Judging by his space-age bachelor pad, Dave Stewart is the coolest playboy in London. Dave is the musical mastermind of Eurythmics, a producer (Tom Petty among others), studio owner, solo musician...a man whose life is so perfect that in Japan one year he had his appendix removed because he couldn’t believe there wasn’t something wrong with his life.
He lived in this glass penthouse during the ‘90s. An article on it in the Sunday Times showed a place filled with ultra-cool technology and hot ‘70s vintage furniture. Imagine an updated Austin Powers shag palace and you get the idea. This a la mode temple is on Seven Dials, right in the middle of Covent Garden. At the time he was living with Siobahn Fahey of Shakespear’s Sister and you could see them circulating the streets, usually arguing with each other.
Historic note: in Victorian times Seven Dials was considered so dangerous at night that it was said you were lucky if you got to the other side alive.
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Incredible looking pad, love the street photo as well
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Some of the last streets in London to still have cobblestones.
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I'm not familiar with the area but is that near to something called 'The Hospital', which Dave Stewart is also involved with, or are the buildings one and the same.
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The Hospital is a private members club funded by Paul Allen and Dave Stewart was instrumental in designing it and helping get it off the ground. As well as a club there's a video production suite and recording studio, where Thom Yorke did a lot of his recent recording. Unsurprisingly, it used to be a hospital. It's on Endell Street, at the other end of the street on which I'm taking the photo
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Wait a minute. One of the Traveling Wilburys? Am I getting senile or is that wrong? Harrison, Lynne, Petty, Dylan, Orbison - 1st album 2nd album - everyone above except Orbison (R.I.P.)
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Damn this gammy brain! They used Dave's studio.
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Thanks for the clarification on the Hospital.