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Ben Rogerson

“I’m sitting on the bus aware that someone behind me is singing Do They Know It’s Christmas?”: Nik Kershaw recalls his “insane” encounter with David Bowie at Live Aid

Nik Kershaw Live Aid.

“In those days, record companies built careers,” says Nik Kershaw when he’s reminded that his first single, I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, initially failed to break the Top 40.

“That’s just the start,” he told Virgin Radio host Andy Goldstein in a recent interview. “It got my name around and got me played on a few radio stations so when Wouldn’t It Be Good came out in January ‘84 it was all prepared for me.” 

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