BLONDIE arrive in the UK next week with the first date of their tour taking place at the Forum in Hatfield on Wednesday, June 9.

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ANYONE under the age of 30 probably won’t realise just how famous Blondie singer Debbie Harry was in the late 1970s and early 80s.

A former waitress and Playboy Bunny Girl, she graced the front covers of almost every magazine – the majority of which later found their way on to the walls of bedrooms.

But Blondie’s bombshell was no manufactured singer like many of today’s artists.

Before the likes of Lady GaGa and Madonna came along, she was the epitome of cool, a style icon, pin-up for a generation, trendsetter and the vocalist/songwriter of the biggest act in the world.

Blondie emerged from New York’s celebrated late ’70s new wave punk scene and reached number two in the UK with Denis from their second album, Plastic Letters, in 1978.

It was follow-up album Parallel Lines, with its famous black and white cover, that catapulted Blondie to the top of the charts across the globe and sold more than 20 millions copies worldwide.

After having huge hits in this country with Picture This and Hanging on the Telephone, Blondie scored their first chart-topper on both sides of the Atlantic with disco classic Heart of Glass in 1979.

The single stayed top of the pile for four weeks in the UK, eventually being dislodged by Tragedy by the Bee Gees.

Sunday Girl, the fourth single taken from Parallel Lines, also made number one in the UK in May 1979 – ending Art Garfunkel’s six-week run with Bright Eyes.

After Dreaming had stalled at two, Blondie hit the summit with Atomic in March 1980 and two months later scaled the charts again with Call Me, taken from the Richard Gere film American Gigolo.

They had a fifth UK number one with the reggae influenced The Tide Is High in November 1980.

After splitting in the mid 80s, the band reformed in 1999 and had their sixth UK number one hit single with Maria.