New Wave icon Debbie Harry will be touring the United States again this year as Blondie, including Clem Burke and Chris Stein from the original line-up, as well as special guest X supporting.  The tour is promoting her forthcoming, as yet untitled album with the promise of ticket buyers being able to download five new tracks from the upcoming release.

More details can be found on the official site for Blondie at www.blondie.net:

Below is the list of upcoming concert dates, current as of the date of this article:

• Sept. 5 – Hampton Beach, N.H., Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
• Sept. 6 – Niagara Falls, N.Y., Rapids Theatre
• Sept. 7 – Atlantic City, N.J., The Grand
• Sept. 9 – Washington, D.C., 9:30 Club
• Sept. 11 – Cincinnati, Ohio, PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
• Sept. 12 – Royal Oak, Mich., Royal Oak Music Theatre
• Sept. 14 – Chicago, Ill., Humboldt Park (Riot Fest)
• Sept. 17 – Redmond, Wash., King County’s Marymoor Park
• Sept. 19 – San Francisco, Calif., Nob Hill Masonic Center
• Sept. 20 – Saratoga, Calif., Montalvo Arts Center
• Sept. 23 – Santa Fe, N.M., The Santa Fe Opera
• Sept. 26 – Austin, Texas, Stubb’s Bar-B-Q/Waller Creek Amphitheater
• Sept. 27 – Houston, Texas, Warehouse Live – Ballroom
• Sept. 28 – Dallas, Texas, Chevrolet Main Stage (State Fair of Texas)
• Sept. 30 – Nashville, Tenn., Ryman Auditorium
• Oct. 1 – Atlanta, Ga., The Buckhead Theatre
• Oct. 3 – Glenside, Pa., Keswick Theatre
• Oct. 4 – New York, N.Y., Roseland Ballroom

The Rock Subculture Journal will be covering the concert at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco (and covered one of her shows at Mountain Winery last year).

I purchased a ticket during pre-sale and after some correspondence with Ticketmaster, received an e-mail with a link to download the five free tracks.

Below is a press release about the tour:

TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: “No Principals Tour”

Blondie Announces U.S. Fall 2013 “No Principals Tour”
With Special Guest X

Five Exclusive New Blondie Songs Will Be Included with Each Ticket Sold!
Tickets On Sale June 21st with Select Pre-Sale Options

(New York, NY – June 18, 2013) – Amidst the whirlwind of their current world tour, Blondie has announced that they will return home this Fall for their “No Principals Tour” with special guest X. Set to kick off September 5^th, the band will hit U.S cities including Atlantic City, Washington, DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Anaheim, Austin, and Philadelphia before wrapping October 4^th in New York City at Roseland Ballroom. Every ticket purchased for the tour will include five exclusive new Blondie tracks from the forthcoming album, due for release later this year. The song titles are: “Make A Way,” “Drag You Around,” “Can’t Stop Wanting,” “A Rose By Any Name,” and “I Screwed Up.”

All shows go on sale Friday, June 21^st, with the exception of Riot Fest in Chicago which is on sale now, the Dallas State Fair show which is free with the price of fair admission, and the Nashville, TN show which goes on sale July 12^th.

There will be pre-sales for select shows: Hampton Beach, NH and Austin, TX pre-sale on June 20th only; Cincinnati, OH, Detroit, MI, Redmond, WA, San Francisco and Saratoga, CA, pre-sale on June 19 & June 20^th only. New York, NY pre-sale begins June 19^th. Nashville, TN, pre-sale begins July 11^th.

In 2011, Debbie Harry, Clem Burke and Chris Stein along with newer Blondie band members Leigh Foxx, Tommy Kessler and Matt Katz-Bohen – released their 9^th critically acclaimed studio album Panic of Girls. Blondie was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 and has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide throughout their storied career. 2014 will mark the band’s 40^th anniversary.

X features the original line-up of John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, and D.J. Bonebrake.  On September 3^rd X will release a vinyl 12” four-L.P. Limited Edition Collectors Box Set with a booklet foreword authored by the late, great Ray Manzarek. It will feature Los Angeles, Wild Gift, Under the Big Black Sun and More Fun in the New World, two of which appear on Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Click on the image below for the latest and up to date full Rock Subculture Journal schedule of pop and rock music concerts/tours coming up for review (2013 Rock Subculture Schedule):

Jason DeBord