Talking of Band Aid, distribution firms are busy getting a million copies of the reworked version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas' to retailers ready for its official release on Monday. There is expected to be a big rush for the track once it is released, and some record shops will be opening early on Monday to cope with demand.
Both the new and the original 1984 versions of the famous charity record went on sale online last week (though, not on iTunes of course) and the new track has already been downloaded some 10,000 times. That said, while the CD release is pretty much guaranteed to top the singles chart next week, the digital release only managed top five in the UK's download chart because only single track sales are counted, and most people are buying both tracks in one package.