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As previously announced Annie Lennox joined like the Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown, Cherie Lunghi and other stars a gathering on the Millennium Bridge in London to mark International Women's Day. The event was part of a global campaign called 'Join me on the Bridge' organised by the "Women for Women" charity (website). Annie Lennox also commented the event in her blog on MySpace: It was great to be out there “on the bridge” … more

Annie Lennox joined International Development Minister, Gareth Thomas, and leaders representing the global HIV community at an emergency Westminster summit called by the UK's Department for International Development to get HIV back on the global health agenda. The summit took place at the House of Lords, London on 9 March 2010. All those in attendance were united by a determination to make real and lasting progress to achieve universal access to comprehensive HIV prevention … more

As reported on ethrill.net (original news post) Annie Lennox joined David Gray at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in a cold December night last year for a surprise performance of “Full Steam” and “Sea Of Love” during the encores of his concert. Fan photos and a video excerpt of the performance of "Full Steam" has been posted here soon after the concert already. Watch now the amazing performance of the second duet of … more

From Annie Lennox MySpace blog: To honor the resilience of millions of women survivors of war around the world, Women for Women International is hosting a global campaign called Join me on the Bridge on International Women's Day: March 8, 2010. Annie Lennox will join thousands of women (and men) at 10am on Monday, March 8 at Victoria Embankment Gardens, where they will walk to the Millennium Bridge. There will be a women’s … more

Annie Lennox and other celebrities like Sarah Brown, Beverly Knight, Naomi Campbell and the duchess of York Sarah Ferguson attended on Friday night a VIP dinner by The White Ribbon Alliance at the top restaurant "Agua", at the Sanderson Hotel, in Central London, to celebrate the 100th year of International Women’s Day. The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is an international coalition to promote increased public awareness of the need to make pregnancy and … more

Last Tuesday, February 23, 2010, Annie Lennox was invited to Buckingham Palace where she and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson (centre in the first photo) met with Queen Elizabeth II at a reception held in advance of next month's State Visit of the President of South Africa Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma in London. Annie Lennox also met with the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace at the same event. See photos of this special … more

The English fashion designer Alice Temperley (see website for more) created a seasonal installation which is reinterpreting some of the late Norman Parkinson's photographs with the help of photographer Adam Whitehead. It is featuring photos of "16 modern British icons who define British style and glamour" - including Annie Lennox, Liberty Ross, Rosamund Pike, Sophie Dahl, Yasmin Le Bon, Laura Bailey and Jacquetta Wheeler" printed life size on canvas and then hand-embroidered and … more

Dave Stewart flew over from Los Angeles to London this week with Ann Marie Calhoun to supervise the rehearsals for "Ghost - The Musical" (based on the blockbuster movie with Patrick Swayze of the same title; website) which is expected to start end of this year in London and to work on a UK premiere of his musical "Barbarella" (based on the erotic science fiction comic movie  with Jane Fona) which was a … more

Davina McCall, Mariella Frostrup, Annie Lennox, Richard Wilson and Meera Syal are among the big names launching a new poverty campaign today, the fifth anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Make Poverty History speech in Trafalgar Square. In a campaign video released today (click here to watch), the celebrities invite people to show their support for a new law that would commit the UK to spend 0.7% of national income on development assistance, by signing … more

From the House Of Me: Annie Lennox attended a HCA Gala event in London tonight where as an Ambassador for The British Red Cross (BRCS), she spoke about their work with HIV/AIDS and her personal commitment to the cause before presenting a short piece of film featuring Red Cross CEO Sir Nicholas Young giving an overview of  the BRCS's on going work with HIV/AIDS and highlighting some of the challenges the BRCS … more