The Pretenders: Moonlight Club, London
Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 10 February 1979
NO APOLOGIES for following Mark Williams' review of the Pretenders at the Moonlight last week with an instant replay. Now is the time to catch them, before success (which is inevitable) and the consequent expectations modify them in any way.
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