Chrissie Hynde bringing the Pretenders to Phoenix. Here's how to get tickets

The Pretenders will bring their summer tour to Arizona Financial Theatre in downtown Phoenix on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.

This is the first Pretenders show in metro Phoenix since 2016, when they joined Stevie Nicks on the opening night of the 24 Karat Gold Tour at Footprint Center (then called Talking Stick Resort Arena).

Chrissie Hynde joined Nicks on stage that night for a crowd-pleasing version of Nicks’ iconic Tom Petty duet, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.”

The Pretenders tour is set to launch July 13 at Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, New Jersey, and features a handful of stadium dates as special guests of Foo Fighters.

From there, the Pretenders will embark on a nearly sold-out European tour, including shows in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Poland, France and the U.K., culminating Oct. 28 with a sold-out show at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

The Pretenders 2024 tour is in support of 'Relentless' album

This tour follows the release of an acclaimed new album called "Relentless," produced by David Wrench (Courtney Barnett, David Byrne) at Battery Studios in London.

“Relentless” marks the second full-length songwriting collaboration by Hynde and Pretenders guitarist James Walbourne following 2020’s “Hate for Sale.” The album includes “Losing My Sense of Taste,” “A Love” and “Let the Sun Come In."

It closes with “I Think About You Daily,” featuring composer Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, who provides the string arrangement and conducted the 12 Ensemble for the recording.

MOJO hailed the album’s “persistently brilliant songwriting … surely how Chrissie Hynde always wanted The Pretenders to sound” while Uncut praised it as “the new prime of Chrissie Hynde,” and Record Collector proclaimed it “the best Pretenders album in 20 years.”

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How to get tickets to the Pretenders in Phoenix

Presales begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 20. The general on sale is at 10 a.m. Friday, March 22, at livenation.com.

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