Rolling Stone is reporting that on Blondie's upcoming album The Curse Of Blondie, the band has included a tribute to the late Joey Ramone. The track "Hello Joe" was written by Deborah Harry after Joey's death in 2001.

The vocalist spoke with the magazine, "I had been to Joey's wake, the funeral and the cemetery, and it was just all of the people and friends and musicians from the CB scene. Some of them I hadn't seen for more than ten years, and it was just so moving. Joey was always a sweetheart. I really loved the band obviously. To have him go like that and then right afterwards Dee Dee, it's just completely shocking. So I wanted to write something. I know it doesn't make much sense because the music doesn't really have anything to do with what the Ramones do, but it's a tribute." For the full article go here.