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“Gossip Girl” Taylor Momsen and The Pretty Reckless bring rock to Track 29.
Taylor Momsen fronts The Pretty Reckless when the rock band plays Track 29 Sunday
There are two big reasons you don’t want to miss The Pretty Reckless at Track 29 on Sunday night, May 7.
First, the band has notched four No. 1 singles over the last eight years, dominates rock charts and is currently nominated for two Alternative Press Music Awards for Artist of the Year and Best Hard Rock Artist. The Pretty Reckless will perform at the APMAs when the awards ceremony broadcasts live on July 17 from Cleveland, Ohio’s Quicken Loans Arena.
Second, Taylor Momsen.
The child actress, turned model, turned singer-songwriter fronts The Pretty Reckless. You might remember her as little Cindy Lou Who in the 2000 movie “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Or she might be more familiar as Jenny Humphrey, younger sister of Dan “Angry Boy” Humphrey played by Penn Badgley, on the CW’s teen drama “Gossip Girl.” When her character left the show in search of a music career — so did she.
In fact, some of her band’s music was heard on “Gossip Girl,” including “Kill Me.”
After signing with Interscope Records in 2009, Momsen and The Pretty Reckless played their first tour opening for The Veronicas on the Revenge is Sweeter Tour.
TPR released its debut album, “Light Me Up,” in 2010. When “Going to Hell” came out in 2014 it marked the band’s largest sales week to that point with more than 35,000 copies sold the first week.
The Pretty Reckless’ third studio album, “Who You Selling For,” released last October, features songs written by Momsen and guitarist Ben Phillips. TPR’s performance at Track 29 is part of a tour in support of the album. Them Evils will open.
“Take Me Down,” which was nominated for Rock Song of the Year at this year’s iHeart Radio Music Awards was the first single to hit No. 1 from “Who You Selling For.”
It marked the fourth consecutive No. 1 for the band, who had already broken records as the first female- fronted band to have three chart-toppers in a row — a feat that has not been accomplished since The Pretenders did it in 1984.
The rock band’s newest single, “Back to the River,” experiments with classic Southern rock and blues and features Gov’t Mule guitarist Warren Haynes.