Speculation on the reception Blondie would receive upon its return to the music scene, the No Exit album, a brief history of the band, how it’s different this time around, and Madonna–Ed.

The setting isn't terribly different from where it all began: a dank rehearsal studio in an ugly industrial nook of New York.

On this sooty winter morning, the original members of the quintessential Noo Yawk group Blondie have gathered in a studio not far from their '70s birthplace on the beat-up Bowery. They've come together again for some fine-tuning: They're about to embark on a quick Australian reunion tour following an appearance on...[the] American Music Awards.
The TV gig will mark Blondie's first televised
appearance in nearly 17 years. It also serves
as a call to arms for the band's comeback
campaign, highlighted by an album of
all-new material, "No Exit"....

Source: Daily News, January 10, 1999
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Background credit: Ed Kary and Theresa Heinz.
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