In the intervening time, Debbie Harry does not know what’s subsequent for Blondie when it comes to touring.
With the demise of drummer Clem Burke final April and the absence of guitarist Chris Stein, who has not toured with the group since 2019 attributable to cardiac points, Harry says it isn’t the identical band. Glen Matlock of the Intercourse Pistols has been serving because the group’s bassist, whereas Tommy Kessler and Andee Blacksugar have been dealing with guitar duties.
New music from Blondie — the final of which Burke ever performed on — will probably be arriving within the spring of 2026 within the type of an album known as Excessive Midday. However as for performing dwell, Harry is not so certain she needs to tour with out the others.
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“I really feel, I’ve, I do not know if you wish to name them scruples, however, you already know, I form of reject the concept of being Blondie with out the remainder of Blondie,” she just lately instructed Consequence. “At the very least a few of it, you already know? And, you already know, Clem and Chris have been basic, and the three of us have been basic. And, I do not now, I am going to have to determine the best way to do it properly.
“I need to really feel snug concerning the identities, as properly, as everybody else does. So, you already know, the fellows that we’ve been working with for the previous, I do not know, 5 or 6 years truly, they have been with us fairly awhile, and have, you already know, contributed closely to the tracks which are on Excessive Midday. So I need to make it so that they really feel some delight and identification, as a result of they’ve put so much into it, and I do not know the way that’s going to work out.”
A Blondie Biopic
Earlier this yr, Harry shared with Self-importance Honest {that a} biopic and a documentary about Blondie was occurring, although no agency particulars about once they could be launched.
“They’re within the works,” she stated, “however I do not know the way a life may be summarized or given a caption. I suppose there will be one thing that is off the wall however will in some way work. I am blissful to be doing it — it is serving to me to gather my ideas.”
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