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Here is the Washington Post review.
Annie Lennox, Creating a National Sensation
Thursday, April 17, 2003; Page C07
The National Theatre isn't known as a concert hall. A list on its Web site of performers who have appeared there since its 1835 inception references but one concert, given by opera superstar Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale." That was 153 years ago.
The booking policy seems due for a loosening up after Annie Lennox's boffo Tuesday gig at the stately playhouse. In the early portions of her nearly two-hour set, the British chanteuse and former Eurythmics frontwoman, who is now on her first tour without ex-paramour and band mate Dave Stewart, appeared overwhelmed by the surroundings. After patrons began dancing in the aisles during her synth-heavy solo hit from 1992, "Walking on Broken Glass," Lennox tried to quell the enthusiasm, declaring in regal tones, "You may sit down!" Her subjects obeyed that command for a time, such as when she introduced material from "Bare," a CD that won't be released until June. But fans were soon back on their feet.
And Lennox, who for much of the night sang like Aretha but sometimes emoted a little too much like Celine, eventually submitted to the idolatry. She even attempted a microphone spin, à la Roger Daltrey, during the 1987 Eurythmics nugget "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" (Daltrey has nothing to worry about). Her cover of Neil Young's "Don't Let It Bring You Down" was heavy and heavenly. She pumped her fists along with the fans on a very rocky rendition of "Would I Lie to You?" The encore of "Sweet Dreams" and "I Need a Man" sent the crowd streaming onto Pennsylvania Avenue at least as happy as those who left the Jenny Lind show back in 1850.
-- Dave McKenna
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