But today — to mark the track’s 40th year — we reveal how the success of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? Bob called Boy George and ordered him to fly in from New York on the day. “Bob bumped into Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran leaving the Picasso club on the King’s Road just after he spotted Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet through an art gallery window. “At one point they even locked Duran Duran in the toilets. “British music was in such a good place and it all came together in a tiny studio, on a Sunday afternoon.”

Source: The Star November 21, 2024 22:50 UTC