Debbie Harry can’t think about returning to the stage as Blondie following the death of drummer Clem Burke in April.
She mentioned the state of Blondie and her prolonged profession in a brand new interview with Vanity Fair. When requested what she’s been most pleased with from her profession up to now, Harry humbly named working with Burke and fellow founding member Chris Stein — who has not toured with Blondie since 2019 attributable to well being points — on the prime of her record.
“Preserving a rock band collectively for 50 years was like a wedding, and it’s unhappy that with Clem’s passing and with out having Chris onstage, I can’t see myself being onstage as Blondie, although I’m the face of Blondie,” Harry stated. “However I’m pleased with the music, and I’d nonetheless love to do music.”
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Earlier than Burke’s loss of life, Blondie was within the midst of completing a new album, which was produced by John Congleton and remains to be set to reach within the fall; past that, Harry is wanting ahead to a time of resetting and remembrance. “I ran right into a wall: the tour ended, Clem died, and wow. What is that this house I stay in now?,” Harry stated. “I’m curing – I’m doing a treatment. And a part of that’s de-cluttering up my house, which is crowded with that life. I have to get some breath, get some air in there.”
Elsewhere in her chat with Self-importance Honest, Harry mentioned her punk-centric early profession days at CBGB’s, how David Bowie as soon as (impolitely) hit on her, Blondie’s monetary struggles, breakup, and ensuing reunion within the late ’90s, and rather more. Learn the complete interview here.
Revisit Debbie Harry and Chris Stein’s 2021 look on The Story Behind the Song, the place the pair talk about the making of Blondie’s 1981 hit “Rapture.”
