Book Review: Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This: A Memoir by Dave Stewart

Juicy anecdotes arrive thick and fast in this tell-all memoir from Eurythmics writing genius, Stewart.

Ahead of publication, most of the attention focused on his fling with Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac – a liaison Stewart recollects in Alan Partridge-esque fashion. “Stevie was in my dressing room doorway, wearing a faux-fur coat just like the first time I met Annie,” he writes. “Underneath she wore a black lace dress and she had long, flowing hair. I didn’t know who she was, but there was something about her that I was instantly attracted to.”

He also recalls meeting Bob Dylan, taking drugs with Daryl Hall, his disastrous signing to Elton John’s record label and collaborations with Bono, Katy Perry and Gwen Stefani. The result is an engaging page-turner, full of hair-raising reminisces that will hook readers regardless.