Rock royalty at The Piece Hall
Blondie are the latest act to be announced for what is shaping up to be an epic summer of music at Halifax’s Piece Hall.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame icons – whose charttopping and era-defining career has seen them sell more than 40 million albums worldwide – play the historic venue’s outdoor courtyard on Sunday, June 9.
Undeniably one of the most influential bands of all time, Blondie – fronted by pioneering singer-songwriter Debbie Harry – became one of biggest punk/pop crossovers the world had ever seen.
Founded in New York in 1974, they metamorphosed from a Lower East Side punk outfit to international ambassadors of New York cool.
Their hits include the ground-breaking rock-disco hybrid Heart of Glass, the equally influential Rapture, the cult One Way Or Another, the lilting calypso The Tide Is High, as well as Hanging on the Telephone, Sunday Girl, Picture This, Mother, Maria, Call Me and Atomic.
The Stranglers and fellow punk pioneers Buzzcocks will also come together for a special show in the beautiful courtyard on Saturday, August 3.
With a rich musical history and a forward-thinking approach, The Stranglers remain an enduring force in the world of rock music and are one of Britain's most iconic and influential bands.
The group’s hits include Peaches, No More Heroes, Walk On By, Always The Sun, Strange Little Girl and Golden Brown.
Buzzcocks’ classic hits include Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve), and What Do I Get?.
Before that, Bryan Adams will perform an unmissable headline show on Sunday,
June 23.
In a career spanning more than four decades, the rock star has released 17 studio albums and many, many hit songs.
These include the anthemic Summer of 69 and (Everything I do) I do it for You, which spent 16 consecutive weeks at Number One in the UK charts.
Blondie, Bryan Adams and the Stranglers join Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Richard Ashcroft, Tom Jones, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Sheryl Crow, Jess Glynne, Fatboy Slim, PJ Harvey, Underworld, Tom Odell, Pixies, IDLES, McFly, Loyle Carner and Status Quo among the headliners for Live at The Piece Hall 2024.