Greatest Hits – UK Record Dealer Presale Info Card

Blondie
Greatest Hits

September 2002

UK Record Dealer Presale Info Card

INFLUENTIAL NEW YORKERS ON CD AND DVD

Blondie are rightly acclaimed as one of the most influential bands of their generation and they also became one of the most commercially successful acts of the entire Punk and New Wave scene.

Including their version of the classic track ‘The Tide Is High’ recently covered by Atomic Kitten.

This new compilation is brought right up to date with the inclusion of ‘Maria’ the no. 1 hit single from Blondie’s ‘No Exit’ album.

Marketing:

TV advertising: Week 1 spend £100K

Central 15 tvrs: Sunday night pre-release Dead Gorgeous
North 15 tvrs: Sunday night pre-release Dead Gorgeous
Scotland 30 tvrs: Sunday night pre-release Dead Gorgeous and
week of release Sexiest Girls in Britain
HTV 25 tvrs: Sunday night pre-release Dead Gorgeous and
week of release Sexiest Girls in Britain
Westcountry 75 tvrs: Sunday night pre-release Dead Gorgeous and
week of release Sexiest Girls in Britain,
Coronation Street, The Bill, Frank Skinner Show,
Die Hard 2
GMTV 5 tvrs: Monday & Friday
C4 CG 12 tvrs: Friday Brookside & Frank Skinner Show
Sky One 5 tvrs: Stars Behaving Badly, Missing In Action (film),
The British Sex
C4
Satellite – QTV & VH1

Press Ad:
Mojo 1/2 page ad issue out Oct 15th

Promotion:
Deborah Harry is coming to the UK week of release to support the ‘Greatest Hits’. We are planning a full TV and Radio promo campaign.

TV:
Deborah Harry will be interviewed on the Jonathon Ross TV show on Oct 25th – Confirmed.
TBC – GMTV, Des O Connor Show and more.

Radio:
National Radio: Plans are still being put into place at time of print: looking at Radio 2 shows, Capitol Radio interview syndicated to all stations in the group and lots, lots more.

Regional Radio:
We have over 70 pieces of regional radio activity confirmed including Record of the Weeks, Competitions, Winning Weekends etc

Press:
Sunday Times interview: Confirmed: Oct 20th
Mojo interview: Confirmed: to run in issue out October

More national & regional press to come…

Blondie – GREATEST HITS
ICPN: 7243 5431052 2
Release Date: 21st Oct
Dealer Price: £9.15

Tracklisting Chart Position

Dreaming 2
Call Me 1
One Way Or Another
Heart Of Glass 1
The Tide Is High 1
X Offender
Hanging On The Telephone 5
Rip Her To Shreds
Rapture 5
Atomic 1
Picture This 12
In The Flesh
Denis 2
(I’m Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear 10
Union City Blue 13
The Hardest Part
Island Of Lost Souls 11
Sunday Girl 1
Maria 1

Blondie
Greatest Hits DVD

16 videos with new 5.1 surround sound mixes, featuring one of the sexiest women in pop music.
Available from Nov 18th.

Tracklisting:

In The Flesh
X Offender
Denis
Detroit 442
(I’m Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
Picture This
Hanging On The Telephone
Heart Of Glass
Dreaming
Union City Blue
Atomic
The Tide Is High
Rapture
The Hardest Part
Island Of Lost Souls
Maria

To accompany the Greatest Hits CD EMI Marketing release Blondie Greatest Video Hits on DVD.

With many clips unavailable for decades these videos chronicle the evolution of one of the most influential bands in pop music. With brand new 5.1 surround sound mixes on all the tracks – listen anew and enjoy one of New York’s greatest bands.

Marketing:
The availability of the DVD will be listed on the TV ad for the Greatest Hits CD release.

Press Ads:
Mojo page issues out Oct 15th
Other press ads in DVD press to be confirmed

Blondie – GREATEST VIDEO HITS
ICPN: 7243 4901729 0
Release date: 18th Nov
Dealer Price: £10.89

Tour:
Blondie
UK ARENA TOUR

December
Thurs 5th – Glasgow Braehead Arena
Fri 6th – Sheffield Arena
Sun 8th – Manchester Evening New Arena
Mon 9th – Newcastle Telewest Arena
Tues 10th – Nottingham Arena
Wed 11th – Cardiff International Arena
Fri 13th – Bournemouth International Centre
Sat 14th – Birmingham NEC
Mon 16th – Brighton Centre
Tues 17th – London Arena
Wed 18th – Wembley Arena