They used to be Hungry Like the Wolf, now they’re thirsty for some Wolf Blass.
Duran Duran snaffled all the wine flutes backstage at their gig at BST Hyde Park, leaving their VIP guests drinking wine and champagne out of pint or coffee cups – the horror!
A source revealed that festival bosses had the whole site’s glasses transferred to the band’s private VIP area backstage.
“The wine was flowing in fancy glasses there,” they said. “But outside, in the rest of the VIP area, people had to resort to glugging their champagne in a far less sophisticated manner.” Save a Prayer for those affected…
In fairness, the Durans are known for bringing a selection of plonk on tour with them for when it was “hard to find good wine” in smaller cities.
Nick Rhodes once explained: “We had a flight case specially created to keep all the wine fairly still and secure with foam around them.
“It stored about 100 bottles, maybe 120. It was a real luxury.
“When you are away from home a lot, it is nice to have a few of those comforts.
“A decent bottle of wine in the evening was one of those.”
While bandmate John Taylor is teetotal, Nick continued: “Roger [Taylor] tends to go more for the white ones; Simon [Le Bon] and I work our way through the reds.”
They certainly had enough vessels for all varieties this weekend.
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