THE PRETENDERS TOUR 2016 FULL
He was chiming on “Back on the Chain Gang,” sweet on “Don’t Get Me Wrong,” full of brutal stabs on “My City Was Gone,” throbbing on “Cuban Slide,” slashing on “Bad Boys Get Spanked,” twangy on “Thumbelina,” fast and furious on “The Wait” and totally amped on “Down the Wrong Way,” a tune on which Neil Young played in the studio, Hynde reminded the faithful.
The set was well-paced, buoyed by cofounder Martin Chambers’ machine-gun drumming and 30-something James Walbourne’s concisely expressive guitar. The Pretenders kicked off the concert with two “Alone” tunes, the rocking title track and the stomping “Gotta Wait.” Then they slid into a familiar piece, the crisp, snarling “Kid” from their debut album. Hynde was the only band member featured on the recording, produced by Dan Auerbach with a bunch of studio players. The 95-minute set featured five songs from 2016’s “Alone,” the Pretenders’ first studio album in eight years. The guy behind me was muttering that he wanted to hear “Mystery Achievement.” I might have put “Precious” and “Stop Your Sobbing” on the wish list, as well. Longtime Pretenders fans might quarrel with Monday’s set list. (When he toured in Nicks band a few years ago, he also sat in with the Pretenders, who were the opening act.) She dedicated “Back on the Chain Gang” to Peterson, the same dude who got a shoutout from Bonnie Raitt in concert last month at Xcel Energy Center. She acknowledged Twin Cities keyboardist Ricky Peterson, saying he’d played with Prince, the Pretenders and Stevie Nicks. The Ohio-reared, England-based Hynde praised Minneapolis for being a great music town. An overwhelmed Ann responded with a bear hug, a whisper in Hynde’s ear and a peck on Hynde’s cheek. The star invited Ann onstage, asked her to sing harmony on the last notes of “Hymn to Her” and then kissed her on the lips. Later, the rocker started chatting with an overly exuberant, dancing fan named Ann. I found it was the most comforting thing.” Said the divorced Hynde: “Moving a house and divorce are most stressful. Turns out the fan left Seward because of a divorce. When a woman in front of the stage shouted that she was from Seward, Hynde engaged her in conversation. Hynde, 66, was chatty, talking about traveling along the Mississippi River earlier in the day and through Minneapolis’ Seward neighborhood. 31, this will rate as one of the best rock shows staged this year in the Twin Cities. Not only was Hynde in a good mood and consistently outgoing, but her voice was outstanding and her four-man band was lean and potent. And she’s been on tour with one version or another of this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band since 1979. She was all of those things on Monday night at the sold-out State Theatre in Minneapolis – and terrific. Words like "friendly," "playful," "smiling" and "happy" are rarely used to describe the veteran star’s stage demeanor. Pretenders rocker Chrissie Hynde has a reputation for being mercurial in concert. Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde with Dan Auerbach, who produced her new record.
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