Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Chris Stein

Midterm primaries 2026 live: results and reaction as six states including California and Iowa cast ballots

All the latest results and updates as New Jersey, South Dakota, New Mexico and Montana also vote in primaries

The Guardian - US

"I'll definitely take being number one in fourteen countries!" The story of the song that heralded Blondie's comeback – but tanked in the US

Written about "sexual repression causing incredible desire among a school full of boys", Maria was a No.1 across Europe

Louder

"It was construed as being about a sex worker." The story behind the Blondie classic that everyone misunderstood

"I don't think there's a song on the first record without a reference to someone getting shot, stabbed, degraded, or insulted"

Louder

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Debbie Harry is 'against' the idea of performing as Blondie without her 'original guys'

Blondie are unlikely to perform under the band name following the death of drummer Clem Burke.

BANG Premier

Thursday briefing: Democrats gamble on another government shutdown

In today’s newsletter: Shutdowns have become a mainstay of the US political cycle – but will this one make a difference, or play into Trump’s hands?

The Guardian - UK

When Debbie Harry met Alice Cooper’s pet snake, Julius Squeezer

Exclusive: Photographer Martyn Goddard recalls the week he spent with Blondie, as a new exhibition of his work with the band opens in London

The Independent UK

Debbie Harry took drugs to avoid 'emotional rollercoaster' during Chris Stein romance

Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry took drugs to avoid an "emotional rollercoaster" while dating her bandmate Chris Stein in the 1980s, and she believes the pair would've been "severely medicated" if they had visited a psychiatrist.

BANG Premier

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Clem Burke obituary

Drummer with Blondie who provided the backbone of their string of hit singles and live performances

The Guardian - UK

Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70

Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, founding members of the new wave hitmakers, pay tribute to their late bandmate

The Guardian - UK

Legendary Blondie Drummer Clem Burke Dies at 70

The artist was described by his colleagues as "the heart of Blondie." Clem Burke passed away after a private battle with cancer.

Latin Times

Blondie drummer Clem Burke dies aged 70

Clem Burke - who starred in the band Blondie - has died aged 70.

BANG Premier

"Clem was not just a drummer; he was the heartbeat of Blondie." Blondie drummer Clem Burke dead at 70

Punk/New Wave legend Clem Burke (Clement Anthony Bozewski) has passed away following a battle with cancer

Louder

Blondie drummer Clem Burke dies aged 70: ‘He was the heartbeat of Blondie’

Musician was remembered for his ‘talent, energy and passion’

The Independent UK

“We were always going to try to break boundaries and try new things”: It was the first No.1 pop single to feature rapping - and it came from Debbie Harry and Blondie

“Some people loved it, and some people hated it,” recalled drummer Clem Burke

MusicRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

USA Today Sports Media Group

ESPN details how Ben Johnson landed with the Chicago Bears

ESPN's Courtney Cronin details how former Lions OC Ben Johnson landed with the Chicago Bears as their head coach

The Independent UK

Debbie Harry says she does all her ‘flirting’ in Home Depot

‘There are some big, strong men there,’ said the Blondie star

Evening Standard

‘Unseen’ photos by Noel Gallagher, Bill Wyman and Rod Stewart go on sale

The auction of rare photographs of musicians, called Unseen, will take place at London’s Iconic Images Gallery on November 28.

Louder

“In the 70s, there was more innocence. It was about personal identity, it wasn’t just about money”: how Blondie’s Debbie Harry went from punk icon to rock survivor

In 2011, Blondie’s Debbie Harry sat down with Classic Rock to look back over her stellar career

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Five great reads: the other half of Blondie, serial killer truckers, and the period that would not stop

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - UK

Under a Rock by Chris Stein review – sex, squalor and superstardom

The Blondie guitarist charts his drug-fuelled journey from young punk to pop pioneer with charming nonchalance

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m a fan of chaos’: Blondie’s Chris Stein on Bowie, Debbie Harry and 50 years in rock’n’roll

In his candid new memoir, the guitarist talks about the glory period of Parallel Lines and how addiction and loss altered his life

Guitar World

“They probably only made two or three of them, but there’s a signature Burns Chris Stein Scorpion out there somewhere”: Ahead of a new Blondie album, Chris Stein talks folk and jazz influences, fighting with early effects, and his MIDI future

The co-founder of one the most beloved bands of the '70s and '80s recalls taking advantage of the time when they could go crazy in the studio, the one guitar he wishes he’d never sold, and another that you’ll recognize if you own it

Guitar World

“I saw this video of somebody breaking down Heart of Glass. The guy said, ‘Here’s Chris Stein’s guitar part.’ I was like, ‘No, that’s my guitar part’”: Frank Infante sets the record straight on his iconic Blondie riffs and solos

From One Way or Another to Atomic, the former Blondie guitarist looks back on his time with the new wave sensations: the triumphs, the turbulence, the tones, and why he always has to set the record straight on who played what

Guitar World

“Bruce Springsteen was in the next studio… He had a Gretsch Country Gentleman, and I asked him if I could borrow it”: How a loaner from The Boss powered the iconic spaghetti western line in Blondie’s Atomic

Former Blondie guitarist Frank Infante has revealed that he recorded the twanging lick using a Gretsch belonging to the blue collar rock icon

Newcastle Herald

Blondie retain New York cool four decades after Australia fell in love

"Debbie's style all comes from her and the band's style."

1 2

People

Arnold Schwarzenegger

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.