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Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close Image 2 of 17 Fashion trends at the Eurythmics concert at the University of Houston's Cullen Auditorium, April 15, 1984. Fashion trends at the Eurythmics concert at the University of Houston's Cullen Auditorium, April 15, 1984. Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 3 of 17 Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 4 of 17 Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 5 of 17 Image 6 of 17 Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 7 of 17 Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 8 of 17 David A. Stewart and Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics at the Cullen Auditorium on the University of Houston campus, April 15, 1984. David A. Stewart and Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics at the Cullen Auditorium on the University of Houston campus, April 15, 1984. Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 9 of 17 Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics at the Cullen Auditorium on the University of Houston campus, April 15, 1984. Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics at the Cullen Auditorium on the University of Houston campus, April 15, 1984. Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 10 of 17 Image 11 of 17 Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 12 of 17 Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 13 of 17 Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 14 of 17 Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 15 of 17 Image 16 of 17 Photo: Houston Chronicle Image 17 of 17 30 years ago: Eurythmics and 1980s fashion all in one place 1 / 17 Back to Gallery

On April 15, 1984, Eurythmics brought their blend of British synth-soul to the University of Houston’s Cullen Auditorium.

The Houston Chronicle’s Michael Spies reviewed the show for its next day’s editions and Ben DeSoto photographed the concert. (At the same time, the paper’s Marty Racine was at the Billy Joel concert at the Summit.)

Spies wrote of Annie Lennox:

The middle ground is in “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This,” in which everybody’s looking for something. Lennox is not about to say what, not as long as she can stay one step ahead of the limited roles available to women in pop and rock. She is woman as sphinx, a riddle without an answer, and right now, she is reveling in the ambiguity. A woman who sings “Love is a Stranger” while also staring down her audience with butch authority is the kind of woman Freud must have had in mind when he wondered what it is women want.

In addition to the concert photos, you’ll see there are a few shots of some of the concert goers in full 1980s fashion. I’ll leave the editorial comment up to you.