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Pretenders, not 'The Pretenders'

This band is called 'Pretenders', not 'The Pretenders'. Every album cover has simply 'Pretenders' as the band name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianbrettcooper (talk • contribs) 21:27, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly not true. The band's own website is ThePretenders.com. They have an album out called The Pretenders iTunes Originals. 71.236.185.15 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:10, 9 February 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Depends on the album, whatever name the album has is most likely the name they will tour with. The original band was "Pretenders", but they kinda changed it around after pete and jimmy died. But now it seems to be "Pretenders". The fans know this, they just put the "The" in there cause it would ocnfuse the rest of the people. 66.241.184.218 (talk) 05:48, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's certainly some ambiguity here. For instance "Learning To Crawl" clearly has The Pretenders, in giant letters, in fact. But it does seem that simply "Pretenders" is the original and preferred name. HandsOfBlue (talk) 14:36, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looking through their discography, it would appear that only the first two albums after the demise of the original line-up prefixed Pretenders with The. To my mind they are the Pretenders rather than The Pretenders, however, if Ms Hynde isn't too fussed, neither am I. Gwladys24 (talk) 19:06, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Further to the reference to itunes, above, I notice that the artwork for the two albums I referenced in my previous comment, Learning to Crawl & Get Close, has been amended to remove the prefix from the cover so that they both now just read as Pretenders. This seems consistent with the artwork for the 2007 remasters. Gwladys24 (talk) 21:29, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it should be Pretenders, considering most albums omit the article. The Mo-Ja'al (talk) 23:11, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(the) Pet Shop Boys are listed/referred to as Pet Shop Boys on here so the same kind of naming format should apply to this band esp. if most albums are credited to Pretenders rather than The Pretenders (I wouldn't go off what the website is called as somebody else may have got to pretenders.com before them) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.238.174 (talk) 16:19, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Both MusicBrainz and AllMusic agree that the band name is "Pretenders". MusicBrainz shows "Pretenders, The" as an alias. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 23:57, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would say that it is officially written as Pretenders, but said as The Pretenders. Wolf O'Donnel (talk) 01:01, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that 'Pretenders" is correct. The text is updated accordingly Billsmith60 (talk) 19:41, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like someone changed the title to The Pretenders again. They’ve released an album in 2023 as Pretenders, confirming again the correct, current name. Noattention (talk) 21:56, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pretenders UK

I recall back in late '80s when I saw them at Oakland Coliseum with U2, the band was billed as "The Pretenders UK", which was a result of a conflict with another band. That would be a good addition to this article if someone can find the sources. —howcheng {chat} 16:28, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: This show? 71.178.130.130 (talk) 04:06, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Two links that discuss their most important songs

Kachejian, Brian (2018). "11 Essential Pretenders Songs". ClassicRockHistory.com.
Bowden, Marshall. "In Ten Tracks: Pretenders". New Directions In Music.

71.178.130.130 (talk) 03:53, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Possible deletion of Category:Female-fronted musical groups

The category Female-fronted musical groups is up for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_August_6#Category:Female-fronted_musical_groups, and this music group article has listed it as a category. If you have an opinion either way please join the discussion. Thanks. Fyunck(click) (talk) 06:43, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]