Annie Lennox

The British pop queen made a blazing return to the stage for this charity concert — and looked like she knew it was where she belonged

This women's charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall was the Eurythmics singer's first headline show in six years - but despite strong performances and starry guests, the tone felt all wrong

In recent times we have seen Annie Lennox mostly in that last role, and so think of her as a highly serious, passionate and intense person.

We are happy to report that that is not the case: she has never been dropped by Sony Music.

A towering monolith in a trouser suit polished professional and always note-perfect Lennox was the safest bet in pop.

Annie Lennox has always been visually striking, but the cover of her current album, Bare, offers her most startling image yet. Lennox, a 48-year-old mother of two, faces the camera, apparently devoid of makeup. It is an appropriate image: since her divorce from film-maker Uri Fruchtmann, honesty has become

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