Lennox and Stewart met in 1975 in a restaurant in London, where Lennox worked at that time. They first played together in 1976 in the punk rock band The Catch. After releasing one single as The Catch in 1977, the band evolved into The Tourists. Stewart and Lennox were also romantically involved.

How were the Eurythmics formed?

The Eurythmics was formed in 1980 with the split up of the late 1970s post-punk band called The Tourists. That same year, Annie Lennox (1954) and Dave Stewart (1950), both members of The Tourists, split up as a romantic couple.

Who started Eurythmics?

Yet, that's what happened when Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart made their escape from The Tourists and created the Eurythmics 40 years ago, as the prelude to producing some of the biggest hits of the 1980s.