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Donatella Versace Flew Blue To Fashion Week Thinking They Were Blur

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01:21 10 May 2021


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Blue's Antony Costa says fashion designer Donatella Versace once mistook the band for Blur.

The singer explained that the mix up meant they ended up stealing the Britpop band's private jet to Milan Fashion Week.

Assistants to Versace accidentally mixed up the boy band – which also includes Duncan James, Simon Webbe and Lee Ryan – with Song 2 singers Blur.

Costa told Ben Hanlin's Ben Behaving Dadly podcast: "So we got invited to Milan Fashion Week, by Donatella Versace.

“So we get a private plane out there, they flew us out there. We landed, went to the fashion show, and afterwards they were like 'Look, we want you to meet Donatella’."

According to Costa, Versace was not impressed with the mix-up.

Antony continued: “So we lined up, like we were meeting the Queen, and she looked at us.

“I said to [Simon] Webbe, 'This is a bit weird, we're supposed to be one of the guests. Why wouldn't she want to say hello?'

"Anyway, to cut a long story short, when we get back to London, and she had invited Blur and not Blue."

Years later, Blur bassist Alex James confronted the lads about the kerfuffle.

"The mad thing was I meant Alex James years later and he was mucking about and was like 'Oi you. You took our tickets!'" Costa said.

An easy mistake to make, eh?

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