BLONDIE – POLLINATOR

Just to prove there’s some hope out there after all, New Wave bombshells Blondie, fronted by Deborah Harry, scuttle back from retirement to recall some of the disco sheen that gave us classics like Heart Of Glass, Rapture and Call Me. Rather than just doing it again on their own, for their 11th album they asked a team of collaborators to help out including Sia, Charli XCX, The Smith’s Johnny Marr and rock’n’roller Joan Jett. “Their material is part of us and we are part of them,” declares Debbie of their co-writers, all of whom were influenced by Blondie in the first place. “It’s a celebration of recycling!” Blondie are teaming up with Cyndi Lauper for an Australian tour in April. They’ll play arena shows in Melbourne and Sydney, as well as A Day On The Green winery shows. Let’s indeed raise a glass to their continued golden blondness.