Eagle Rock EntertainmentA 2017 U.K. documentary profiling Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde will be released on DVD and as a digital video on May 25.
Alone with Chrissie Hynde, which originally aired as an episode of the BBC TV series Arena, follows Hynde to various locations as she discusses her music, her painting and issues which she’s passionate about.
The documentary, available for pre-order now, includes footage of Hynde visiting London, Paris, New York, Nashville and her hometown of Akron, Ohio. In Nashville, she’s is captured working on the latest Pretenders album, Alone, on which she collaborated with The Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach.
The program also features scenes of Chrissie playing some new songs live with her band, shopping in Paris, milking a cow at the late George Harrison‘s Hare Krishna Temple, visiting a cemetery in Akron, and discussing her favorite albums while at her London home.
In addition, Alone with Chrissie Hynde includes archival clips of The Pretenders, and new footage of Hynde performing at a small pub in London.
You can check out a trailer for Alone with Chrissie Hynde on Chrissie’s official Facebook page. In the clip, Hynde comments about her continued love of playing music, “There is nothing you can do that’s better — not drugs, not sex, not getting good grades, not anything — nothing’s better than picking up a guitar and making a noise. It’s just the best.”
As a bonus feature, the home video includes a complete performance by the original Pretenders lineup — Hynde, drummer Martin Chambers, late guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and late bassist Pete Farndon — recorded in July 1981 in Cologne, Germany, for the German television series Rockpalast.
Here’s the set list from the bonus concert featured in the Alone with Chrissie Hynde video:
“The Wait”
“The Adultress”
“Message of Love”
“Louie Louie”
“Talk of the Town”
“The English Roses”
“Birds of Paradise”
“Kid”
“Stop Your Sobbing”
“Private Life”
“Jealous Dogs”
“Day After Day”
“Up the Neck”
“Tattooed Love Boys”
“Bad Boys Get Spanked”
“Precious”
“Brass in Pocket”
“Mystery Achievement”
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