The Pretenders headline Black Deer Festival 2023
Black Deer Festival has unveiled more of its line-up for 2023
Black Deer Festival has unveiled more of its line-up for 2023.
The Pretenders, Bear’s Den, Midlake, Steve Earle, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Lukas Nelson & POTR and Far From Saints will join the already announced stellar line-up that includes Grammy Award-winning Bonnie Raitt, Nathanial Rateliff & the Night Sweats and others in the deer park this summer.
Folk heroes This Is The Kit, Americana supergroup Bonny Light Horseman and blues star Joanne Shaw Taylor also join us for what promises to be the best Black Deer yet.
Additional names announced now (more to come!) include CMAT, Drake White, Katherine Priddy, Tami Neilson, Angeline Morrison, Simeon Hammond Dallas, Willi Carlisle, Melissa Carper, Dylan LeBlanc, Sleep Walking Animals, Bonnie Montgomery and Luke Elliot.
DETAILS
WHAT: Black Deer Festival
WHEN: 16/17/18 JUNE 2023
WHERE: Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
The Pretenders
Ohio born singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Chrissie Hynde formed The Pretenders in London in 1978, with Hereford natives, James Honeyman-Scott on guitar, Pete Farndon on bass, and drummer Martin Chambers.
Their debut album, released in January 1980, was the first UK number one album of the decade and garnered critical acclaim in Europe, The US, Australia and beyond.
The group’s personnel and dynamic has changed over the years, initially with the drug related deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon in 1983. Hynde has remained a constant force as the band’s focal point, maintaining the original Pretenders unique guitar-based sound in the style of Honeyman-Scott.
She’s recorded 17 studio albums, primarily as Pretenders, and has guested with numerous other artists, including Frank Sinatra and Moreno Veloso.
The Pretenders latest album Hate for Sale, released July 2020, has ensured they continue to enjoy international airplay. They regularly tour the world to sold out venues.
