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Peter George "Peet" Coombes was an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He was the lead singer and primary songwriter of the group The Tourists, the first charting band to feature guitarist Dave Stewart and singer Annie Lennox, who later gained greater fame as the duo Eurythmics.
Peet Coombes was the guitarist and vocalist with Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in the two pre-Eurythmics bands, The Catch, who only released one single, "Borderline/Black Blood" (1977, Logo) and the Tourists, who had quite a few UK hits in the late 70's.
Guitarists Peet Coombes and Dave Stewart were members of the folk rock band Longdancer, which was on Elton John's Rocket Records label. They moved to London, where they met singer Annie Lennox, who had dropped out of a course at the Royal Academy of Music to pursue her ambitions in pop music.
Peet Coombes was a British musician, guitarist and vocalist with Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in the two pre-Eurythmics bands, The Catch, which only released one single, "Borderline/Black Blood" before morphing into the other, The Tourists, who had several United Kingdom hits in the late 1970s.
Nov 7, 2022 · As the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the group, Peet Coombes was the star of this act, which performed as a trio until 1978, says AllMusic. Then, the band grew to include bassist Eddie Chin and drummer Jim Toomey and were renamed The Tourists.
The real rift was between the original Tourists, with Stewart and Lennox diverging from the interests of singer-songwriter Peet Coombes. It was Coombes who called a halt to proceedings, flying home to sort out a new band (Acid Drops) which will include ex-Tourist Eddie Chin.
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Peet Coombes. Birth. 1952. Sunderland, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Death. 1997 (aged 44–45) England. Burial. Burial Details Unknown Add to Map.
