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Celebrate Rock Romance With These 4 Iconic Musical Couples – One Pair Married on This Day 42 Years Ago

Hynde and Kerr split in 1999 but remained friends, even going on tour again in 2018.

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On May 5, 1984, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders and Jim Kerr of Simple Minds got married after their bands toured together that year. They’d been playing Australia and New Zealand alongside the Eurythmics and Talking Heads, and just a few months later, they were tying the knot.

In 1985, they had a daughter, but divorced in 1990. Despite their marriage ending, they remained friends and even toured together again in 2018. “We have kids and grandkids, so we get on well,” Kerr said of Hynde, speaking to The Sunday Post at the time. “She goes on the stage, and I see an icon, one of the greats. When she comes off stage, we’ll chat about when we’re next taking the wee ones to the park when we’re both in London.”

The following three couples were iconic mostly during the ’90s. While only one of them lasted, they were still important moments in time for the artists involved. Often, they inspired each other during their relationships, but did so even more after their breakups.

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