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The Pretenders kick off their latest tour at Portsmouth Guildhall, ahead of shows at Oxford, Bristol, Manchester and London.

This tour follows the release of The Pretenders’ latest album, Relentless, their highest-charting record in 23 years and 14th UK Top 40 release. The album has been met with high critical praise, described by MOJO as “persistently brilliant songwriting … surely how Chrissie Hynde always wanted The Pretenders to sound”. Elsewhere, The Observer heard “inspiring longevity”, Record Collector applauded “the best Pretenders album in 20 years” in a five star review, and Uncut Magazine labelled the album “the new prime of Chrissie Hynde”. The Times proclaimed, “this is the Pretenders at their rocking best” and the i Newspaper praised “a statement of intent”, whilst The Telegraph confirmed “Relentless might just be one of the most thrilling things you’ll hear all year.”

The album went on to be tipped as an Album of the Year by magazines including MOJO, Uncut, Classic Rock and more.