COMING IN APRIL 2023: An in-depth look into the incredible collaboration between Chris Stein, Debbie Harry and H.R. Giger. Photographed by Chris Stein.  Available from Titan Books

Debbie Harry’s 1981 debut solo album KooKoo will be reissued as a 2023 Deluxe Edition.  This album was produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards with art direction from H.R. Giger and Chris Stein.  The album will be presented on double 180g Crystal Clear vinyl. This special edition Includes a bonus 12” disc with Extended Versions and Remixes plus a reproduction Chris Stein Art Print all housed in a special lenticular-effect sleeve. Limited to 6,000 copies worldwide. Released May, 5, 2023.

Pre-order your copy here

We are headed to Louisville for the Bourbon & Beyond 2023 Festival. We hope to see you there!

Blondie will return to the Glastonbury Festival this summer!

Blondie is playing on April 19 at the Greek Theatre as part of Goldenvoice Presents 2023. Presales are on now with the code: LIONBED. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 24. For more information, visit the Tour page.

You must know by now how very much we look forward to our trips to Britain. This IN CONVERSATION postponement should not be the end of the world, true, its just a few more months away… and provides some time for Chris to address a few health issues. We hope that you all can hang in there with us and still make it to the new May 2023 dates for our In Conversation events in the UK. Thanks for the support and love, Debbie & Chris xx 

We are proud to announce our BLONDIE: VIVIR EN LA HABANA short film (directed by Rob Roth) has been short-listed for an award on BBC.com as part of their LongShots Festival. Also, the film is now available to view! 

The LongShots film festival showcases short documentaries from the most creative emerging filmmakers worldwide, handpicked by curators from prestigious film festivals around the world. This year, the festival’s theme is Journeys. These short-listed films tell the tales of the most surprising, moving and exhilarating journeys, both physical and metaphorical. For this festival edition, 60 films were nominated by the film festival curators of Tribeca, Berlinale, Giornate degli Autori (formerly Venice Days), Hot Docs, Vision du Réel and Sheffield DocFest. From September 8-19, you will be able to watch the six finalists here, and vote for your favorite film. The winners of the Audience and Jury awards will be announced on 21 September.

Today, nearly five decades and more than 40 million record sales into their chart-topping and world-conquering career, Blondie have released their very first authorized, archival collection. Out now on UMe and The Numero Group, Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982“makes an argument for Blondie’s greatness, both musical and visual,” says The New York Times. “It’s the definitive account of a sound, attitude, look, and aesthetic that proved inspirational to generations of artists across a spectrum of genres.” 

In addition to all six of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ initial studio albums (Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat To The Beat, Autoamerican, The Hunter), which have been remastered from the original analog tapes and cut at Abbey Road Studios, the box set’s 124 tracks feature 36 previously unissued recordings. From remnants of their first-ever basement session and bedroom demos, to rare outtakes, sketches of an abandoned album with Giorgio Moroder, covers of The Doors and Johnny Cash, the full evolution of “Heart of Glass” and so much more, Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982 “chronicles the warp speed by which Blondie transformed from a fledgling punk band into a global phenomenon” (Vogue). 

Order Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982, and listen to the full collection of bonus tracks on all digital platforms now

Available in four different formats – including a Super Deluxe Edition with 10 LPs, 1×7” and 1×10″ in Red, White, and Black vinyl, plus Deluxe 4LP, 8CD and 3CD configurations – Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982 is also accompanied by hundreds of pages of liner notes, dozens of previously unpublished photos, and an illustrated discography with hundreds more pics sleeves, 45 labels, international sleeve variants, flexis, cassettes, and even 8-tracks. Between track by track commentary from all seven of the original band members, an exacting oral history written by Erin Osmon, and essays from producers Mike Chapman, Richard Gottehrer, and Ken Shipley, the box set delivers everything a fan has likely ever wanted to know about Blondie: how they pushed punk onto the dance floor, introduced a wider audience to hip-hop sounds, and turned from timely to timeless. 

In the eight years documented on Against The Odds, Blondie produced a catalog of enduring hits that have since become a vital strand of American music’s DNA, but as this goldmine of a collection proves, “they’re still ahead of their time” (Rolling Stone). 

Six years in the making, Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982 is also the most in-depth physical release that The Numero Group has manifested throughout its nearly twenty-year, Grammy-nominated history. Watch the unboxing for the Super Deluxe Edition here.

Praise For Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982

“The boxed set — the first authorized by the band — makes an argument for Blondie’s greatness, both musical and visual…it’s the definitive account of a sound, attitude, look, and aesthetic that proved inspirational to generations of artists across a spectrum of genres”
The New York Times

“The band’s brisk initial run of studio albums is accompanied by recordings both obscure and heretofore unearthed…the early sketches map out the stylistic maze the band would navigate; the beloved albums hitch youthful ardor and intellectual ambition to beats with world-conquering panache”
The New Yorker 

“The most comprehensive recounting yet of the band’s classic releases, and offers a compelling argument for Blondie’s premier status…the soundtrack of a city and a culture that was taking its first steps beyond the traditions of rock music and into the future of the multimedia age”
Vogue 

“Blondie were New York punk’s pop masters. They’re still ahead of their time”
Rolling Stone

“A portrait of a band that successfully transitioned from the downtown punk rock scene to international stardom”
Newsweek

“The bonus material proves just as revelatory as the remastered albums, as Against The Odds doubles as a shadow history of the city’s creative heyday”
Uncut, 9/10 

“No group combined the rebellious, enterprising ambition of the punk movement with the grand and performative nature of major pop superstardom…Against the Odds tells that story beautifully”
PopMatters, 10/10

“​​Those original albums and, especially, the big hits are so familiar that they can seem set in stone, but when they’re paired with these raw, unheard recordings, the group’s nervy, arty spirit is resurrected, so it’s possible to once again understand what made Blondie such a striking, special band at their peak”
AllMusic, 4.5 Stars 

In celebration of the release of Against The Odds: 1974-1982 archival box-set, we are giving away 30 limited edition Chris Stein prints of Debbie Harry (signed by Debbie and Chris)!  

Don’t miss your chance to win, enter before August 26 here: https://blondie.lnk.to/SweepsATO

T&Cs apply, limit 1 entry per person. Please check before entering.