The world’s number one official Debbie Harry and Blondie tribute band.

Established in 2001 this band is the only tribute to have performed with two original founder members of Blondie, legendary drummer Clem Burke and songwriter, bass player and author Gary Valentine.

Bootleg Blondie had the honour to be thanked on Blondie’s 11th album Pollinator and have played at the world famous CBGB in New York City. In 2019, to celebrate forty years since the release of Blondie’s iconic album Parallel Lines Bootleg Blondie played two UK tours with Clem Burke under the band name CBBB (Clem Burke and Bootleg Blondie). Both tours were a whirlwind of sell out shows, radio, press interviews and fab reviews, driving nearly 5,000 miles and performing to over 7,000 people, also releasing an original single Enigma Soho Au Go Go to coincide with the tours which is available through AppleMusic, Spotify, Deezer, and iTunes.

Debbie Harris, lead vocalist of Bootleg Blondie, has the looks, the voice and the attitude of the original Blondie bombshell and like her heroine is typically outrageous on stage, wearing dustbin liners, thigh length boots and t-shirts with more holes than t-shirt! Debbie’s pride and joy is her guitar which she plays at every show, signed by all the Blondie band members.

She appeared in The Mail On Sunday Magazine and performed on two TV shows for BBC1 picked out of 15,000 applicants to represent Debbie Harry on Even Better Than The Real Thing hosted by Paddy McGuinness which attracted an audience of 10 million viewers!

Bootleg Blondie can be seen at all the major venues and festivals around the UK and Europe, having played the Isle of Wight Festival, the 100 Club, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, the Hammersmith Palais, the Electric Ballroom London, Eric’s Liverpool, Dingwall’s London and have opened for amongst others The Undertones, Slade, The Beat, Rhoda Dakar, Bad Manners, Sophie Ellis Baxtor, Faithless, UB40, Sister Sledge, Bootleg Beatles, Heaven 17, Toyah, Visage, Hazel O’Connor, Tony Hadley, Altered Images, Bananarama, David Essex, Nick Kershaw, The Idles, Big Country and the wonderful Chas and Dave!

Dates & Times

Last session: Fri 7 Jun 2024 at 8:00 PM - This event has now passed
Derby Hall @ The Met
Seated £22.50 / Standing £20.50 (inc fees)

Standing event with limited balcony seating.

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