Blondie Tickets : Blondie Released The Official Music Video For "mother"

Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.[1] The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s. Their first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of Parallel Lines in 1978.

Over the next three years, the band achieved several hit singles[2] and became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of disco, pop, rap, and reggae, while retaining a basic style as a New Wave band.Blondie broke up after the release of their sixth studio album The Hunter in 1982. Debbie Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Chris Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease of the skin.

The band reformed in 1997, achieving renewed success and a number one single in the United Kingdom with "Maria" in 1999. The group toured and performed throughout the world[5] during the following years, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.[6] Blondie has sold 40 million records worldwide and is still active today, with a new album, Panic of Girls, released 30 May 2011 in the UK.

On June 5, 2008, Blondie commenced a world tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Parallel Lines with a concert at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore, Maryland. The tour covered some Eastern and Midwestern US cities throughout the month of June. In July, the tour took the band overseas to Israel, the UK, Russia, Europe and Scandinavia, wrapping up on August 2, 2008 at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway.Clem Burke and Paul Carbonara both told interviewers in 2008 and 2009 that the band was working on another record, which would be their first new album since the release of The Curse of Blondie in 2003. Carbonara described it as "a real Blondie record."

Blondie undertook a North American tour of mid-sized venues with Pat Benatar and The Donnas in the summer of 2009. Following the tour, in October, the band began recording sessions for their ninth studio album with producer Jeff Saltzman in Woodstock, New York.[44] In December 2009, the band released the song "We Three Kings" to coincide with the Christmas holiday. The new album, to be titled Panic of Girls, which was being mixed at the time, was said to follow in 2010. Chris Stein stated that Dutch artist Chris Berens would provide the cover art.

In April 2010, it was announced that guitarist Paul Carbonara had amicably left Blondie to pursue other projects and was replaced by Tommy Kessler.In June 2010, Blondie began the first leg of a world tour named "Endangered Species Tour", which covered the United Kingdom and Ireland, supported by UK band Little Fish. The set lists featured both classics and new material from the forthcoming Panic of Girls. After a break in July, the tour resumed in August and covered the United States and Canada over a course of six weeks.

Blondie then took the "Endangered Species Tour" to Australia and New Zealand in November December 2010, co-headlining with the Pretenders.It was revealed that the band's album was going to be released first in Australia on the Australian Sony label December 2010, but Sony later backed out of the deal, leaving the album still unreleased. The album's release date was finally set for June 1 with a the lead single 'Mother' being released the week before and receiving critical acclaim and good radio play.

On May 18, 2011, Blondie released the official music video for "Mother". The video was directed by Laurent Rejto, and includes cameos by Kate Pierson of The B-52s, James Lorinz (Frankenhooker), Johnny Dynell, Chi-Chi Valenti, The Dazzle dancers, Rob Roth, Barbara Sicuranza, Larry Fessenden, Alan Midgette (Andy's Warhol double), The Five Points Band, Guy Furrow, Kitty Boots, and Hattie Hathaway. As of July 2011, Clem Burke confirmed on the bands "Panic Of Girls" Facebook page, that the next single will be "What I Heard".