Garbage frontwoman and NME Icon recipient Shirley Manson inducted Blondie into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, she paid tribute to Debbie Harry’s “unassailable position in rock history” as the icon “who invented the archetype by which all other stars who have followed in her footsteps have been measured.” The pair went way back – Shirley’s pre-Garbage band Goodbye Mr Mackenzie once opened for Blondie, they’ve dueted live, and appeared on the American Gods track ‘Tehran 1979’ together.
One Blondie album track ‘Words In My Mouth’ even originally started life as a Debbie-penned submission for a shelved Shirley solo album.But now the two titans as reuniting again, as Garbage are special guests on Blondie’s epic 2021 arena run of shows,.
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