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Punk's first princess is older and wiser, but the sneer's still here
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The Scotsman
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November 26, 1999
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Copyright informationCopyright 1999 The Scotsman. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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SHALLOW preconceptions made it something of a surprise that
Debbie Harry agreed to have a chat, at a time of the morning many
musicians consider to be the middle of the night, but then Blondie's
venerable singer has always delighted in confounding expectations.
"I'm very good in the mornings actually, always have been," she
says. "I'm beginning to think that I am in the wrong business."
Not that rock excess has ever been on the Harry agenda, but if
there is any natural wear and tear after embarking on a second
British tour inside a year, she hides it well. The reconstituted
Blondie's album, No Exit, has proved sufficiently successful to
warrant another jaunt around the nation's arenas, ...
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