<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Cambria;
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.PlainTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text";
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Blondie Packs a Punch at SXSW with Incredible Performances and a Fascinating Discussion on Their Storied 40-Year Career & Today’s Music Industry
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">BLONDIE'S NEW YORK</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> documentary to premiere on Smithsonian Channel Friday March 21st at 10pm ET/PT<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><img width="816" height="406" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF41E9.35C397F0"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">(Photo Credit: Getty Images for Smithsonian)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“Debbie Harry [is] still as observant and platinum-foxy as ever...” –
<b><i>LA Times</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="color:black"><br>
</span>“Debbie was still a rock goddess, emanating as much effortless sass in one hour as most lead singers today can only dream about in a lifetime.” –
<b><i>Yahoo<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i>“</i></b>Blondie was tight and clearly energized…” -
<b><i>Billboard</i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(March 17, 2014 – New York, NY) -</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<b>Blondie</b> continued their <b>40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Year</b> with a <b>
SXSW</b> takeover that included a series of badass live performances, a special industry panel and of course a few surprises thrown in. The band unveiled brand new songs and served up their iconic hits as crowds reached a fever pitch during the band’s sets
at <b>Perez Hilton’s 7<sup>th</sup> Annual “One Night In Austin” </b>at<b> Austin Music Hall,</b>
<b>Rachael Ray’s Feedback Party</b> at <b>Stubb’s</b>, and <b>the Smithsonian Channel Presents Blondie Powered By Yahoo</b>, which was livestreamed from
<b>Brazos Hall. The Smithsonian Channel </b>will premiere<b> <i>BLONDIE'S NEW YORK</i></b> on
<b>March 21st at 10pm ET/PT</b>, a one-hour documentary narrated by Kim Cattrall that explores the rise of the legendary band.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Over at the <b>Austin Convention Center</b>,
<b>Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke</b> took part in a rare panel together which sparked a fascinating discussion on the state of the music industry, U.S. festival culture and the implications of the band’s fearless genre-bending, the effects of which
are still being felt in contemporary music.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Members of <b>Blondie</b> popped up in other unexpected places during the festival as well, with
<b>Debbie Harry</b> jumping on stage to perform Blondie song <b>“Dreaming”</b> with the
<b>Dum Dum Girls</b>. Elsewhere at the <b>Paramount Theater</b>, <b>Clem Burke</b> joined the house band for a massive
<b>Lou Reed tribute</b> organized by Austin’s own Alejandro Escovedo and the Bongos' Richard Barone.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Later this Spring,
<b>Blondie</b> will release a special <b>40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary double-disc package</b>. For the last four decades,
<b>Blondie</b> has become and still remains a true national treasure; one whose influence both shaped and continues to inform the worlds of music, fashion and art. From an irreverent Lower East Side punk outfit to bona fide international ambassadors of New
York cool, Blondie will forever be synonymous with that punk spirit that lives somewhere in all of us. Their chart-topping success, fearless spirit and rare longevity led to an induction into the
<b>Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame</b> in 2006 and more than <b>40 million albums</b> sold worldwide to date.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.blondie.net">www.blondie.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information on
<b>Blondie</b>, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Press Here<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">212-246-2640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Linda Carbone
<a href="mailto:linda@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="color:windowtext">linda@pressherepublicity.com</span></a> / Sarah Usher
<a href="mailto:sarah@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="color:windowtext">sarah@pressherepublicity.com</span></a> / Carla Senft
<a href="mailto:carla@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="color:windowtext">carla@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Carla Senft</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(New York)</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">138 W. 25<sup>th</sup> St., 9<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, NY 10001</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">P: (212) 246-2640</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">carla@pressherepublicity.com</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(Los Angeles)</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">8105 West Third St.,</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Los
Angeles, CA 90048</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000"> </span></b><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">P: (323) 556-9752 </span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span></i><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/presshere"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">www.twitter.com/presshere</span></i></a></span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Click to view website:</span></i><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.presshere.com/"><span style="color:blue"><br>
</span></a></span><a href="http://www.presshere.com/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="79" height="33" id="_x0038_a724a77-e6ca-48b0-a773-3b58e45c2f7f" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF41E9.35C397F0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CD8066.258ADF10"></span></a><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.presshere.com/"><span style="color:blue"><br>
</span></a><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>