The Tourists: Overcoming A Bad Press
Cynthia Rose, A.M., 1980
THE TOURISTS ARE A BAND WHO feel theyve proved that pressures to conform and problems of access neednt be insuperable barriers. They were founded two years ago, by singer Annie Lennox, who left her native Aberdeen to study at The Royal College of Music in London, and two musician friends, Peet Coombes and Dave Stewart.
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