EURYTHMICS - LENNOX BLASTS SCOTTISH CITY PLANNERS

LENNOX BLASTS SCOTTISH CITY PLANNERS

Former EURYTHMICS star ANNIE LENNOX has blasted architects in Aberdeen, Scotland for "tearing out the heart" of her hometown. The Scottish singer moved from the city at 17 to study flute at London's Royal Academy of Music, but admits she misses the traditional buildings she grew up with. The 52-year-old says, "Back in the 60s, so many historical buildings were razed to the ground at the sacrificial altar of 'modernity and advancement'. The heart of my home city of Aberdeen was simply torn down. It made my heart sick and it still does. "What went in its place were these vile, soulless concrete monstrosities. Don't get me wrong - I love modern architecture, but not when the historical gets replaced by the goddamn awful."