A Christmas Cornucopia

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Dido’s Lament” – written by Henry Purcell in the 17th century and arranged by Annie Lennox and Mike Stevens – references the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas as documented in Virgil’s legendary epic poem, The Aeneid, from the 1st century BC. Lennox and Stewart reunited in 1999 for the Eurthymics album Peace, which gave the group two more UK top 40s that also found additional scattered chart success overseas. In 2002, Lennox won Billboard Magazine’s Century Award and was praised as one of “the most original and unforgettably affecting artists in the modern annals of popular music”. Annie Lennox behind the Spice Girls' success, says Simon Fuller". The Guardian. 14 January 2014 . Retrieved 8 October 2019. Lennox and Dave Stewart – who together made up hugely successful 80s pop duo Eurythmics – have staged a handful of one-off reunions for charitable causes, including last year at Sting’s Rainforest Foundation Fund benefit concert. But a full-blown reunion is off the cards, she explains.

Over the decade, the duo moved away from their dark new wave sound and S&M imagery, evolving into a more mainstream synthpop band. In that time, they scored twenty-one UK top 40’s (ten of which were also US top 40 hits). In 1988, Lennox had an international smash hit outside of Eurythmics with Al Green titled “Put A Little Love In Your Heart”. In 1990, Eurythmics quietly disbanded and Lennox took a break from music to have her first child. She was not suited to touring, essentially, she thinks, because in spite of the men's suits she was not a man.a b "Dutch Album Charts > Annie Lennox" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien . Retrieved 24 May 2010. Sullivan, Caroline (18 November 2010). "Annie Lennox: A Christmas Cornucopia – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 March 2016. Ann Lennox OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. Appearing in the 1983 music video for " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" with orange cropped hair and wearing a man's business suit, the BBC states, "all eyes were on Annie Lennox, the singer whose powerful androgynous look defied the male gaze". [1] Subsequent hits with Eurythmics include " There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)", " Love Is a Stranger" and " Here Comes the Rain Again".

Norwegiancharts.com – Annie Lennox – A Christmas Cornucopia". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2021.a b Whitburn, Joel (2009). Top Pop Singles & Albums (12thed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-180-2. On 11 December 2007, she performed in the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway together with a variety of artists, which was broadcast to over 100 countries. [85] Lennox appeared at the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute in June 2008 [86] and then led a rally against the Gaza War in London on 3 January 2009. [87]