Chrissie Hynde @ Rockwood Music Hall in August (more by Kurt Christensen)

Chrissie Hynde's new band didn't take very long to get things going. After playing some of their first shows over the summer, at random venues like Brooklyn Bowl for free, and Rockwood Music Hall and the Apple Store, JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys are now on a proper North American tour that hits Irving Plaza in NYC tonight (9/25). Tickets cost almost $50. All dates below...

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JP, Chrissie, & the Fairground Boys (featuring Chrissie Hynde & JP Jones) have some more upcoming shows scheduled including August 9th at Rockwood Music Hall's "Stage 2" (tickets), and August 10th at the Apple Store in SoHo (free). All dates below...

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"J P, Chrissie and the Fairground Boys - Biography by Chrissie Hynde I first met J. P. Jones in London, November 2008. I was propping up the bar on my own at a party at The Double Club in Highbury.. I was about 5 screwdrivers in when some scruffy boy-band looking guy sauntered over to the freebie bar.. He was pretty hammered too, but we managed enough of a conversation for me to ascertain that he was a musician; recently gone solo after his band 'Grace' split, and grew up on a fairground in Wales... [stuff happened].... The Fairground Boys are, Patrick Murdock on guitar, Vezio Baccio , bass, Geoff Holroyde , drums and Sam Swallow on piano /keyboards. Chrissie Hynde , January 2010

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