Blue reveal the unbelievable headline written about them in the early noughties
It said they earned millions
Last updated 2nd Apr 2024
The wonderful boys from Blue (minus Simon Webb because he was stuck in traffic!) joined Angellica, James and Matt on Hits Radio. Talking about their upcoming 'Greatest Hits Tour', the boys also opened up about a memorable headline from back in the day, which WASN'T true!
Duncan explained, said: "Do you know what, there was a headline, do you remember the story boys, where we did the Pepsi deal and it said that we earned how many millions or something? Millions and millions we got ‘paid’!"
"I was still living at home with a bus pass!" Antony joked.
Duncan continued: "It was like nowhere, even near that, and of course, being in a band with all of you got split everything four ways, plus the management’s commission. So like what we got for that Pepsi deal was, like, minuscule, and the papers were like we got paid millions and then all of a sudden we started getting like family members that we hadn’t heard off for years, coming up and going like ‘I just read the paper that you got loads of money, can you give me some?'"
Lee then recalled: "I had one of my mate’s old old school mate’s, mums ring me up saying 'Hello. Lee ain't spoken to you in ages. Can you lend me 20 grand?'!"
Blue are known for many hits including 'All Rise', 'Too Close', 'If You Come Back' and 'One Love', and fans can expect to hear them on their tour.
The band are due to take to the stage on their 'Greatest Hits Tour' very soon, and told us about the show. This tour will take place in theatres, and as Antony explained: "It's very, very intimate, you know every theatre you go to is very intimate. The audience is there and for us it's all about people that love Blue music over the years coming to see us, and as the boys said there's a live band so it will be a lot, a lot of fun."
Tickets are still available for Blue's tour and you can buy them from Aloud.com
You can hear songs by Blue on Hits Radio.
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When are Angellica, James and Matt on Hits Radio?
Blue were chatting with Angellica, James and Matt on Hits Radio on Saturday 30th March. You can listen again through our website, or download our app.
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