Amazing Photographs Captured Debbie Harry Performing With Blondie at the Aladdin Theater, Las Vegas, 1979

Parallel Lines is the third studio album by Blondie, released on September 23, 1978, by Chrysalis Records to international commercial success. The album reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in February 1979 and proved to be the band’s commercial breakthrough in the United States, where it reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in April 1979. In Billboard magazine, Parallel Lines was listed at No. 9 in the top pop albums year-end chart of 1979. The album spawned several successful singles, notably the international hit “Heart of Glass.”

Parallel Lines took its name from an unused track written by Harry, the lyrics of which were included in the first vinyl edition of the album. In 1979, Blondie launched a tour of the same name to promote their album.

These amazing photographs captured Debbie Harry performing with Blondie at the Aladdin Theater, Las Vegas, during the group’s Parallel Lines tour on August 9, 1979. The photos were taken by Roberta Bayley.