Hynde Legs

From the Facebook page of Chrissie Hynde, who does have a point.

Hi everyone! Well, the U.S. tour is over, sadly. We all agreed we could have gone another 5 weeks and were sorry to say good-bye. We were especially appreciative of you - the audience. Really fun - always the best thing for me - to see you going nuts to a truly guitar based band (in the style as God intended). James Walbourne outshone himself in some blazing and unforgettable bursts of guitar heroism, the likes of which are becoming as rare as a sighting of a Siberian snow leopard. Long live rock guitar. I know I kept going on about how much we were digging the theatres. I’ll say it again - they are the best. So much better than those soulless arenas. (For me stadiums don’t even count.) I don’t think rock and roll is for everyone. This isn’t just mindless entertainment you know. I never want to be a household name. I don’t need to know everyone and vice versa. Stay in the shadows and keep it private. That includes everything. 

By the end of the tour everybody got the picture and turned their phones off. Thank you for that. Cameras ruined some of the best moments of the show for me right from the early days, but now camera/phones totally destroy the magic of even a simple train journey. I spend more time trying to get away from some f**khead on his/her phone in public places than I do enjoying the mundane everyday little things. Even picking up the dry cleaning now includes listening in on the details of some bore’s weekend plans. Or fleeing from some fool texting during a movie. Go away! 

But this is not a rant. I really only wanted to say ‘thank-you’ to all of you who came to see us. And to the venues for not selling slaughterhouse by-products. And to Kami Thompson and James W - The Rails. Great music from the UK’s foremost Folk-a-Billy act. So, have yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Oh yeah, that reminds me - you may have noticed that I do not feature in fashion magazines. Is is because I’m not asked or because I turn them down? I’ll let you guess the answer to that. But I am quite chuffed to be the Christmas cover girl of Vive Le Rock magazine! If you can get your hands on a copy I promise to sign it for for you on our next outing. See you then!