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Dave Stewart brought Nadirah X, Ann Marie Calhoun and Judith Hill with him to the Back2Black Festival 2010 in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil. Yesterday evening they discussed and performed at a public press panel (read a Portuguese blog entry here) and last night they rocked the stage of the festival. Click here to see a number of photos of their appearances yesterday. Here are two videos from their rehearsals for the festival in Rio including a great new version of … more

The line of stars for the Stand Up to Cancer concert on September 10 (reported about yesterday) is already getting longer: The musical lineup includes besides Dave Stewart and Stevie Wonder also Natasha Bedingfield (WITH Stevie Wonder!), Queen Latifah, Aaron Neville and Martina McBride now. Among the other participating celebrities are: Ray Liotta, Seth Rogen, Mandy Moore, Sharon Osbourne, The Edge (U2), The Simpsons (!), Reese Witherspoon, Christina … more

Dave Stewart and his WME acts Ann Marie Calhoun, Judith Hill and Nadirah X are going to perform live this year at the Back2Black Festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The festival which includes debates, installations and concerts, is running from August 27 - 29, 2010. First Dave Stewart is taking part in a panel on August from 19:00 - 20:30 which intends to discuss the role of creativity in the cultural development and in the vitality of … more

When Annie Lennox was still Ann Lennox ... as member of The Tourists, she and Dave Stewart played in 1980 at the Paris Theatre in London which was one of the first concerts recorded by the BBC In Concert series as well. A rare subscription record (see pic below) contained 8 songs of it, 4 of them have been aired again last Monday and can be listened to now again here on BBC 6 Music (from 1:22:06 - 1:34:45; available until … more

In November 1984 Eurythmics released the soundtrack album "1984 (For The Love Of Big Brother)" (which in the end wasn't used for the movie) including the singles "Sexcrime" and "Julia". While "Sexcrime" became a huge hit and a standard on the upcoming tours, no other song from the album has been reported to been played live by them - no other but one, and that only once (as far as known)! At the "Forest Hills" in New York, three months before … more

Dave Stewart's "Factorygirl" Mia Dyson, artist on his label Weapons Of Mass Entertainment, is opening for Stevie Nicks not only on August 4, 2010, in Santa Barbara, but also on a second date, now: In Lake Tahoa on August 6. For all dates of Stevie Nicks's short summer tour dates and tickets click here. Read an introduction with songs by Mia here. … more

After recent first small bits about the Peace One Day 2010 concert in Paris dropped by Peace One Day founder Jeremy Gilley (see news post here), today finally the top artists who are going to perform this year have been officially announced on PeaceOneDay.org - unfortunately neither including Annie Lennox nor Dave Stewart: Charlie Winston, Patti Smith, M, Youssou NDour, Yodelice and special guest Jude Law and Sharon Stone are going to celebrate Peace … more

A recent dicovery for me was the cover version of Annie Lennox's song "A Thousand Beautiful Things" by the Austin-based, Grammy nominated choir "Conspirare" - a highly professional performance full of beauty and dignity. Artistic director Craig Hella Johnson brought the exquisite sound of the choir to national television in A COMPANY OF VOICES: CONSPIRARE IN CONCERT, a one-hour choral concert produced for PBS - available on CD and DVD! … more

Annie Lennox donated numerous clothes to the Oxfam Curiosity Shop, many are for sale from tomorrow on at Selfridges in London but some are also going up in auction like this dress. It's a stunning monochrome peasant-style dress by Nicole Fahri. Annie Lennox has signed the pictured tag to prove authenticity. This stylish item was worn by Annie Lennox (ex-Eurythmics) to Perform with Alicia Keys at The Keep A Child Alive Ball in 2008. Annie bought … more

When Dave Stewart is leaving London again next Monday after a week of promoting his second book "The Business Playground" (see here and here), he is going to fly to Greece where he going to meet again with Greek super star Anna Vissi. Next Monday Dave Stewart is flying to Thessalonki to shoot the official promo video for Anna Vissi's new single "Leap Of Faith", a love duet of her with Dave, written with Glen Ballard … more