Another Victim

Annie Lennox has been dropped by her record label.

"They totally ignored me," says a jilted Lennox. "It was bizarre. It was a kick in the teeth. They didn't return my phone calls or emails for three weeks. I'm trying to find out what's behind it. Probably a good thing I'm no longer with them - mild understatement."

Bummer.

Posted: Jan 15, 2008 at 7:19 pm / Email this »

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Masquerade says – reply to this

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Sweet dreams are made of these, who am I to disagree, I travel the world and the seven seas, everybody is lookin for somethin….

Awesome woman, awesome music.
gay-bitch-michigan says – reply to this

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How Bizarre? She is one of the most talented out there-an amazing voice. I love you Annie-Better is to come!!!
sarah says – reply to this

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thats soooo horible! shes a DIVA man!
MamaSays says – reply to this

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Well, that really blows - Annie has one of the world's most beautiful voices. I'm sure some record label will be smart enough to snap her up.
blackwidow says – reply to this

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According to her website, she wasn't dropped from her label. In fact, the label wants her to resign with them again.

Annie Lennox is an incredible performer and I have been a fan since the '80s. She hasn't lost her voice and she did not "phone" her vocal parts in on her new album. Whoever said that is full of shit.
BobbyJulio says – reply to this

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The story is completely untrue. see her website today. Her contract expired. Sony says they want her if she wants to stay. The British press has got this all wrong, as do you Perez. And, BTW, she is one of the finest singers and performers there is.
costamesaboy says – reply to this

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Re: A MUSLIM FOR PRESIDENT DURING WAR?! NO OBAMA! – whoa,,,,, i was just kidding around, are you serious!!
Mig Tig says – reply to this

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More evidence that the more political a star/musician/celebrity gets, the less economic viable the star gets. Leftist politics = box office poison.

Seriously, she is shocked that she was dropped by Sony? Have you seen her latest album sales? Sony most likely lost money on the promotion and the advances for production.
TheBeatniksCelebrityGossip.com says – reply to this

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I am SO glad this turned out to be fake! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Annie Lennox!
Pink says – reply to this

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She is an amazing talent. SHe will have no problem signing with a newer more enlightened label.
Madonna or Timberlake would be wise to sign her. Even Timbaland!
suburbanmom says – reply to this

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Aaauugh! How could they do that? She's a goddess!
Mikhail says – reply to this

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Unbelievable that a True Artist is tossed, so that radio-friendly hip/hop two-hit wonders are signed. It's not all about age! It's about respecting a true artist who has a giant fan base. Damn - I should be a top A&R guy! This wouldn't be happening.
Steph22 says – reply to this

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Her recent album was amazing!! They are fools to let her go. She and O. should totally get together.
jenbeeps says – reply to this

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I adore Annie Lennox. Her Medusa & Diva albums are classics. She is beyond brilliant! This is ridiculous. Eurythimics is one of my fav bands ever. Her voice always gives me the chills live or on record- which is a rarity these days. I remember seeing her perform w/ the Eurythmics reunion on
the American Music Awards years ago(can't find it on Youtube)- her vocal phrasing & improvisation were genius & brought tears to my eyes. You can't keep great talent down! She is a phoenix , she will rise again!
please says – reply to this

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Give me a break. what idiots. another label would be stupid not to pick her up immediatly!
MotherFirefly says – reply to this

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She looks like Hugh Jackman's leather purse…err I mean wife…
:D
drproctor says – reply to this

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So an incredibly talented singer is dropped by her record label and Perez will be posting another 50 or million clips of the wonderfully talented Jonas Brothers. Today's music is shit!
Kelly Moran says – reply to this

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You people are complete morons. Annie is a goddess! She has a spectacular voice. I saw her in concert with Sting a couple of year ago and she still has it. I can't believe you don't know who Eurythmics are!
Sus says – reply to this

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So sad. She's so awesome. Watch her next cd kick ass and that will be her revenge!
Isabella says – reply to this

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Does she really need them??? This lady can SING unlike those awful, bubbly plastic singers that are so attractive to most of you here.
Brad says – reply to this

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I thought the last album was very eloquent and inventive. Sure, her voice has aged, but it still surpasses most current pop singers.
tickles says – reply to this

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My God! What is the recording industry coming too? Britney Spears has a record deal..Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton can all get signed…but Annie Lennox gets dropped?
Annie Lennox has a fantastic voice. She is incredibly talented. For everyone who doesn't know her…Listen to the soundtrack from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Annie wrote and sang the theme..in Elvish no less!
HEYYALL says – reply to this

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ANNIE IS A GODDESS
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killroy says – reply to this

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Re: A MUSLIM FOR PRESIDENT DURING WAR?! NO OBAMA! – you dumbass obama was born in the states. his grandmother and uncle live in kenya
Amy says – reply to this

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Seriously, people. She is one of the best live performances I've seen. She didn't lose her voice, either - I just saw her in concert in 2006 with Sting. She has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. It sounds much better than the radio.
jasminek says – reply to this

126

awww…i love annie lennox.
trilly says – reply to this

127

This is just not right is a legead!
unknown says – reply to this

128

wrinkles wrinkles wrinkles…wat can we do bout those
Hyde says – reply to this

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Don't worry, Annie. You'll have the smart companies fighting over you! LUVS YOU!
Lauren says – reply to this

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WTH…she just won an Oscar in 2004 for her best song "Into the West" in LOTR. An OSCAR. It's like dropping Sting, or The Boss, or Stevie Wonder from the label - it just doesn't happen.
Justin says – reply to this

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WHAT?!
Annie Lennox is a living legend!!
How could her label drop her and treat her like that??!!
That's seriously fucked up.
I'm not even a big fan of hers (I like a few of her songs), but I greatly appreciate her obvious talent.
I hope she moves on and continues to make great music for years to come.
jay says – reply to this

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She was is and will always be an awesome talent!!! How can the recording industry survive when they cut TRUE talent
) : -) says – reply to this

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ewww, look at all those wrinkles. no wonder why they dumped her. they did leave her a voice message it was; "get a facelift bitch"
Smoke says – reply to this

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To those of you who say she has lost her voice, and that her last album was crap….you obviously wouldn't know talent if it kicked you in the groin. Her current album is teriffic. I saw her in Chicago a couple of months ago, and the show was OUTSTANDING! Her voice is a gift. This is another example of why the record industry is in the shape it's in. They would rather promote slickly packaged no-talents….what a shame.
muhbaybay says – reply to this

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We LOVE YOU ANNIE!

and Perez!
kae says – reply to this

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It's sad that record labels ignore and drop true talent. Let's get Britney to record another flop! At least Annie went and promoted her album….
RichiePooDeLauderVegas says – reply to this

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FUK that record label!! Annie Lennox is a god.
moon says – reply to this

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Annie Lennox is amazing! She doesn't need sony bmg or whatever. She's still totally relevant, totally fantastic, she'll do a radiohead and screw the music industry. You;ll see.
Happy Clown says – reply to this

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Re: here comes the rain again – Lol. Surprised Ducks….
Vote for Rudy Giuliani!!! says – reply to this

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Vote for Rudy!!!!!!! He is the best candidate ever and will make the best President ever! He will bring peace and prosperity back to the USA!!! Register now, and vote!
me says – reply to this

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That's what happens when you give a ten million dollar contract to Leona Lewis of the UK-look for more to be cut-they've probably bankrupted themselves!
AMN says – reply to this

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OKAY….seriously….what the eff is up with record labels??? dropping Annie Lennox? Thats just asking for your label to go bankrupt
Haywood Jablome says – reply to this

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She doesn't need a label to get her music to those who love her. Take a page out of the Radiohead book; I'll pay top dollar to hear you sing anytime, sister.
bjean says – reply to this

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she is a musical legend- Sony BMG are sleazebuckets. She deserved to be dealt with truthfully, not treated with so little professionalism and disrespect.
Harumph says – reply to this

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One of the great voices of a generation but she needs better songs than she's been getting. Maybe the change will be for the good.
Mich says – reply to this

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That sucks! I love her music!
piazzasbuttplug says – reply to this

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The record industry always had a lot of cunts involved. She'll do fine DIY.
Deeply Depressed says – reply to this

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Annie Lennox has more talent in her left earlobe than Britney Spears, Alli Sims, Lindsay Lohan, Adnan Ghalib, Gay-Fed and the whole rest of that passel of ass-clowns combined. And right now, as we speak, 250 pappa-ratsy are running willy-nilly all over Los Angeles trying to be there when Zitney goes into a changeroom or gas station washroom to have hot greasy farting monkey sex (ain't love grand?) with some dude with a shaved-pussy beard that she's known for exactly 3 minutes, hoping they'll get that photo of her bug-infested clam when she staggers out butt-nekkid in yet another pathetically contrived installment.
But talent can't get a record deal.
Geoff says – reply to this

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Who is she? She's one of those rare people in the music industry who actually has talent. And her voice is as rich and vibrant as ever, as evidenced here first-hand at her recent New York concert, which was beyond thrilling to see… and thrilling to see someone who actually still knows how to write a song! I'm surprised SHE hadn't dropped her label, what with their consistently-lousy press campaigns! Her latest CD is quite remarkable in scope, musicality and melody and to not get a proper press push- well, I think she should consider herself lucky to be "dropped"!
DaniBoi13 says – reply to this

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It bears pointing out that most of the people paying attention to what PerezHilton.com says are a bunch of pre-pubescent twats with cheese for brains. None of you dissing her are worthy of wiping the sweat off her brow. Get an f'n clue, would you please?? Otherwise, feel free to disclose your individual locations, and I will personally show up at your front door to kick your asses back to Hell where they belong. The story is not true–and Annie Lennox is certainly beyond reproach from the likes of you all!!! Wake up, you fucking losers, before it's too late
Maldoror says – reply to this

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She had her time in the sun. Still, it's all about SALES. She shouldn't worry, just sign up with Hear Records, like Paul McCartney & Joni Mitchell both did. She'll be fine, still it sux.
SB says – reply to this

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This couldn't possibly have been true. I mean, Annie Lennox's last album was released around Thanksgiving and debuted in the Top 10. In fact, there's a single on the album that's charting as we speak! "Sing" is charting on both the adult contemporary chart and the dance chart. I highly doubt the label would drop someone whose album they're still promoting.
Chris says – reply to this

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Wow, what a mistake that was of them. Her last album was amazing. Will always be a huge fan!!
So Sad says – reply to this

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Here you have Annie - a true talent and then you have the talentless Mandonna - a career fake. So unfair.
Johnny says – reply to this

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Annie is so great! I cannot beleive you guys don't know who she is! Hello?! "Sweet Dreams are Made of These" That is her when she was the frontwoman of the Eurythmics. Her last album, Bare, was AWESOME!!

Check out the previews on itunes!
joejoe says – reply to this

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Re: ) : -) – you are a jackass
RDM says – reply to this

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No doubt Annie has the chops, but it's "Show BUSINESS"….You get to keep your record contract if you make a profit for the large corporations running things….it's always been that way….but there's much less patience between albums to perform than ever.
Karen says – reply to this

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I saw her live few months ago and she was BRILLIANT!! The good singers/songwriters are not getting the recognition they deserve. Britney and Jessica are getting more attention than the talented singers. It is a sad thing to see that being talented doesn't really take you far. Cyndi Lauper is another extremely talented singer that never got the recognition she really deserves! SAD SAD SAD
Hottttt says – reply to this

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Wow, for a 53 year old she's looking fiiiine. I'm practically gay, but I'd lick her sweaty menstrual juice after a long concert and love it. You straight people wish your husband/wife will look this good by then. Look at that tight bod, and of course that's an unflattering picture. Plus I bet she does kegels. God damn.
(:- ) says – reply to this

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Re: joejoe – Oh, I just wrote that to get a reaction, and I got one, thanks. Just a little thing I like to do. I think I'm going to have a nice big bowl of strawberry ice-cream now.
tula says – reply to this

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fuzzynormal says – reply to this

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As she said, it's probably for the best. She can make records on her our dime and pocket all the income from sales herself. No need to help support the drug habits of dozens of mid-level executives at her old label.

She has the notoriety to continue making a good living doing her own thing and being her own boss.
QuestionMan says – reply to this

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"Anglophilia"? She's Scottish, isn't she?
kitkat says – reply to this

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what do you expect? the big labels are going down because of the death of cds
Let's stop freedownloading people
learntoread says – reply to this

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Re: killroy – hey dumbass…..he/she didnt say Obama was born in Kenya….said his FATHER was kenyan. Not that I agree with anything said…but learn how to read dumbass.
Barbara says – reply to this

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What a huge mistake they made….
Annie is a humanitarian,artist and musician of the highest degree…..She's an amazing human being……..The record label has totally messed up..
"This too will pass" Annie!
Mary says – reply to this

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AS USUAL, PEREZ IS WRONG. ANNIE WAS NOT DUMPED BY ANYONE. SHE EVEN ALLUDED TO LEAVING BMG IN HER BLOGS MONTHS AGO AND THAT REPORT WAS TWISTED IN THE PRESS ABOUT HER NOT GETTING SUPPORTED BY A SMALL CHAPTER OF THE LABEL— BMG SOUTH AFRICA — FOR A POLITICAL CHARITY EVENT NOT AN ALBUM.
Andrea says – reply to this

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Re: here comes the rain again –
Amen! Annie hasn't touched her face. SO WHAT? Like being pulled crazy tight looks good or natural?!?!?

Annie is a great talent and willl always be my favorite. There are other artists that need to be dropped before her talent. She's been around for 30 yrs.
SP says – reply to this

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Re: Anna – Anna, what fucking age are you? Did you get your parents permission to use the internet? You should be in school … who is Annie Lennox … PLEASE!!!
Sean says – reply to this

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SHE IS A LEGEND! IT just goes to show there is no accounting for taste anymore. With all these plastic whores getting record deals, this women who ages naturally and gracefully gets treated like this. This planet is going to hell in a hand basket. It's sad you are no longer viable as a women when you get older. We are all going to age. Remember that!
misterreallyknowitallyall!!! says – reply to this

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READ HER OFFICIAL WEBSITE PEREZ!!!Aint true all that crap, she only was ignored by the southafrican branch of sony music, lazy blaks on the phone??,rectification today in your source media and others tomorrow,so frst check ur shizz out,its easay!!u still rock though, hey yer human right??!
Bring Sheena Easton back! says – reply to this

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She looks like a Sleestack from "The Land of the Lost"!
BarbaraA says – reply to this

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I saw her in concert with Sting last year and she was fabulous! Sting was obviously going through the motions and he was a disappointment, but when she was on she was fantastic. The crowd really came alive when she was on. She is fabulous. She suffers from agoraphobia (extreme fear/panic of leaving your home) and that has somewhat affected her career. She isn't that old, early 50's and looks great. She has a gorgeous voice, she will do just fine, she has plenty of money and I am sure she will quickly find another label to record with.
heidi hobbz of ozhobbs@bigpond.com.au says – reply to this

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annie fannie got dropped by the studio as she dropped her fan base years ago not even a christmas compilation wait until the bucks dry up the the lazy bitch may grace her public with a video
Drew says – reply to this

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Annie f-in rocks! She is one the iconic voices of our time. Had the honor of seeing her live on this last tour for SOMD and she got 10 standing ovations!
Record companies are more interested in scandal than talent.
If the public had gone out and supported Annie, then this would not have happened. She needs to release all of her own stuff.
Domenic says – reply to this

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Someone on this website needs to post a retraction - ANNIE LENNOX WAS NOT DROPPED FROM HER LABEL. END OF CONVERSATION. Get it right, guys.
RudeDude says – reply to this

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LOL….It's funny how today's youth is always talking shit our legends(from the 80's). I guess it's because the people you guys have to look up to now are unoriginal and sound like shit(Britney, Justin, Beyonce):::barfing:::
Donatella says – reply to this

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Annie don't need Sony, she's a bleedin' legend. She should go with Artists United like Amiee Mann and many others who will not compromise artistry for record company tyranny.
Music Man says – reply to this

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Your old and you suck, can't you figure that out
Georgee says – reply to this

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What do these people think ( Ms. Lennox that is) life moves on folks! Besides post menopausal women don't exactly make it in the 'hotness' dep't. Why doesn't she get herself done up for M. Tussauds!
Join Mick Jagger, the only male annoerectic I've seen.
UpYours says – reply to this

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Re: Georgee – The reason we have the fucking worst music now is because it is this generation's belief that you have to be "hot" in addition to being musically talented to have value. FYI, Geogee you fucking nitwit, we listen to music with our ears not our eyes. You want "hot", go to a fucking titty bar asshole.
christopholous says – reply to this

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Yeah she shouldn't be in Anglophilia, she's not English, she's Scottish!
omegadawg says – reply to this

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Such a shame - Annie rocks!
Pissed Off Mary says – reply to this

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Perez once again you got your facts wrong!!! Her contract is up at Sony/BMG they did not drop her. Her own managment tem said that her comments were taken out of context. It took me two seconds to find that out on Billboard.com. You are the laziest pink-haired piece of shit I have ever encountered. Stop spending so much time on you self promotion and do a little research and present the facts.
bored says – reply to this

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I find it hard to believe, but with the manufactured crap they put out now days, who knows? If there was decent arts education in our schools, people would have a clue and people like Britney or Paula Abdul or Bon Jovi or Jessica Simpson or those stupid boy bands would be laughed out of the business like they should be and people who can actually sing, play instruments or actually write their own music would be appreciated like they should be.
It's disgusting and I'm not sure what's worse, the stupid people that call someone who lip sinc's to a electronically altered voice while doing a cheerleading routine an "artist?!" Or the shameless uneducated parents that let their kids hear that shit? It's pathetic.
Me says – reply to this

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Annie Lennox is Scottish. Anglophilia my arse.
stephen says – reply to this

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She has not been "dumped".
Who is she?
You gotta be kidding!
jb says – reply to this

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Love, love, love Annie Lennox. Their loss!!!!
Jake says – reply to this

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actually dude, that was her last record for EMI - by contract. she was not dropped. dude you should call the record label before you post.
slammer says – reply to this

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This is another example of how fickle the entertainment industry is.
The field is ripe with untalented piles of trash singing to latest synthesized
crap. When one executive notices a diamond that's not shiny enough anymore
it gets tossed out.
patricio "el Diablo" Magnifico says – reply to this

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Figures. Perhaps it's just a way to make room for more compelling "artists" like ashley simpson! The labels are dying a slow suicidal death. Long live The Devil, Inc.

The Devil, Inc.
Ball And Chain Label says – reply to this

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I saw her open for Sting at the Saddledome in Calgary a year or two ago, and she absolutely mopped the floor with him; and Sting was GOOD. She ought to start her own label, because she's forgotten more than her current (ex) label knows. Pffft. If not, then old band mate Dave Stewart will help set her up with something even better.
poorannie says – reply to this

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I bought her latest CD and though it was excellent. I am sorry to read this.
Lennox says – reply to this

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It's not "Anglophilia" you spab!
kate says – reply to this

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Their loss, what a fantastic talent to let go.
Damon Devine says – reply to this

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Annie Lennox was talking about the SOUTH AFRICAN branch of the record company, when she was in South Africa. She was doing grat things for them and it hurt her feelings (and her project). Her record company'label adores her and even though her contract is over, they have asked her back excitedly. She is thinking about what to do at this time, she is not entirely sure she wants to be bound to any particular recod label at this time.

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