Blondie’s brand of seductive New Wave is engraved on the consciousness of musical history, annals the band may have resigned themselves to. The evidence is not substantiated just yet, and if the rumour is legitimised it wont be carried out till after the launch of their new album ‘Ghosts of Download’, set to be released later this year.

The drummer astutely commented, “obviously there’s no Blondie without Debbie Harry” and cited her age, which is a surprising 11 years senior to her other band mates and once long-term-lover Chris Stein (founding guitarist), as a factor. Despite the imminent new release, a spokesperson for Debbie Harry ominously declared “They are in a hiatus at the moment. They will do some tour dates next year (a string of shows in North America). Nothing is confirmed yet.”

This announcement does however follow a particularly fertile year for the group, who recently returned from an extensive UK tour, which included a set at the Isle of White Festival. The band has had an overtly successful career, releasing 3 original LP’s in the last 10 years and 7 albums previously.

In the age of relentlessly performing veterans, it seems appropriate that such a highly regarded symbol of youth and sexual energy should retire before the affair becomes slightly absurd (The Rolling Stones ahem). Nothing has been finalised, so we could yet see an indefinite continuation. After all, nobody would really mind.