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===1990s=== In 1990, Hynde hired session players (including one-time Pretenders Bremner and Cunningham and bassist [[John McKenzie (musician)|John Mckenzie]]) and recorded a new Pretenders album, ''[[Packed!]]'' Hynde was the only person pictured anywhere on the album, and was the only official member of the band.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> By 1993, Hynde had teamed with ex-[[Katydids (band)|Katydids]] guitarist [[Adam Seymour (musician)|Adam Seymour]] to form a new version of Pretenders. The team of Hynde and Seymour then hired a number of session musicians to record ''[[Last of the Independents]]'' that year, including ex-Smiths bassist [[Andy Rourke]], ex-[[The Primitives|Primitives]] bassist Andy Hobson, and former Pretender and drummer/writer/producer James Hood, previously with [[the Impossible Dreamers]] and [[Moodswings (band)|Moodswings]]. But by the end of the album sessions (and for the subsequent tour) the official band line-up was Hynde, Seymour, Hobson, and returning drummer Martin Chambers.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> When ''Last of the Independents'' was released in 1994, it rated gold in the US. Lead single "Night In My Veins" was a minor success in the US, a mid-chart success in the UK, and a top 10 success in Canada. The second single was the album's centrepiece ballad "[[I'll Stand by You]]"; this track received substantial airplay, and was a top 10 success in the UK, and top 20 in the US (No. 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100) and in Canada.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> On 10 April 1999, Hynde led the memorial concert "[[Concert for Linda|Here, There and Everywhere β A Concert for Linda]]" for her late close friend [[Linda McCartney]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], London, organised by Hynde and [[Carla Lane]]. Pretenders were the backing band for all artists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paulmccartney.com/live/tour-archives/here-there-and-everywhere-concert-for-linda|title=Here, There, and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda|website=Paul McCartney|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> ''[[Viva el Amor]]'' was released during 1999, as was their collaboration with [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] on the album ''[[Reload (Tom Jones album)|Reload]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-information-on-viva-el-amor-by-the-pretenders-1094534.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-information-on-viva-el-amor-by-the-pretenders-1094534.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The Information on 'Viva El Amor!' by Pretenders|date=19 May 1999|work=The Independent|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/robbie-williams-215-1400543|title=Tom Jones Gets Loaded|date=28 June 1999|work=NME|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>
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