A dream come true for pop fans! At last, Dave Stewart plays Eurythmics again: live, and backed by an incredible all-female band. The Baloise Session kicks off his Eurythmics Songbook: Sweet Dreams 40th Anniversary Tour. Dave's Eurythmics Songbook concert in London in 2019 was a resounding success and now he’s taking it on tour with Annie Lennox’s blessing, as she is no longer touring. And Stewart’s backing band consists of virtuoso musicians and singers Vanessa Amorosi, Kaya Stewart and Rahh.

British soul singer Joss Stone opens the evening and brings us pure emotion. The UK queen of soul, who is a close friend of Dave Stewart, adds further highlights to the evening with her powerful songs and fantastic voice. 

Christian Platz

Hardly a day passes without some new singing hopeful being catapulted into pop-stardom by a casting show. These young stars tend to fade from the scene just as quickly as they came. Not Joss Stone. At the tender age of 14, she won the BBC contest “Star for a Night”. The contest was followed by performances at charity events where she was discovered by producer Steve Greenberg, who got her even more excited about singing soul classics. When Greenberg heard her singing them, he was completely amazed: “Joss had not only a great voice but also the ability to put her own original stamp on classic material… with passion and feeling.“ One could not find a better description of how the lady with the golden mane sings her own hits, which have themselves already become classics.

The opening act was Something Sally from Oslo in Norway.

Zeno van Essel