Songs of Mass Destruction
Songs of Mass Destruction is the fourth solo studio album by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released on 1 October 2007 by RCA Records and 19 Recordings. It was her first album of new material since 2003's Bare and to date her most recent of original material.
Songs of Mass Destruction
1 October 2007
September 2006 – February 2007
- The High Window (Hollywood)
- Westlake (West Hollywood)
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Tour[edit]
On 13 September 2007, Lennox announced a primarily North American tour for Songs of Mass Destruction called Annie Lennox Sings, which is the third solo tour of her career. Lasting throughout October and November 2007, the tour included 18 stops: London, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boulder, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Atlanta, Miami, New York City (two dates), Philadelphia, and Boston. The venues generally were at medium-size theatres, except in New York City, where one of the dates was a United Nations fundraiser at Wall Street restaurant Cipriani.
Commercial performance[edit]
Songs of Mass Destruction debuted at number seven on the UK Albums Chart with 25,000 copies sold in its first week,[15] and has since been certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It peaked at number nine on the US Billboard 200, selling 78,000 copies its first week.[16] As of October 2010, the album had sold 275,000 copies in the United States and 71,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[17]