On This Day 06/06/2004 Blondie

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On this day, 6 June 2004, pop band Blondie played Cardiff International Arena. Support was provided by Rock DJ and Swiss Tony.

Formed in 1974 in New York City by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.The band was a pioneer in the American new wave genre and scene of the mid-1970s.

The band's first two albums contained strong elements of punk and new wave, and although highly successful in the UK and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the US until the release of their critically acclaimed third album Parallel Lines in 1978. Over the next four years, the band released a string of hit singles, including "Dreaming", "One Way or Another", "Heart of Glass" (all 1979), "Call Me", "Atomic", "The Tide Is High", and "Rapture" (all 1980).

The band became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles, incorporating elements of disco, pop, reggae, funk and early hip hop music.

Blondie disbanded after the release of their sixth studio album, The Hunter, in 1982. Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease of the skin.

The band re-formed in 1997, achieving renewed success and their sixth number one single in the UK with "Maria" in 1999, exactly 20 years after their first UK No. 1 single, "Heart of Glass".

The group toured and performed throughout the world during the following years, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Blondie has sold over 40 million records worldwide[8][9] and is still active. The band's eleventh studio album, Pollinator, was released on May 5, 2017.

Setlist

Atomic

Dreaming

Hanging on the Telephone

(The Nerves cover)

X Offender

Hello Joe

Good Boys

Maria

Rules for Living

End to End

Accidents Never Happen

(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear

The Tide Is High

(The Paragons cover)

Rifle Range

The Tingler

Angels on the Balcony

Picture This

Rapture

Undone

Rip Her to Shreds

One Way or Another

Encore:

Union City Blue

Call Me

Heart of Glass

On this day 06/12/1993 Deborah Harry

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On this day, 6 December 1993, American pop icon Deborah Harry played Cardiff’s St David’s Hall as part of her Debravation" Tour U.K.

Born in Miami, Florida, Harry was adopted as an infant and raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. After attending college, she worked various jobs, including as a secretary (including at the BBC in New York), dancer, and Playboy Bunny, before breaking through in the music industry. Harry co-formed Blondie in 1974 in New York City.

The band released their eponymous debut album in 1976, and released a further three albums between then and 1979, including Parallel Lines, which spawned six singles, including "Heart of Glass". Their fifth record, Autoamerican (1980), afforded Harry and the band further attention, spawning such hits as a cover of "The Tide Is High", and "Rapture", the latter of which is considered the first rap song to chart at number one in the United States.

Harry toured the UK with Blondie bandmate Chris Stein, guitarist Peter Min, bassist Greta Brinkman, and drummer James Murphy.

The set list of the Debravation Tour featured an offbeat selection of Harry material including the previously unreleased track "Close Your Eyes" (from 1989) and "Ordinary Bummer" (from the Stein-produced Iggy Pop album Zombie Birdhouse, a track that, under the moniker Adolph's Dog, Blondie covered in 1997).

Tentative plans to record these shows and release them as a live double CD never came to fruition.

However, covers of the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" and David Oliver's "Love TKO" exist as bootlegs. In early 1994, Harry took the Debravation tour to the US.[40] In the UK, Harry's long tenure with Chrysalis Records also came to an end after Debravation's lackluster sales, but the label released all of Blondie's albums and Harry's KooKoo album (for the first time on CD) as remastered editions with bonus tracks.

Setlist:

Faces,

Close Your Eyes,

Rain,

Go Through It,

Love TKO,

I Can See Clearly,

Lip Service,

Strike Me Pink,

Rifle Range,

Ballad of Cookie McBride,

Memo From Turner,

Shotgun,

Shayla,

Ordinary Bummer,

Dancing Down The Moon,

Heart Of Glass,

Lovelight,

Wild Horses,

Dog Star Girl,

The Fugitive,

Call Me.