Global icons Blondie to play at Halifax's Piece Hall next summer

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame icons – whose chart-topping and era-defining career has seen them sell more than 40 million albums worldwide – play the historic venue’s outdoor courtyard on Sunday, June 9.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday, December 15, via ticketmaster.co.uk Undeniably one of the most influential bands of all time, Blondie – fronted by pioneering singer-songwriter Debbie Harry – became one of biggest punk/pop crossovers the world had ever seen.

Founded in New York in 1974, they metamorphosed from an irreverent Lower East Side punk outfit to bona fide international ambassadors of New York cool.

Blondie will perform at the Piece Hall (Image: UGC)

Through the ground-breaking rock-disco hybrid Heart of Glass, the equally influential hip-hop fantasia Rapture, the stalker-love song One Way Or Another and the lilting calypso The Tide Is High, Blondie’s sound is unmistakeable and timeless.

Blondie join Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds in the line-up, who were announced by the Piece Hall earlier this month.

Meanwhile, Richard Ashcroft, Tom Jones, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Sheryl Crow, Jess Glynne, Fatboy Slim, PJ Harvey, Underworld, Tom Odell, Pixies, IDLES, McFly, Loyle Carner and Status Quo among the headliners for Live at The Piece Hall 2024 – with more to be announced.

Tom Jones is also part of the Piece Hall line-up for 2024 (Image: Submitted)

Nicky Chance-Thompson MBE DL, CEO of The Piece Hall Trust, said: “I cannot wait to welcome one of the coolest bands on the planet to The Piece Hall.

“Their trailblazing frontwoman Debbie Harry has been an inspiration to generations of musicians and their iconic hits will sound amazing in our stunning venue. I can guarantee the crowd will be in raptures for this one!”