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Annie Lennox
Lennox at a concert on 5 September 2004
Lennox at a concert on 5 September 2004
Background information
Birth name Ann Lennox
Born 25 December 1954 (1954-12-25) (age 53)
Origin Aberdeen, Scotland
Genre(s) Pop, rock, blue-eyed soul
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, keyboards, flute
Years active 1977-present
Label(s) J, Arista
Associated acts Eurythmics, The Tourists
Website www.annielennox.com

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Early life

She was born Ann Lennox on Christmas Day, 1954, in Aberdeen, Scotland. Aberdeen ( pronounced; Aiberdeen Obar Dheathain is Scotland 's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Her father worked at the shipyard, and her mother was a cook until she became a housewife. Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships These can be Yachts military Lennox was an only child and the family lived in an small two-roomed apartment in a block of flats with communal laundry facilities. Her father and his family were musical and enjoyed singing, and also her father learnt to play the bag pipes, which Lennox enjoyed listening to. Bagpipes are a class of Musical instrument, Aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag Lennox had piano lessons at school from the age of seven years at the cost of £4. 00 per term, which was a lot for the family to afford. She was interested in singing and, with plenty of time by herself, passed some of the time by singing along to the popular music of the time, including music by the The Beatles. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 She was an unhappy teenager, partly because of a struggle over boundaries for her independence with her father, who was protective of her. [1] She attended Aberdeen High School for Girls, now Harlaw Academy. Harlaw Academy is a six year comprehensive Secondary school situated some 200 yards from the junction of Union Street and Holburn Street in the centre of the [1][2]

Royal Academy of Music

Lennox won a place at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studied the flute and classical music for three years. The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a well known conservatoire and one of the leading music institutions in the world London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music As a student she realised that her flute playing was mediocre in comparison to some of her talented peers; although, previously she had thought that she was a good flute player. She lived on a student grant and worked part-time jobs for extra money. Lennox was unhappy during her time at the Royal Academy partly because she was lonely and shy, and she missed many history of music lessons. [1]

Lennox's flute teacher's final report stated: "Ann has not always been sure of where to direct her efforts, though latterly she has been more committed. She is very, very able, however. " Two years later, Lennox reported to the Academy: "I have had to work as a waitress, barmaid, and shop assistant to keep me when not in musical work. " In 2006, the academy made her an honorary Fellow. [3] Lennox also was made a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama that year. The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( RSAMD) is a Conservatoire of Music, Drama and Dance in the centre of Glasgow

The Tourists and Eurythmics

Between 1977 and 1980, Lennox was the lead singer of The Tourists, a moderately successful British pop band and her first collaboration with Dave Stewart. The Tourists (1977 - 1980 were a moderately successful British pop band but are better known for two of their members ( Annie Lennox & David A David Allan Stewart, often known as Dave Stewart (born September 9, 1952 in Sunderland) is an English Musician and During the time they were in The Tourists, Stewart and Lennox were involved in a relationship, though this had ended by the time they formed Eurythmics.

Lennox and Stewart's second collaboration, the 1980s synthpop duo Eurythmics, resulted in her most notable fame, as the duo's alto, soul-tinged lead singer. Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave Alto is a musical term derived from the Latin word altus, meaning "high" that has several possible interpretations Early in Eurythmics's career, Lennox was known for her androgyny, wearing suits and once impersonating Elvis Presley. Androgyny is a term derived from the Greek words ανήρ ( anér, meaning man and γυνή ( gyné, meaning woman that can refer to either of two Eurythmics released a long line of singles in the 1980s, including "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", "Here Comes the Rain Again", "Who's That Girl?", "Would I Lie to You?", "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)", "Missionary Man", "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart", and "Don't Ask Me Why", among others. " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This " (or simply " Sweet Dreams " is a song by pop music duo Eurythmics, written by David A " Here Comes the Rain Again " is a song by British pop duo Eurythmics. " Who's That Girl? " is a song recorded by British pop duo Eurythmics. " Would I Lie to You? " is a song recorded by British pop duo Eurythmics. " There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart " is a pop song written and recorded by Annie Lennox and David A " Missionary Man " is a song recorded by British Pop music duo Eurythmics and Jimmy Zavala on harmonica " You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart " is a song recorded by British pop duo Eurythmics. " Don't Ask Me Why " is a song recorded by Pop music duo Eurythmics. Though Eurythmics never officially disbanded, Lennox made a fairly clear break from Stewart in 1990. Thereafter, she began a long and equally-successful solo career.

From the beginning of her career, Lennox has experimented with her image both as an artist and as a woman. She matured as a public figure in the late 20th century, just as MTV and the medium of video were becoming the obvious vehicles for selling contemporary popular music. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images She has managed her image astutely, both as a means of interpreting and marketing her music. This was emphasized in the music video for "Little Bird" in 1992, in which many Lennox lookalikes could be seen who were dressed as her many different personas from past videos. " Little Bird " is a track from Annie Lennox's first solo album Diva (1992 and was released as the fifth single from the album as a double A-side with "

Because of her immense success, Annie Lennox has also amassed a substantial fortune, estimated at £80 million over the years with Eurythmics and as a solo artist.

Solo work

Early solo work

Though it was produced by Dave Stewart, a 1988 single from the movie Scrooged with Al Green, "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (a cover version of Jackie DeShannon's 1969 hit), was credited to Lennox and Green, and therefore can be considered her first release outside a band identity. Scrooged is a 1988 Comedy film, a modernization of Charles Dickens 's Novella, A Christmas Carol. Albert Greene (born April 13 1946 better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and Soul music singer who received great acclaim in Put a Little Love in Your Heart is a song originally performed by Jackie DeShannon in 1968, who composed it with her brother Randy Myers and Jimmy In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Jackie DeShannon (born Sharon Lee Myers, August 21 1944, Hazel, Kentucky) is an American Singer-songwriter In 1991, her version of Cole Porter's "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" appeared on the Porter tribute compilation Red Hot + Blue, a benefit for AIDS awareness. Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a song by Cole Porter, introduced in 1944 in Billy Rose 's musical revue Seven Lively Arts Red Hot + Blue is the first in the series of Compilation albums from the Red Hot Organization. Lennox performed the song that same year for a cameo appearance in the Derek Jarman film Edward II. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as Derek Jarman ( January 31 1942 – February 19 1994) was an English Film director, Stage designer Edward II is a 1991 film by Derek Jarman based on the play Edward II by Christopher Marlowe. She then made a memorable appearance with David Bowie and the surviving members of Queen at 1992's Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at London's Wembley Stadium, performing "Under Pressure. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was an open-air concert held on Easter Monday, April 20 1992 at original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the This article refers to the Queen & David Bowie song For other uses of the name see Under Pressure (disambiguation " Under "

Diva (1992)

She began working with former Trevor Horn protegé Stephen Lipson, beginning with Lennox's 1992 solo début album, Diva. Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English Pop music Record producer, songwriter and musician Stephen J Lipson is a musician (principally on guitar and producer who has worked with numerous artists including Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Whitney Houston, Diva is the first solo Album by Annie Lennox, released in 1992 It was a commercial and critical success, charting #1 in UK, #6 in Germany, and #23 in the US. Lennox's profile was boosted by Diva's singles, which included "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". " Why " is the first solo single by Annie Lennox and was from her debut solo album Diva (1992 "Little Bird" also formed a double A-side with "Love Song for a Vampire", a soundtrack cut for Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 movie Bram Stoker's Dracula. " Little Bird " is a track from Annie Lennox's first solo album Diva (1992 and was released as the fifth single from the album as a double A-side with " "Love Song for a Vampire" is the theme song to Francis Ford Coppola 's 1992 film adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, Bram Stoker's Dracula (aka Dracula) is a 1992 horror - Romance film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola The B-side of her single "Precious" was a self-penned song called "Step by Step. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s " Step by Step " is a song written and performed by Annie Lennox. " Whitney Houston later covered "Step by Step" for the soundtrack of the film The Preacher's Wife. Whitney Elizabeth Houston' (born August 9 1963 is an American Singer-songwriter, Actress, Film producer, Arranger and former The Preacher’s Wife is the soundtrack to the 1996 film of the same name and features songs performed by Whitney Houston, who also stars Houston's cover was a hit in its own right. Stephen Lipson consistently has been involved in Lennox's solo offerings, providing a sonic unity within all her solo recordings.

Medusa (1995)

Although Lennox's profile decreased for a period due to her desire to bring up her two children outside of the media's glare, she continued to record albums. Her second release, Medusa, was an album of cover songs, including songs originally performed by Bob Marley and The Clash. Medusa is the second solo album by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released in March 1995 In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were It was released in 1995, three years after Diva. The single "No More I Love You's" received the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. " No More "I Love You's" " is a song recorded by Annie Lennox. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences A cover of Paul Simon's "Something So Right" made the UK Top 50 when released as a single. Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13 1941 is an American Songwriter, Musician, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1997, Lennox re-recorded Eurythmics's track "Angel" for the Diana, Princess of Wales tribute album. In 1998 — following the death of a mutual friend (the former The Tourists lead singer/songwriter Peet Coombes) — she re-established contact with Dave Stewart, and by 1999 Eurythmics had reformed for the album Peace. The Tourists (1977 - 1980 were a moderately successful British pop band but are better known for two of their members ( Annie Lennox & David A Peet Coombes (1952- 1997 was the guitarist and vocalist with Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in the two pre- Eurythmics bands The Catch, who only Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave Peace is the ninth Album by Eurythmics, released in 1999. Following their first performance together in eight years at a record company party

Bare (2003) and other work

In 2003, Lennox released her third solo album, Bare. Bare is the third Studio album by Annie Lennox, released in June 2003 Lennox also embarked on a worldwide solo tour to promote the album.

In 2004, Lennox won the Academy Award for Best Song for "Into the West" from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at the 76th Academy Awards, which she co-wrote with lyricist Fran Walsh and composer Howard Shore. The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture " Into the West " is a song written by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox, and performed by Lennox herself during the Closing credits This article is about the live-action movie which shares a title with a book, video game, and animated film. The 76th Academy Awards ceremony honoring the best in film for 2003, was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood California on ABC beginning Frances Walsh, MNZM, (born January 10, 1959) is a Grammy and Academy Award -winning Screenwriter, Film producer Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award -winning Canadian Composer The song also won a Grammy award and a Golden Globe award. She had previously recorded "Use Well the Days" for the movie, which incorporates a number of quotations from Tolkien in its lyrics. This song was not used in the film, but it appears on a bonus DVD included with the "special edition" of the movie's soundtrack CD. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio

In mid-2004, Lennox embarked on an extensive North American tour with Sting. STING ( S equence T o and with' IN' G raphics is a free Web-based suite of programs for a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between protein sequence

In July 2005, Lennox performed at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London, along with Madonna, Sting, and other popular musicians. Live 8 was a string of Benefit concerts that took place on 2 July, 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. Hyde Park is one of the largest Parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American STING ( S equence T o and with' IN' G raphics is a free Web-based suite of programs for a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between protein sequence

Lennox and Stewart later collaborated on two new pieces for their Eurythmics hits album, Ultimate Collection, of which "I've Got a Life" was released as a single on 31 October 2005. Ultimate Collection is the second greatest hits Compilation album released by Eurythmics. " I've Got a Life (It's the Only Thing That's Mine " is a song recorded by Pop music duo Eurythmics. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The promotional video for the song features Lennox and Stewart performing in the present day, with images of past Eurythmics videos playing on television screens behind them. Lennox also appears in a man's suit with a cane, reminiscent of her "Sweet Dreams" video image from 1983. The single hit number fourteen in the UK singles chart and was a number-one U. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry S. Dance hit. Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco Lennox has been awarded eight BRIT Awards, the most of any woman, including one as part of Eurythmics. The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards The closest other female artist to this record is Lisa Stansfield, with three. Lisa Jane Stansfield (born April 11 1966) is a Grammy Award -nominated and BRIT Award -winning English R&B and soul

In October 2006, Lennox spoke at the British House of Commons on the need for children in the UK to help their counterparts in Africa. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords

Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)

Album

Lennox's fourth solo album, Songs of Mass Destruction, was greatly anticipated by her fans between 2006 and 2007. Songs of Mass Destruction is the title of the fourth studio album by Annie Lennox, released on October 1, 2007 in the UK and October 2, Speculation, especially on the internet, reported various titles throughout that period, including Venus, I, Annie, and Dark Road. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Lennox finally announced the actual title on her website on 27 June 2007. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Songs of Mass Destruction was recorded in Los Angeles, California, with veteran producer Glen Ballard, well known for the production of Alanis Morissette's album, Jagged Little Pill. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Glen Ballard (born 1953 in Natchez Mississippi, US) is a veteran Songwriter and Record producer, best known as the producer of Alanis Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1 1974 is a Canadian-born Singer-songwriter, Record producer, and Actress. Jagged Little Pill is the third Studio album (and the first to be released internationally by Canadian Singer and Songwriter This marked a change from Lennox's long association with Steve Lipson. The album was mixed in Miami, Florida, by Grammy Award-winner Tom Lord-Alge. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Tom Lord-Alge is a three-time Grammy-Award winning Record producer and mixer widely known as a leader in music mixing

Lennox stated that she believed the album consisted of "twelve strong, powerful, really emotive songs that people can connect to. " If she achieves that, she says, "I can feel proud of [it], no matter if it sells ten copies or 50 million. "[4]

The album was released on October 1, 2007, and is the last album of Lennox's contract with BMG. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The album's first single was "Dark Road", released on 24 September. " Dark Road " is a song by Annie Lennox, released on September 24, 2007, as the first single from her fourth solo album Songs Of Mass Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.

Lennox described it as "a dark album, but the world is a dark place. It's fraught, it's turbulent. Most people's lives are underscored with dramas of all kinds: there's ups, there's downs - the flickering candle. "[5] She added, "Half the people are drinking or drugging themselves to numb it. A lot of people are in pain. "[5]

One song on the album, "Sing", is a collaboration between Lennox and 23 prominent female artists and acts: Anastacia, Isobel Campbell, Dido, Céline Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Beth Gibbons, Faith Hill, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Gladys Knight, k.d. lang, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Beth Orton, Pink, Kelis, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Shingai Shoniwa, Joss Stone, Sugababes, KT Tunstall, and Martha Wainwright. " Sing " is a song by Annie Lennox, released as the second single from her fourth solo studio album Songs of Mass Destruction (2007 Anastacia (born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk on September 17 1968 is a Multi-platinum American singer and songwriter Isobel Campbell (born on April 27, 1976 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish singer Cellist and composer in the Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, (born 25 December 1971 professionally known as Dido, is an English BRIT Award -winning and Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961, in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an Academy Award -winning and two-time Grammy Award Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27 1975 better known by her Stage name Fergie, is an American pop / R&B Singer-songwriter Beth Gibbons (born 4 January 1965, in Exeter, Devon) is a British singer and songwriter best known as the Vocalist for the English Audrey Faith McGraw, known professionally as Faith Hill (born September 21 1967 is an American country singer known both for her commercial success Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award -winning Beninese Singer-songwriter, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative Music videos Beverley Knight MBE (born March 22, 1973) is an English soul and R&B singer Songwriter, and Record Gladys Maria Knight, "The Empress of Soul" (born May 28, 1944) is a seven-time Grammy Award -winning American kd lang, OC (born Kathryn Dawn Lang, November 2, 1961) is a Grammy Award -winning Canadian Singer and Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Grammy -winning Canadian Musician, singer and Elizabeth Caroline Orton, commonly known as Beth Orton, (born December 14, 1970) is a BRIT Award –winning English Singer-songwriter Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8 1979 known professionally as P!nk is a two-time Grammy -winning American Singer-songwriter who gained prominence Kelis Rogers-Jones (née Rogers, born August 21, 1979) better known as Kelis (pronounced kuh-LEECE is a Grammy Award-nominated American Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues Singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, California Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2 1977 known simply as Shakira Shingai Shoniwa (pronounced Shin-guy born in 1981 of English and Zimbabwean descent is the Vocalist and Bassist for the UK Joss Stone (born Jocelyn Eve Stoker on 11 April 1987 is an English soul and R&B Singer-songwriter and actress. Sugababes are a BRIT Award -winning English pop group trio from London. Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975 is a Scottish Singer-songwriter. Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American folk - rock Singer - Songwriter. The song is born out of Lennox's involvement with Nelson Mandela's 46664 campaign and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), both of which are human rights groups which seek education and health care for those affected by the HIV AIDS virus. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (xolíɬaɬa mandéːla born 18 July 1918 is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in fully representative 46664 ( four double six six four) is a series of AIDS charity concerts played in honour of Nelson Mandela by South African musicians in the 2000s Treatment Action Campaign is a South African AIDS activist organization which was founded by the HIV-positive activist Zackie Achmat in 1998 Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Included among the group are TAC activist members own vocal group known as "The Generics", whose CD of music inspired Lennox to make "Sing". Lennox has established a Sing website to promote her activities in support of AIDS awareness issues. "[6]

Retailer Barnes & Noble has an exclusive version of the album which contains two bonus tracks: an acoustic version of "Dark Road" and a new song, "Don't Take Me Down. Barnes & Noble Inc is the largest book retailer in the United States, operating mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of Bookstores " Barnes & Noble's version also contains a second disc with the music video of "Dark Road" and audio commentary by Lennox about each song on the album.

Tour

To promote Songs of Mass Destruction, Lennox embarked on a primarily North American tour called "Annie Lennox Sings", which she announced on 13 September 2007. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Lasting throughout October and November, 2007, the tour included 18 stops: San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boulder, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Atlanta, Miami, New York City (two dates), Philadelphia, and Boston. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The City of New York Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The venues generally were at medium-size theatres, except in New York, where one of the dates was a United Nations fundraiser at midtown restaurant Cipriani. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security This was only the third solo tour of Lennox's career.

Artist Carina Round accompanied Lennox on the tour as an opener, promoting her third album, Slow Motion Addict. Carina Round is a British Singer/songwriter who hails from Wolverhampton. Slow Motion Addict is the third album by Carina Round. It was pushed back from August 22, 2006 to June 5, 2007.

While performing in Boulder in October 2007, Lennox fled the stage when a man wearing a gas mask, cape, and combat boots appeared in the crowd towards the end of her set at Macky Auditorium at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A gas mask is a Mask worn over the face to protect the wearer from inhaling airborne Pollutants and Toxic materials A cape is a type of Clothing, and can be used to describe any sleeveless outer garment such as a Poncho, but usually it is a long garment that covers only the back Combat boots are Military Boots designed to be worn by Soldiers during actual Combat or combat training as opposed to during Parades The University of Colorado at Boulder ( CU-Boulder, UCB officially Colorado and CU colloquially is the Flagship University Lennox spotted the man approaching the stage, tossed her microphone to the ground, and ducked backstage without saying a word to the audience, quickly retiring to her tour bus. Lennox later described the incident as "really freakish and disturbing. " Police declined to release the name of the masked man, as he had broken no laws.

Future

Commenting on her "former" record label, (Mass Destruction being her last release on her BMG contract), Lennox stated that while on a trip to South Africa, the label failed to return phone calls, and e-mails she made, for three weeks. "It was completely bizarre. "

"I'm now out of contract with Sony BMG. For the first time in over 30 years I'm not obliged to do anything for anyone. . . I'm going to take my time over the coming months to figure out [. . . ][what] to do with this freedom [. . . ]. Probably a good thing I'm no longer with them (mild understatement). . . unless it's THEM trying to tell ME something. . hello! [. . . ]". [7]

Music videos

Both during her work with Eurythmics and in her solo career, Lennox has released an unusually large number of music videos. Diva was accompanied by videos for every song except one, which differed from the usual practice of only producing a video for the single releases. Actors Hugh Laurie and John Malkovich appeared in the music video for "Walking on Broken Glass", while the video for "Little Bird" paid homage to characters who had appeared in some of Lennox's previous videos. James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born June 11, 1959) is an English Actor, Comedian, Writer and Musician John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an Emmy Award -winning two-time Academy Award -nominated American Actor " Little Bird " is a track from Annie Lennox's first solo album Diva (1992 and was released as the fifth single from the album as a double A-side with " Played by women (and some men in drag), the clip includes her characters from "Why", "Walking on Broken Glass", "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", "Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)", "I Need a Man", "Thorn in My Side", "There Must Be an Angel", and even the Freddie Mercury tribute. Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991 was a Zanzibar -born British Musician, best known as the lead Following on from "There Must Be an Angel", many of her solo videos have a very classically theatrical feel with dramatic and comedic flourishes, sometimes in period settings.

Personal life

Both Lennox's parents have died of cancer. [1] Her first marriage from 1984 to 1985 was to Radha Raman. From 1988 to 2000, she was married to Israeli film and record producer Uri Fruchtmann, with whom she had two daughters, Lola and Tali. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Fruchtmann was also the father to Lennox's first child, Daniel, who was stillborn in December 1988. A stillbirth occurs when a Fetus which has died in the Uterus or during labor or delivery exits a Woman 's body She is a vegetarian. Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes Meat (including game and slaughter by-products Fish (including Shellfish and other sea [8]

Discography

Eurythmics

Before Lennox emerged as a solo artist, she already had released many albums and singles as part of the duo Eurythmics, with one further Eurythmics album, Peace, during her solo phase. The following is the discography of British Musical duo Eurythmics, albums and singles since 1981. Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave Peace is the ninth Album by Eurythmics, released in 1999. Following their first performance together in eight years at a record company party

Solo albums

Year Album UK US AUS UK Sales
 U.S. Sales
1992 Diva 1 23 7 4x Platinum (1. The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. Diva is the first solo Album by Annie Lennox, released in 1992 2 million) 2x Platinum (2 million)
1995 Medusa 1 11 5 2x Platinum (600,000) 2x Platinum (2 million)
2003 Bare 3 4 10 Gold (100,000) Gold (500,000)
2007 Songs of Mass Destruction 7 9 41 232,000

Singles

Year Song U.K. IRL U.S. U.S. Dance CAN AUS ITA SWI SWE Album
1988 "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (with Al Green) 28 30 9 29 5 6 — 11 — Scrooged soundtrack
1992 "Why" 5 5 34 — 7 17 1 6 10 Diva
"Precious" 23 — — — — 83 14 37 28
"Walking on Broken Glass" 8 8 14 — 1 58 — — 31
"Cold" 26 — — — — 80 — — —
1993 "Little Bird" / "Love Song for a Vampire" 3 3 49 1 7 38 7 34 — Diva
Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack
1995 "No More I Love You's" 2 2 23 1 1 16 1 14 15 Medusa
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" 16 25 101 — 37 58 — 26 —
"Waiting in Vain" 31 — — — — — — — —
"Something So Right" (with Paul Simon) 44 — — — — — — — —
2003 "Pavement Cracks" — — — 1 — — — — — Bare
"A Thousand Beautiful Things" — — — 1 — — — — —
"Wonderful" — — — 1 — — — — —
2007 "Dark Road" 58 — — — 39 — 10 45 — Songs of Mass Destruction
"Sing" (with Various Artists) 161 — — 18 — — — — —
2008 "Many Rivers to Cross" — — 80 — 47 — — — — download only

Awards

Lennox has received a variety of major awards during her career:

Academy Awards

Grammy Awards

BRIT Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Other Awards

Other work

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Desert Island Discs with Annie Lennox". Desert Island Discs. Desert Island Discs is a long-running BBC Radio 4 programme It was first broadcast on 29 January 1942 and is said by the Guinness BBC. Radio 4. 2008-05-11. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople
  2. ^ "Annie Lennox donation", The Scotsman, 2006-06-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Retrieved on 2006-08-07. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great.  
  3. ^ Royal Academy of Music Bulletin, August 2006, p. 7
  4. ^ Newman, Melinda. "Annie Lennox Gets Busy On New Album", Billboard. com, 2006-06-23. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Retrieved on 2006-06-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.  
  5. ^ a b The Telegraph. "Annie Lennox: Diva singing through the darkness." 20 September 2007. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  6. ^ "SING website".  
  7. ^ Ethrill. net "Annie's break from work and & BMG". December 17, 2007. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  8. ^ Annie Lennox - Biography Internet Movie Database
  9. ^ "Peace core", The Herald (Glasgow), 1999-11-25, p. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the  16.  
  10. ^ Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2007. nobelpeaceprize. org. Retrieved on 2007-12-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office

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