replace on the place the mission was at when he recorded his elements. “It was sounding good. It was all type of heavy, a bit atonal,” he defined.
“A number of the different guys within the band are youthful than me and so they try to be a bit extra fashionable. I simply assume you must get the track throughout. However I’ve not heard the completed factor with Debbie [Harry]’s vocals and stuff. It’s gonna be thrilling listening to it.”
Harry instructed NME in 2021 that Blondie had been “within the strategy of organising a time period to put down some tracks” for one more report. “We’re already taking a look at 10-12 songs, nevertheless it feels too early to speak about it,” she mentioned on the time.
The singer additionally instructed us that Blondie’s twelfth album could be extra band-focused, moderately than collaborative like its predecessor (save for maybe one other tune by Johnny Marr, Harry beforehand knowledgeable NME).