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Sep. 20, 2003: According to HMV "Wonderful" will be released to the shops as a single on October 13 in the UK. In Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg "A Thousand Beautiful Things" will be released around the same time according to BMG Belgium. As for the rest of Europe I don't know. Sep. 19, 2003: Annie will appear to sing live on British TV tomorrow Saturday 20 on the Parkinson show (BBC1). Also there's talk about BBC doing a special documantary about her this autumn and possibly there'll be an appearance on the Jools Holland show (BBC2) some time in October or November. Sep. 8, 2003: Annie's mother Dorothy Lennox died at the age of 73 on Sep 3 after a period of illness. In her later years she lived a lot of the time with Annie Lennox and her family in London. Annie's father died in 1986 at the age of 61. Sep. 8, 2003: A contest to win tickets for a concert in New York in September was cancelled because of Annie's mother's illness. There were rumours about additional concerts in the USA, but these plans are probably put on hold for now. Sep. 8, 2003: So far no commercial singles have been released to the shops, however radio stations and DJs have received promo CDs and many different remixes of 'Pavement Cracks' and ' A Thousand Beautiful Things' on vinyl maxi singles. However the remixes of Pavement Cracks have been such a succes on the dance floor that J Records is sending a CD-single on the market in the US on September 9. You can buy it from Amazon.com July 23, 2003: More goodies for you: July 23, 2003: Annie reveals "I was asked if I would like to sing the title track for the next 'Lord of the Rings' film, which looks like that's going to happen. I was working in the studio with them a couple of days ago" (she said this on Australian TV - see link above) July 13, 2003: Although Annie is probably taking a summer break away from the spotlight, here are a few goodies for you. A full fifty minute audio recording of the interview Annie did on US TV on the Charlie Rose show, and a video clip of a ten minute interview from Dutch TV. Both clips requires the Realplayer software: July 13, 2003: Bare seems could become a major breakthrough for Annie in the USA. The album reached #4 on the official Billboard album chart in the first week of release and now after four weeks it's still hanging on at a respectable #14. To compare Medusa's peak position at #11 was the previous Billboard record by any Annie Lennox / Eurythmics album. In Europe Bare's success on the charts has been moderate - more info here: June 15, 2003: Annie went back to the US this week to promote 'Bare'. Amongst other things she played a short concert on a rainy morning in New York. Watch all three songs plus an introduction via the link below. June 15, 2003: Annie plays live at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London on 27th June. Radio 2 gives away 60 pairs of tickets and they'll broadcast the show on June 28 June 15, 2003: Bare has entered the UK album chart at #3 only beat by Radiohead and Stereophonics. It's currently the #2 most sold CD at Amazon USA (briefly it jumped to #1 but then went down again), #2 at Amazon UK and #1 at Apple's iTunes music service. Things are looking bright ... June 8, 2003: "I feel kind of funny... not funny ha ha, but funny sad. Because this is coming to an end. The last time I’m going to do all this!” Annie addressed her audience for the last time with a sense of satisfaction and sorrow at the Sadlers Wells Theatre on the closing night of her tour. At the close of the show a drinks trolley was pushed on stage with cups of champagne. Annie gulped a cup full and flicked some into the audience. June 8, 2003: A bunch of celebs spotted in the audience at the two London shows: Actor Alan Rickman (Die Hard, Robin Hood etc), Will Young (Pop idol winner), Andre Agassi! with wife Steffi Graff, and Gwen Stefani (No Doubt) with husband Gavin Rossdale (Bush) June 8, 2003: Listen to the whole Bare album now at Netscape.com, check out the new remixes at Jrecords or take a look at the french mini site at voila.fr: May 29, 2003: Annie dedicated 'Here Comes The Rain again' to Dave Stewart with love at the concert last Thursday in Vienna. Knowing he was present - with wife Anoushka - she told the audience how she felt a bit shy about playing this song as Dave knows and plays it so well himself. May 29, 2003: Billboard prints a glowing review of 'Pavement Cracks': "It opens sadly, almost bashfully, with the a cappella sound of that glorious voice through the first verse, then escalates to a light bounce before catapulting into full fervent throttle, rife with lyrical discontent and delusion" ... 'Pavement' is a rainbow of vocal hues, pure and seemingly effortless. Annie Lennox remains riveting and so very satisfying." May 29, 2003: Annie will be performing new songs on TOTP2 (BBC2, UK) on June 11. Meanwhile enjoy yourself with some online clips of old TOTP performances. Also check out the Events page for more TV appearances. May 29, 2003: Annie's drummer on this tour is called Steve Barney. Go to his web site and click on the News button to read about his impressions of the tour May 29, 2003: Tiscali made an Annie Lennox mini site - complete with photos and a live video recording of 'Wonderful' May 13, 2003: You can hear 'Twisted' on the BBC site. Click 'Listen Again to this Show'. It's the very first thing you hear when the sound starts. May 13, 2003: Annie's concert in Hamburg yesterday went down really well with the critics. See for yourself why: May 13, 2003: Devotion: In a recent ad the staff of BMG Belgium bare it all for Annie: May 8, 2003: Annie Lennox is back in London for a short break before the tour continues, and she's written a little on her web site about the tour so far and her impressions of it. May 3, 2003: The Annie Lennox tour of USA has drawn to a close. Now it's Europe's turn what the fuzz is all about. Apparantly, since her concerts have been so well received, there's talk in the Lennox quarters about coming back to the US for some more bigger venue concerts in the fall. This is by no means definite though - just talk. According to an Australian site Annie may be dropping by down under as well. May 3, 2003: Photographers are pressured as they are required to sign a restrictive contract before taking pictures at Annie Lennox concerts. May 3, 2003: Spotted in the audience at the recent Annie Lennox concert in Los Ageles were Clive Davis ("Bare' comes out on his J Records, and Annie dedicated a song to him) as well as rock 'n' roll legends Rod Stewart and Robbie Robertson. Apr 24, 2003: One of Annie's new songs - 'The Saddest Song' - will be featured in the USA on today's episode of TV soap 'ER' (on NBC) Apr
23, 2003: According to the HMV catalogue a limited edition
of 'Bare' will be released containing a bonus DVD. This has not
been confirmed elsewhere. Also it has been mentioned that DJs
can expect a 2003 remix of the old hit 'Little Bird'. Apr
16, 2003: Andrew Ritchie, a long time Annie Lennox fan
and friend of Eurythmistan didn't hesitate when he heard that
Annie would play in Toronto. He jumped on a bus and here's his
story: Apr
16, 2003: While Annie is keeping busy in the US, the
German record company presented 'Bare' to the press in Munich
some days ago. Eurythmic webmaster Ino Hillert reports - in the
background of some of the photos you'll see the alien-like cover
of 'Bare'. Apr 16, 2003: When Annie played at the Apollo Theatre in New York the other day music and showbiz celebs Bette Midler, Alicia Keys, Sheryl Crow, Jann Wenner and Rosie O'Donell were all in the audience. Reportedly O'Donnell could be heard bellowing out the words of every hit song ... Apr
15, 2003: If you head over to MSN you can buy "Pavement
Cracks" for download. And if you own a (UK) copy of the
Medusa CD MSN offers excerpts of some of the other songs. UK
residents
are doubleplus lucky - they can enter in a contest to win a trip
and concert tickets for Milan. Go to Apr
15, 2003: Finally the official Annie Lennox website
got launched today. Not much there yet but it looks promising.
Be sure to find a diary note from Annie in the news. Apr
13, 2003: Ged Doherty, President of BMG UK says: "Annie
Lennox always delivers something special with her albums - but this
time
she has surpassed our expectations. As a record company, we are anxious
to try to equal this album's magnificence with a marketing campaign
that will do it justice. " Apparantly BMG plans to make 'Bare'
their most talked about release this year. Apr 13, 2003: According to German fan site you'll get a chance to hear new song 'Pavement Cracks' on the radio very soon. A radio single of the song will be distributed starting from tomorrow. And Annie has been shooting a video for the song as well. Apr
6, 2003: "Whenever I feel the need to understand
a situation, or to try and articulate my feelings, my instinct
is to write.
Well, I've been doing a lot of writing over these past four years..." Apr 6, 2003: The concert in Toronto friday night was filmed for a DVD that will be released in a few months' time. Apr 2, 2003: Follow the link below for a review
of the concert in Atlanta and a poll where you can vote for your
favorite song by
Annie Lennox Mar 28, 2003: Mar 27, 2003: According to the German fan site there are no singles planned before the release
of Bare. A lot of artists don't release singles any more, instead
a sampler of a few tracks are sent to the radio stations. So far
I don't know when the radio will start playing any of the songs
but I am guessing it won't be long. Mar 9, 2003: In the last few days various online music sharing applications (Kazaa, WinMX etc.) have been flooded with fake Annie Lennox mp3s. The track titles promise material from the new album but the files contain nothing but a few seconds of another track or silence. This is the strategy of the record company in an attempt to make it impossible to share any of the real new Annie Lennox songs. The campaign may indicate that promotional copies of 'Bare' have now been distributed to a wider circle of people.
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