Secrets of Band Aid 40 years on including group on coke, Bob Geldof branded an ‘old queen’ & why lyrics were changed

Secrets of Band Aid 40 years on including group on coke, Bob Geldof branded an ‘old queen’ & why lyrics were changed …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

IT is the Christmas song that raised more than £80million for charity, sold almost 12million copies worldwide and features some of the biggest global pop stars of the time.

But today — to mark the track’s 40th year — we reveal how the success of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? was fuelled by day-old sandwiches, booze swiped from a journalist’s nearby home and, for some, ­Status Quo’s cocaine supply.

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Biggest global pop stars of the time came together 40 years ago for…

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