Duran Duran: The Pop Dream Come True
Dave Rimmer, Face, The, December 1985
NIGHT SETTLES ON The Palace Hotel, Philadelphia, like a sigh of relief. All the acts have finished all their frantic, last minute preparations for Live Aid tomorrow. The panic's over at least until morning.
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