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The Man Most Likely To: Dave Stewart

Adam Sweeting, Q, February 1987

THE MATCHING PAIR of black and white Mercedes limousines nose, cautiously down the narrow street, unearthly craft looking for a landing space in the Milan night. They purr to a Halt at the curb, gleaming expensively under a dim street light. Their occupants are invisible and enigmatic behind smoked glass. A giant minder piles out of I the leading vehicle and ducks into the restaurant, I conducts a fast exchange with the maitre d' influent cockney, and decides the coast is clear Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox, plus small retinue, are hustled swiftly into a narrow back room.

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