MySpacers Having Trashed Her Mansion, Annie Lennox Left Walking On Broken Glass
The joys and perils of MySpace, affecting artists in its varied and wondered ways. We present this blurb from the UK's Daily Mirror as a public service to mothers everywhere, for the rare opportunity to say "parents, you, too, can learn from an Eurythmic," but primarily for that "broken glass" headline.
The popstar, 52, has been hit with a hefty repair bill after her 16-year-old daughter, [Lola], became the latest victim of gatecrashers who get wind of a party on the internet....
But the email which was meant to get to just 30 close school friends ended up frenziedly circulating to hundreds of others. It is understood that the information about the party spread on websites like MySpace.
Their £2 million family home in north London was trashed when more than a hundred youngsters forced entry.
Party-goers daubed graffiti on walls, broke pictures and lampshades, tore apart books, urinated and vomited on carpets, flooded the kitchen and had a pitch battle in the garden.
...Annie has grounded Lola for an "indefinite period," while Dave Stewart was last heard humming "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)." Just sayin'.People just kept coming and coming - there was a constant stream of them turning up from all over London and further afield. It got to a point when it was shoulder to shoulder and then a band turned up completely unannounced.'
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But as things got worse people were urinating on the carpet in the corner of the living room, then there was graffiti being scrawled on and even etched into the walls, pictures were being taken down and damaged, CDs went missing, books were taken off bookshelves and pages were inexplicably ripped out.
'Lola's friends were totally outnumbered and the gate-crashers would not leave. The front door was locked shut to make sure no one else could get in, but the ones outside actually rammed it in, breaking its hinges.'
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'There was a fight in the garden, someone had deliberately filled the sink with detergent and let it run over so it flood the place. There was vomit on the stairs, and cigarette burns on the carpets, cans and bottles strewn inside and out. The place was a like a bombsite.
Posted at 9:06 AM
Tags: Annie Lennox
That's a good title..
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I imagine Lola won't be living that one down for quite some time.
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Interesting suggestion inherent in the piece that before Myspace was invented nobody ever behaved badly at a house party.
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this is a great new excuse for teenagers the world over.
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Kids, if you're invited to a party at Annie Lennox's house, don't piss on the carpets, k?
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Simon - No, that is not inherent. But it was not SO easy for word to spread so uncontrollably. Surely you can't deny that!
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I feel bad for Annie. She doesn't deserve this kinda mess.
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So you mean her kids didn't get to do one of those ridiculously frenzied clean-up scenes where they're scouring the house with every cleaning product known to man and then just when they think they're done, someone notices one last beer bottle (or former contestant from Big Brother OD'd under the couch) which they then hide a split second before their parents coming walking through the door?
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Like this never happened before MySpace was around...
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So, again, do they not have cops in England anymore? First it's blatently being a penguin doping drug fiend, and now this? Why bother with 25 security cameras at every intersection if there are no bobbies to burst on the scene saying "what's all this then?"
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cut the gurl sum slack shes 16 everyone makes
mastakes she just dosent need to make any more
now cuz this is hers for life im sure annie
would agree NO MORE SCREW UPS FOR LOLA!!
good luck next time annie and lola.
but hey gate crashers are annoying but cant be
stopped cuz u'll always be out numbered.
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I'm sure Lola was thinking "THIS IS THE COOLEST PARTY EVER!" What ever happened to parental supervision at teen parties to keep these things from happening? What is someone OD'd on alcohol or drugs there? Miss Annie would be getting sued for liability for everything she's worth, it happened on her property, she's responsible. And why didn't Lola call the cops to shut the party down when things got out of control? People trespassing, forced breaking and entering- thats a felony isn't it?. The Lennox family is very fortunate that property damage and minor thefts is all that happened at the party. And Annie- I think you're sexy! But put some weight on, OK?
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