Robbie Williams has told reporters about his involvement in the Band Aid project. Unable to be in London for the recording on Sunday he has recorded a complete version of the song in LA so that Nigel Godrich, who is producing the charity song, can pick the line he wants.
Robbie told reporters that quite a few people involved in the project - himself included - quite like the idea of singing the line "And tonight thank God it's them, instead of you," which was sung by Bono on the original. But, of course, Bono is involved this time round too. Williams reports: "Everyone wanted it. But before anyone could start getting an ego about it, Bono just said, 'That's my line and I'm doing it - so their rest of you can fuck off.' That settled it!"