Where are they now? - Trevor Horn

This page last updated: 18 Feb 2026

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On this page: The Trevor Horn Band - The Buggles - Dire Straits Legacy - Musicals & soundtracks - Production work - Re-releases

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In a Mar 2018 interview, Horn said: "I've been playing bass a lot lately. I've been doing less producing. There's not much around I'm prepared to spend the time on really. An interesting-sounding record takes a long time, y'know? [...] It's a lot of work. You have to believe in the material, and the people." In a Dec 2017 interview, Horn said, "I've had 30 years in a recording studio [...] Now I'm getting a bit older and I've had enough, y'know? Unless I find a song really worth doing, I don't want to do it [produce] any more. So... I like to play." In a Dec 2023 interview, Horn was asked, "Are you done now, Trevor, with producing full albums for other artists. Or are you still open to opportunities?" He replied, "It's always something I like. But it takes up so much time, so I'd have to really be into it. If I heard something I liked, I could get excited about it." In a Jan 2024 interview, he says he did 80 live shows in 2023. (I only count 68, so I'm missing some activity.)

Horn has continued to work on projects with Geoff Downes, including occasionally as The Buggles, although he also toured as The Buggles in 2023 without Downes. Another Jan 2024 interview with Horn said he "is contemplating both a Los Angeles-based concept album and a Buggles tour for next year." (I am unclear whether that meant 2024 or 2025.) However, it doesn't have a direct quotation from Horn. I don't know whether the concept album is a new project or connected to some other idea reported below.

Echoes: Ancient and Modern
Horn's most recetn solo album was Echoes – Ancient & Modern, out Dec 2023 on Deutsche Grammophon. It is sort of a follow-up to 2019's Reimagines the Eighties, with had orchestral covers of older material, some that Horn worked on at the time, some that he didn't. Horn explained in a Dec 2023 interview, "I've really gone back to liking the sound of synths, again. I'm sick of orchestras. Because I did that with the Rod Stewart record, as well [as Reimagines the Eighties]. So I'm orchestra'd out –  I don't want to do that again." Tracks:
  1. "Swimming Pools (Drank)" (3:56; originally by Kendrick Lamar), with Tori Amos
  2. "Steppin' Out" (4:25; originally by Joe Jackson), with Seal (vocals)
  3. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (3:43; originally by Yes), with Rick Astley (vocals)
  4. "Slave to the Rhythm" (4:17; originally by Grace Jones), with Lady Blackbird (a.k.a. Marley Munroe; Bandcamp)
  5. "Love is a Battlefield" (3:32; originally by Pat Benatar), with Marc Almond (vocals)
  6. "Personal Jesus" (3:26; originally by Depeche Mode), with Iggy Pop and Phoebe Lunny
  7. "Drive" (3:54; originally by The Cars), with Steve Hogarth (Marillion)
  8. "Relax" (4:06; originally by Frankie Goes to Hollywood), with Toyah Willcox (vocals) and Robert Fripp (King Crimson; guitar)
  9. "White Wedding" (4:34; originally by Billy Idol), with Andrea Corr (vocals) and Jack Lukeman (vocals)
  10. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (4:33; originally by Nirvana), with Jack Lukeman (vocals)
  11. "Avalon" (4:05; originally by Roxy Music), Horn on lead vocals

String arrangements were by Julian Hinton (Trevor Horn Band) and orchestrations by Alan Clark. Aaron Horn (Trevor's son) arranged "Love is a Battlefield". Credits for the album are:

Trevor Horn: keys (1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11), bass (3-9, 11), double bass (7), guitar (3, 5, 9, 11), vocals (11), backing vocals (3, 5, 7-9), drum programming (4)
Tori Amos: vocals (1), piano (1)
Tashya Lorien (Amos' daughter): backing vocals (1)
Jon Evans (worked with Amos, Linda Perry, Chris Cornell, Sarah McLachlan): bass (1)
Ash Soan (Producers, Downes Braide Association, works with Tori Amos, worked with Rick Wakeman, Gary Barlow, Doctor Who): drums (1)
Alan Clark (Dire Straits Legacy, Trevor Horn Band): keys (1-9, 11), piano (2, 7, 8), synth (8)
Seal: vocals (2)
Izzy Chase (Trevor Horn Band): backing vocals (2)
Simon Bloor (Trevor Horn Band): guitar (2, 4, 11), keys (2, 9)
Lol Creme (Trevor Horn Band, Producers, ex-10cc, worked with Yes): guitar (2-4, 6, 8, 9, 11), keys (11)
Phil Palmer (Dire Straits Legacy): guitar (2, 4-7, 9, 11)
Steve Sidwell: trumpet (2)
Jamie Muhoberac (Seal, The Buggles): bass (2), keys (2, 9)
Earl Harvin (Seal, The Buggles): drums (2, 7, 9, 10)
Tim Weidner: programming (2-9, 11)
Rick Astley: vocals (3)
Tessa Niles: backing vocals (3)
Jesper Lynggaard Rosenmejer Nielsen (Trevor Horn Band): programming (3, 5, 8, 9)
Lady Blackbird: vocals (4)
Marc Almond: vocals (5)
Bryan Chambers: backing vocals (5)
Louise Clare Marshall: backing vocals (5)
Iggy Pop: vocals (6)
Mica Paris: backing vocals (6)
Alex McArthur: guitar (6)
Phoebe Lunny (Lambrini Girls): electric guitar (6)
The Revd. Jimmy Wood: harmonica (6)
Danny Cummings (Dire Straits Legacy, ex-Dire Straits): percussion (6)
Alex Torjussen: drums (6)
Dave McCracken: programming (6)
Steve Hogarth (Marillion): vocals (7)
Hayley Sanderson (worked with Rick Wakeman, Trevor Horn Band): vocals (7), backing vocals (11)
Calum Landau: percussion (7)
Toyah Willcox: vocals (8)
Robert Fripp (ex-King Crimson): guitar (8)
Andrea Corr: vocals (9)
Jack Lukeman: vocals (9, 10)
Alan Connor: piano (10)
 
Horn said on BBC Breakfast (4 Dec 2023) that they demo'd about 30 songs ("mostly" sung by Horn), before narrowing the selection down to the final 11. In the Dec 2023 interview, Horn said, "We did a great version of [Visage's] 'Fade to Grey'. Jakko [Jakszyk] from King Crimson sang on it and he did it like it was prog track. It just never made it. I couldn't get a definitive version of it and I was running out of money [laughs]." An interview for Prog #147 (Feb 2024 cover date) said Jakszyk's "Fade to Grey" will be "on forthcoming expanded editions of the album" and quoted Horn as saying, "We changed it quite drastically, [jokingly] because the original was quite sketchy."

Horn has said he started work on the album just before COVID-19 lockdown. The earliest reports of the album described a rather different plan to the finished result. In a late Aug 2021 interview, asked what he had been doing during lockdown, Horn said, "I'm making a new album... of... different versions of songs from the '80s, at the moment. That's all anybody seems to want. [laughs]." The interviewer brought up Reimagines the Eighties in response, and Horn continued, "This is the Eighties Chill [...] Only a few instruments, but different versions. Quite interesting, actually. I didn't like the idea at first, but I've been working on it for a while [...] I've got a couple of good things now, so I'm quite happy." The interviewer then asked who he had involved in the project. Horn replied, "It might be multi-artist, or it might be one, I don't know. I haven't made my mind up." In an early Aug 2021 interview, Horn described the album as for Deutsche Grammophon and as being "very gentle versions of famous songs" and that the challenge set was to "just use three instruments". In a Jun 2022 interview, he said, "I'm working on an album for the Deutsche Grammophon label, strange versions of old songs, I've got some interesting people on it, should be out next year [2023]." At a 30 Oct 2023 Q&A in London, Horn explained how "it started off one way and ended up another way". The label had initially suggested the album be "stripped down". He "started trying to do it, but found I got really bored". So, he thought he "might as well play to my [...] strengths". The album still reflects these origins: "a lot of the songs start out simply, and then lots of things come in". The theme for the album instead became doing hit singles in "a different way. A way you wouldn't imagine." The Prog interview described the impetus for the album as coming from Deutsche Grammophon, with Horn explaining, "We were talking about doing an acoustic record[.] But then I thought, 'There's plenty of other people that can make boring acoustic records, and I don't need to join them.' So I went back to do what I normally do, and although quite a few of the songs start out quite sparse, they then build up into something else." In a Jan 2024 interview, he said, "The whole album was a bit like a journey where you don't know where you're going. It started off one way and ended up another. I knew I didn't want to do another orchestral album. Initially, I was going to do a really stripped-down record, but I tried it and didn't like it. This is what I like really." He continued, "The one I wouldn't do was Video Killed The Radio Star, I couldn't face it! It was bad enough with Relax. At first I was like, 'No way, I’m not doing another fucking version of Relax!' And then you have an idea. I realized, when I did it the first time, I knew it was a hit idea, but it took time to work it out, because it was like a chant and to make it into a record was quite a thing. But this time, I didn't have that pressure. [...] I could do what I wanted. I just had to stop myself from messing around with it." To Classic Pop, he said, "I definitely had no desire to do Relax again. It was only some mad idea that the record label nagged me about. And one night I just started messing around and saying, what would it be like if it was quite slow, and it actually went, reee-laaax, you know? But we couldn't figure out how to do a vocal. So it just went into a can for a couple of months. And then [...] Weidner, put a vocal on it. But he tweaked his voice, probably with AI, so he sounded almost like a robot. And we started to think about getting an actual robot [called Erotica] to sing it. Obviously it would be a female robot, because I was trying to do songs that men have done with women, and songs that women have done with men, to try and shuffle the deck." At the Oct 2023 Q&A, he also talked about "Relax": "The way that we designed it was, it was going to be: you're in a little booth somewhere, with a Japanese wankbot. And you're feeling really uncomfortable [...] The robot is doing something to you. When we tried to do that literally by getting [...] an automaton, it all felt a bit creepy. But we liked the mood of it, and I bumped into Toyah at a show and thought, wheyyy, why not Toyah? Toyah comes with Robert Fripp." He described Fripp's guitar solo as "one of my favourite guitar solos ever", also saying how it was based on a guitar solo Creme had recorded for the song. In the Dec 2023 interview, Horn was asked, "There's a few of your signature songs on here, like 'Slave to the Rhythm', 'Owner of a Lonely Heart'. Was that you wanting to put them on, or the record company? Because 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' was on the last one, as well..." Horn replied: "I know. So was 'Slave to the Rhythm'. Actually, I have to say, I quite like this version of 'Owner of a Lonely Heart'. [...] But with 'Relax' I was definitely kicking and screaming. I really didn't fancy 'Relax'. I did it so many times before. [...] with this new version of 'Relax', we had this idea of a sex robot [singing it]. That was, sort of, the inspiration. I just sat down at the keyboard and a drum machine and played it, pretty quickly. And then my engineer Tim [Weidner] did this voiceover on it when I wasn't here and it made me laugh [...] It sounded like a Japanese animatronic. But in the end, I had to get real and use a human being and an artist! And Toyah and Robert Fripp seemed like a wacko idea." Horn also talked about "Swimming Pools (Drank)": "There was a lot of creative input from her [Amos], on the vocals. We had a demo that was sort of like the finished thing, with a really lovely girl singing on it, a session singer. And it changed quite substantially from that. Because Tori did a version of it and then I did a third version somewhere in-between the two versions which had all of her vocals from her version. She really liked the idea, and she came around to it. That's what we did with most of them; we did a semi-complete backing track, but we could only go so far with each track, because, for instance, with Marc Almond and 'Love is a Battlefield', we did a really nice backing track for that but it was five semitones down." Horn "went down to her [Amos's] place [in Cornwall] for a couple of days" to record her. To Classic Pop magazine, he explained that it was Weidner who introduced him to the track and also worked out the chords to use.

Horn sings on a solo album
In an interview with The Hustle podcast, recorded Dec 2022, Horn mentioned another project. Asked why there had not been a Trevor Horn solo album, he replied, "I've done one. Just figuring out what I have [...] [It] is me singing a whole bunch of songs [...] [from] when I grew up [...] Mainly from the fifties and the sixties, so songs that I heard when I was a kid [...] And a couple more modern ones, but not many." He continued, "I'm working on the art. I've finished the record. Coz the record itself is like a bunch of demos."

Seal
Seal guested at the 20 Dec 2025 Trevor Horn Band show: see below.

On 14 Feb 2025, Seal released a new single: "All I Know is Now" (4:46) b/w "Kiss from a Rose (Seal's version)" (4:47). "All I Know is Now" was written by Seal and produced by Horn; the b-side was produced by Seal. Seal had debuted "All I Know is Now" live in 2019.

Seal played 28 US and Canadian dates Apr-Jun 2023; dates in New York, NY and Toronto, Ontario sold out. A European tour began with 5 mostly festival dates (7 Jul, Spain; 9 Jul, Netherlands; 12 Jul, Switzerland; 14 Jul, Denmark; 16 Jul, Monaco), followed by dates in Sep: Belgium, 8 Sep (sold out); Turkey, 10 Sep; 5 UK dates 12-17 Sep (17 Sep London date sold out); and France, 19 Sep. The tour featured his first two albums (both called Seal and produced by Horn) in full. Horn played bass on the tour (upright electric bass on 1 song, second electric guitar on 1 song) and was the musical director. 17 Sep London set: "Crazy", "The Beginning", "Deep Water", "Future Love Paradise", "Violet", "Bring It On", "Prayer for the Dying", "Don't Cry", "Fast Changes", "Killer", "Kiss from a Rose"; encore: "Get It Together", "Love's Divine". Seal's tour continued in 2024: Horn continued as musical director, but missed some dates, I presume, because of ill health around Jul/Aug. (With a slightly altered set list, Seal played 2 US dates 3-5 May 2024, 5-6 Jul in the UK, 9 Aug back in the US, 30 Aug in Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles), 6 dates in France 30 Sep-10 Oct, Turkey on 12 Oct, Czechia on 16 Oct, Switzerland on 18-19 Oct. Given Horn missed Trevor Horn Band shows in Jul/Aug due to ill health, he definitely can't have been with Seal then. Seal has 3 more European dates announced for Jul 2025.)

The 2 Seal albums featured on the tour were also re-issued in expanded form: see below. In a Mar 2023 article revealed Seal had started writing for a new album, but on whether Horn would produce, Horn said, "I'd make another album with Seal if it was the right record and the right moment. But I'm getting on a bit, and the hours I put in when producing? I'm not sure I want to do that now."

The Buggles
In a Sep 2025 interview, asked about The Buggles, Horn said, "We're talking about it. Before we're both too old, we're talking about just doing one tour. Next year [2026]."

The support act for the 2023 North American leg of the Seal tour (see above) was The Buggles, after Seal offered Horn the opening slot. (They were not on European dates, where Zia Victoria was the support act. Victoria also covered "Crazy" in her slot at the 17 Sep London show.) Geoff Downes is not in the line-up, as he was to be touring with Yes at the time (although that Yes tour leg was then postponed). An Apr 2023 article said:
“My daughter, who is a music business lawyer, keeps saying, ‘You’ve got to change the name, because there’s only one of you. It should be called the Buggle,’” Horn explained with a laugh.
Seal's backing band also doubled as The Buggles, so Earl Harvin (worked with Seal, Robbie Williams, Jeff Beck, Air, Tindersticks) on drums, Mat Dauzat on guitar, Jamie Muhoberac on keys, La Tanya Hall on backing vocals, and Everett Bradley on percussion and backing vocals. Horn posted to Facebook on 31 Jan 2023 from rehearsals in London for the tour. On the opening night, The Buggles set was "Two Tribes" (short, instrumental version), "Living in the Plastic Age", "Elstree", "I am a Camera" (i.e., The Buggles' version of Yes's "Into the Lens"), "Owner of a Lonely Heart", "Video Killed the Radio Star" (with "Check It Out" excerpt). At later shows, they added the Art of Noise's "Close (to the Edit)" after "I am a Camera". The Seal set was "Crazy", "The Beginning", "Deep Water", "Whirlpool", "Future Love Paradise", "Violet", "Bring It On", "Prayer for the Dying", "Don't Cry", "Fast Changes", "Killer", "Kiss from a Rose"; encore: "Get It Together", "Love's Divine". A 35:23 pro-shot of The Buggles set on 2 Jun 2023 was on Horn's YouTube page for a limited period. The songs in the set are now individually going up on Horn's channel.
 
A Jan 2024 interview with Horn said he "is contemplating [...] a Buggles tour for next year." With the interview published in Jan, it is also unclear whether it meant 2025 or if it actually meant 2024. The Buggles did tour in 2023 as the support act for Seal.

The Buggles had previously intermittently reunited. In an Oct 2020 interview, Downes was asked about the possibility of a new Buggles album. He replied, "I was due to go see Trevor a couple of week ago [but didn't because of pandemic restrictions] [...] But we've had a few things in the past where we've assembled some ideas, so it's just really a question of when, when we can actually get together again." In a Feb 2021 interview (a joint interview with Chris Braide), Downes said of The Buggles, "I'm in constant contact with Trevor, so that's work in progress." Asked to compare Yes, Asia and The Buggles in an Apr 2021 interview, Downes said, "all three are still going today [...] Not so much activity with The Buggles and Asia any more". In a May 2022 interview, Downes said, "I do speak to Trevor from time to time [...] to discuss the possibility of doing a show at some point". In another May 2022 interview, he said, "I do still talk to Trevor about The Buggles as well. We still play around with the idea of going out and doing a few shows here and there."

In a Jan 2019 Facebook Q&A, Horn said, "I'm gonna do another Buggles track with Geoff. I don't know what. [...] We were thinking of trying to get Seal to sing on it [...] The problem is with Seal." In a Feb 2019 interview, Horn said, "Geoffrey and I are meeting up next month". He explained they were considering doing a new Buggles song for the 40th anniversary of "Video Killed the Radio Star" in autumn 2019. When someone tweeted about this news, saying Horn and Downes will be recording in Mar 2019, Downes re-tweeted them. Nothing emerged in late 2019 however.

In a Nov 2019 interview, Downes said, "I've been doing some stuff with Trevor... not a lot of stuff [...] but we've been touching on a few bits and pieces". Downes tweeted 7 Oct 2019:

Very nice to have my old Buggles chum, Trevor H at my studio down here in S. Wales today working on some new stuff together. 40 years ago we had just entered the UK chart at #10 with our debut Video Killed... 👍🏻 Let’s have some more of that folks, eh? 😃

In 2016, there were plans for re-issues and  possibly live work, although the Sep 2016 issue of Prog quoted their management as saying, "Nothing is set in stone." A new album also appeared to be in the works, as well as a musical based on "Video Killed the Radio Star" (see this subsection). In Feb 2016, Geoff Downes tweeted, "heading out to LA to do some work with my old chum, Trevor Horn. #thebuggles". Later that month came this: "Been really great working this week with my old Buggles buddy, Trevor H. Got some new tunes on the go! More news to follow..." In a late Mar 2016 interview with BBC Radio Oxford, after the interviewer talked about Yes, Asia and The Buggles, Downes, "I'm still involved with all three bands today. […] I was working with Trevor Horn a couple of weeks ago in L.A." And in this Apr 2016 interview: "I've been doing some more stuff with Trevor and the Buggles recently". In a Sep 2016 interview, Horn said, "We might be going out touring with The Buggles, me and Geoffrey, just the first two albums". A tweet in Dec 2016 from Downes said: "Down The Docklands this week working with my old Buggles chum, Trevor H. Expect to see some "shake-up" stuff coming your way!" In a Feb 2017 interview, Downes said, "I think Trevor and I may want to do something with The Buggles in the future." Asked on Twitter that month whether they were any closer to some Buggles gigs, he replied, "Not yet [...] but watch this space!" In an Apr 2017 interview, Downes said, "We still do stuff together as The Buggles. [...] We've been doing a bit of writing this last year [2016]." In a Jul 2017 interview, Horn said he is, "Currently [...] getting together another version of Video Killed the Radio Star, so that should be fun." In a Nov 2017 radio interview (The Magic Bus, Marlow FM, UK radio), Downes said, "I'm going to be working with Trevor Horn next week on a small project" that they have been working on for the "last year or so". He tweeted later in Nov 2017, "Great two days in the studio with my oldest and amazing chum, @Trevor_Horn_ CBE. Some killer songs and ideas in the mix. Says muchly that The Buggles still working together 40 years on!" Asked about keyboards, he followed this up with: "All very early vintage in our world. Rhodes, Solina, Minimoog, Clavinet, Polymoog, Prophet V, etc #thebuggles". To the Feb 2018 issue of Prog, Downes said, "I've been working with Trevor Horn on some stuff and we're thinking that maybe we might do some one-off shows with Buggles." In an early Mar 2018 interview, Downes said, "myself and Trevor Horn are trying to carry on with Buggles. We're kicking around a few ideas and we hope to release something." Asked about new Buggles material in Apr 2018 on Twitter, Downes replied, "There are a few things in the pipeline...that's all I can tell you right now". However, asked by a fan after his Nov 2018 show whether they were doing a third Buggles album, Horn said no, but then said he keeps calling Downes about doing something, implying live shows that could, he said, also include some Yes material. In a Jul 2019 interview, Downes said of Horn, "We've done a lit bit of writing here and there. Nothing major, but, er, I think that we're looking at re-visiting some of the ideas that we had, er, even going back to the '70s [...] it's always on his mind, it's always on my mind, that one day we will do something. [...] We've talked about maybe going out later this year [2019] [...] doing a few one-offs here and there [...] we do get together sometimes and put some bits and bobs together."

A Mar 2016 article quoted Downes as saying, "We're looking at releasing some of the old Buggles stuff at some point and we worked on another couple songs fairly recently[.] There's the option of maybe putting some more stuff out. [...] next year [2017] we might do some gigs. We'll take it as it comes, really." Although one of those prior quotes refers to "new tunes", Prog describes 2016 sessions as "to work up demos from around the making of [...] Adventures in Modern Recording"; they also say there will be further sessions in the autumn. Downes is quoted: "Trevor and I were in Los Angeles working for a week on some stuff, such as our old track Dion." While Horn says he wants to re-make "Vermillion Sands" as "a duet with a [...] jazz singer." Downes was described as saying an album of new material "can't be ruled out".

Prog also described a "more extensive concert schedule" than recent one-off live shows, and Steve Howe was strongly implied to be on the tour, as well maybe as additional Yes members. The article reads: "It is also believed that members of Yes are likely to be involved. "Especially certain guitar players," Horn told Prog, possibly hinting at [...] Howe." A report in Sep 2016 had that Howe would appear on some of the album too, but that he would probably only guest on selected tour dates. Horn also did Fly from Here - Return Trip, which was of course built around demos from around the making of Adventures in Modern Recording and before.

The Buggles originally included Bruce Woolley, but Woolley left to form his own band, The Camera Club, who released English Garden in 1979. This included Woolley's versions of "Video Killed the Radio Star", "Clean, Clean" and "Johnny on the Monorail" (in a very different version called "Johnny") that were later included on The Buggles' The Age of Plastic. Released 15 Nov 2024 is the 3CD The Definitive Anthology 1977-1981 by Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club. This consists of English Garden, the band's unreleased second album, two live concerts and various further tracks. In all, 41 out of 69 tracks were previously unreleased. The boxset comes with a 28-page booklet with input from original band members Woolley (vocals), Dave Birch (guitar) and Thomas Dolby (keys). Tracks: CD1—English Garden - Expanded Version:

  1. "English Garden"
  2. "Video Killed the Radio Star"
  3. "Dancing with the Sporting Boys"
  4. "Johnny"
  5. "No Surrender"
  6. "Flying Man"
  7. "You Got Class"
  8. "WW9"
  9. "Clean Clean"
  10. "Get Away William"
  11. "Goodbye to Yesterday"
  12. "Goodbye to Yesterday (Reprise)"
  13. "You're the Circus (I'm the Clown)", which is the end of the original album
  14. "News (Eden Studios)", previously unreleased
  15. The Killers: "No Surrender"
  16. The Killers: "Killer on the Dancefloor", produced by Horn; these two tracks are from a 1978 single, the line-up consisting of Woolley (vocals, guitar), Horn (bass, keys) and Rod Thompson (keys)
  17. "Clean Clean (US Version)"
  18. "Video Killed the Radio Star (US Version)"
  19. "Goodbye to Yesterday (US Version)"
  20. Bruce Woolley: "Bobby Bad", 1979 single, also previously released on the 2009 expanded version of English Garden
  21. Bruce Woolley: "You're the Circus (I'm the Clown)", b-side to the above; with Horn (bass), Downes (keys), Birch (guitar), produced by Mike Hurst
  22. Bruce Woolley: "You Got Class (Soundsuite Studios)", previously unreleased
  23. Bruce Woolley: "Going to the City", previously unreleased
  24. Bruce Woolley: "Needletime", previously unreleased; these two tracks were co-written and demoed by Woolley, Rod Thompson and Trevor Horn for a punk rock musical called "Killer on the Dancefloor"
  25. Bruce Woolley: "Sugar Daddy (8 Track Demo)", previously unreleased; the liner notes imply this was produced by Horn

CD2—Polaroid – Snapshots of Sound:

  1. "I Set Fire to You", previously unreleased
  2. Bruce Woolley: "Ghost Train", 1981 single, also previously released on the 2009 expanded version of English Garden
  3. "Killer on the Dancefloor (Olympic Studios)", previously unreleased
  4. "Trouble is", presumably the 1980 single version
  5. "Only Babies Can Fly"
  6. "All Real Americans", previously unreleased
  7. "Morning Shadows", previously unreleased
  8. "Ghost Train (Olympic Studios)", previously unreleased
  9. "All at Once", 1980 b-side to "House of Wax"
  10. "Warning Shadows", previously unreleased
  11. Bruce Woolley: "Blue Blue Victoria", 1981 single, also previously released on the 2009 expanded version of English Garden
  12. Bruce Woolley: "1000 MPH", b-side to the above, also previously released on the 2009 expanded version of English Garden
  13. Bruce Woolley: "The Black Girls Understand", previously unreleased
  14. Bruce Woolley: "Ghost Train (Club Mix)", b-side to the 1981 single
  15. "How Do You Say Goodbye?", previously unreleased
  16. "Too Late for Tears (Demo Version)", previously unreleased
  17. Bruce Woolley: "Blue Blue Victoria (Demo Version)", previously unreleased
  18. Bruce Woolley: "You Got Class (Revox Demo)", previously unreleased
  19. "News (Olympic Studios)", previously unreleased
  20. "House of Wax", 1980 single, also previously released on the 2009 expanded version of English Garden
  21. "Radio Pictures (Bye Bye Love)", previously unreleased

CD3—In Concert, all previously unreleased:

  1. "You're the Circus (I'm the Clown)", live at High Wycombe Town Hall, 6 May 1979
  2. "You Got Class"
  3. "Too Late for Tears"
  4. "Clean Clean"
  5. "The Problem"
  6. "Goodbye to Yesterday"
  7. "Johnny"
  8. "Video Killed the Radio Star"
  9. "No Surrender"
  10. "Dancing with the Sporting Boys"
  11. "News"
  12. "Flying Man"
  13. "You're the Circus (I'm the Clown)", live at My Father's Place, Long Island, USA, 25 March 1980
  14. "News"
  15. "You Got Class"
  16. "Trouble Is"
  17. "Johnny"
  18. "Get Away William"
  19. "Dancing with the Sporting Boys"
  20. "I Set Fire to You"
  21. "No Surrender"
  22. "English Garden"
  23. "Video Killed the Radio Star"

In a Nov 2024 interview, Woolley talked about further archival material he hoped could be released one day, including the original versions of "Killer on the Dancefloor" and "No Surrender", released in edited form under the name The Killers as a 1978 single, and the original demo of "Video Killed the Radio Star" performed by himself, Horn, Downes and Tina Charles.

The Buggles "Technopop" and Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club's "Video Killed the Radio Star" are included on the 3CD compilation Musik Music Musique 1979 (Cherry Red, CRCD3BOX203), out 16 Jan 2026. The Buggles' "Astroboy (and the Proles on Parade)" had previously appeared on the 3CD Musik Music Musique - 1980: The Dawn of Synth Pop (CDTRED815), an earlier volume in the series. The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star", ABC's "Poison Arrow" (produced by Horn) and Art of Noise's "Moments in Love" were all on the 4CD Heaven Sent - The Rise of New Pop 1979-1983 (CRCD4BOX177), released Jul 2024.

In a Jul 2016 interview, asked if there are "any Buggles recordings gathering dust somewhere", Horn replied, "Yep, they're coming out next year." Nothing fitting this description has appeared yet.

Sophie Grey recorded a cover of "Video Killed the Radio Star" (3:11; video), released 24 Oct 2025 (Amazon UK link). The song was produced by Grey and mixed/mastered by Robert Orton. Grey has been opening for Sting on his UK tour, and Horn joined Grey for a performance of the song live when she was opening for Sting in London on 24 Oct (official live video).

"Video Killed the Radio Star" is sampled in "OWA OWA" (2:12, video), Lil Tecca's single released 30 May 2025. The song made #50 in the US (#11 on the R&B/hip-hop chart), #4 in New Zealand, #46 in Canada, #76 in the UK, #86 in Ireland and #99 in Australia. It also made #83 on Billboard's global chart. The song is the second track on and second single from his album Dopamine (Galactic/Republic), released 13 Jun. The album made #3 in the US (#1 on the R&B/hip-hop chart), #2 in Canada, #7 in New Zealand and in Switzerland, #16 in Austria, #17 in the UK, #20 in the Netherlands and in Norway, #21 in Hungary, #26 in Ireland, #28 in Australia, and #30 in Lithuania. It also charted at lower positions in Belgium, Germany, and Iceland.

Spanish band Broken Peach's new digital single "That's the Way" (video), released 8 Jun 2025, is a mash-up of "That's the Way (I Like It)" and "Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band and "Video Killed the Radio Star". Italian band The Silver Snails have also covered "Video Killed the Radio Star" (music video) in 2025, out digitally 16 Jul 2025 on Snailform Records.

"Video Killed the Radio Star" was famously the first video to be played on MTV when it launched in 1981. MTV shut down their UK and Europe music channels at the end of 2025, and played "Video Killed the Radio Star" as their final video. Horn was interviewed on Channel 4 News about this.

Trevor Horn Band
The Trevor Horn Band next play the Rewind Festival, Henley-on-Thames, UK on 22 Aug 2026.

Trevor Horn and his band (which is how they were billed) played 3 English dates 18-20 Dec 2025. (Horn said on Facebook in Nov 2025: "I have never made any money from [the Trevor Horn Band] [...] but it's one of the few things getting older that I really enjoy doing, and so do most of the guys in the band".) The band are Horn (bass, vocals), Lol Creme (ex-Art of Noise, ex-10cc, worked with Yes, Seal; guitar, vocals and more), Ash Soan (Producers; drums), Jakko Jakszyk (King Crimson; guitar, vocals), Simon Bloor (guitar, keys), Julian Hinton (keys, musical director), Alex McArthur (works with Trevor Horn; guitar, playback, percussion), Roberto Angrisani (vocals, backing vocals), Florence Rawlings (backing vocals) and Izzy Chase (backing vocals), with front of house sound by Tim Weidner (works with Trevor Horn, worked with Yes). The 18 and 19 Dec shows had support from Martin McAloon (ex-Prefab Sprout), while the 20 Dec London show had support from Belouis Some. Promo describes this as "a new career-spanning 'Video Killed The Radio Star' live show". Set on 18 Dec: "Two Tribes" (Angrisani lead vocals), "Video Killed the Radio Star" (Horn lead vocals), "Cry", "Rubber Bullets", "It's Different for Girls" (Jakszyk lead vocals), "Slave to the Rhythm" (Chase lead vocals), "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Horn lead vocals, Bloor lead guitar), "Can't Fight the Moonlight", "Living in the Plastic Age" (Horn lead vocals), "The Dean and I", "The Power of Love" (Jakszyk lead vocals), "All the Things She Said", "I'm Not in Love" (Jakszyk lead vocals), "Elstree" (Horn lead vocals), "Downtown Train" (Jakszyk lead vocals), "Relax" (Angrisani lead vocals), "Clean, Clean" (Horn lead vocals), "Kiss from a Rose", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". The 18 Dec Newcastle show included the brass section from The Welfare Collective (including David Smith on trombone; his fiancee is Horn's cousin once removed) on at least "Relax", "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Kiss from a Rose". The 19 Dec set list appears to have been much the same. Seal guested at the 20 Dec show; set (the band as above performed throughout, but with particular variations noted):
 The Band played the 2025 Cropredy festival, headlining on 8 Aug. The band were Horn, Creme (guitar), Bloor (guitar, keys), Ryan Molloy (ex-Frankie Goes to Hollywood; vocals), Rawlings (vocals), Chase (vocals), Pete Muray (works with Trevor Horn; keys, returning to the band after 5 years), ?Tom ? (drums) and McArthur (guitar, keys, computers), with Steve Hogarth (Marillion) and Bruce Woolley (ex-The Buggles, worked with Grace Jones) guesting. Weidner did front of house sound. Set: "Two Tribes" (Molloy on vocals), "Video Killed the Radio Star" (Horn on vocals, Hogarth on backing vocals), "Cry" (Molloy on vocals), "Rubber Bullets" (Creme on vocals), "It's Different for Girls" (Hogarth on vocals), "Kiss from a Rose" (Hogarth on vocals), "Slave to the Rhythm" (Woolley on vocals), "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Molloy on vocals), "Can't Fight the Moonlight", "Living in the Plastic Age", "The Power of Love" (Molloy on vocals), "All the Things She Said" (Rawlings and Chase on vocals, Horn and Creme on bass), "I'm Not in Love" (Hogarth on vocals, Creme on piano), "Downtown Train" (Hogarth on vocals), "Relax" (Molloy on vocals), "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", "Money for Nothing". The band had been due to play the opening night of the 2024 season of Hampton Pool Summer Picnic Concerts in Jul 2024, and to headline the second night of the 2024 Cropredy Festival on 9 Aug (Rick Wakeman headlined the first night). However, both shows were cancelled for health reasons affecting Horn.

Producers
The Trevor Horn Band (see immediately above) evolved out of the Producers, with was Horn, Lol Creme, Stephen Lipson, Chris Braide (Downes Braide Association, worked with Sia, Marc Almond) and Ash Soan. In a Dec 2018 interview, Horn said, "I keep saying we should get the Producers together and do a mini-tour". In a Feb 2021 interview, Braide said, "Every couple of years I bump into Trevor [Horn] and he will say, 'We should do a Producers gig.' [...] It's always like unfinished business in a way. In some ways, the five of us are secretly really keen to get back in a room together. But maybe some things should be left as a sort of a wish or dream or whatever." In a Sep 2023 interview, Braide explained the band came to an end when he moved to the US. However, "But I'm back now [in the UK], so we're sort of resurrecting it. Which is going to be, y'know, the release of the original album, remixed, early next year [2024]. And some live dates next year as well." Horn, likewise, told Prog #147 (Feb 2024 cover date) that "We're talking about maybe doing a couple of shows together. I've got to try and persuade Lol..."

A 5CD box set called Producers (Cherry Red, CRCD5BOX179) was released 26 Jul 2024, compiled with the band, with alternate version, remixes, out-takes and instrumentals overseen by Lipson (with assistance from Andy Pearce). A booklet includes an interview with the band by Daryl Easlea. This is an expanded re-release of their 2012 album Made in Basing Street. Tracks:

CD1: new 2023 mix (advertising had discs 1 & 3 the other way around) by Lipson, but representative of the original 2007/8 version of the album and seemingly just performed by Horn/Creme/Lipson/Braide/Soan
  1. "Freeway" (7:46)
  2. "Waiting for the Right Time" (4:43)
  3. "Your Life" (7:41)
  4. "Man on the Moon" (4:06)
  5. "Every Single Night in Jamaica" (5:18)
  6. "Stay Elaine" (3:45)
  7. "Barking Up the Right Tree" (3:20)
  8. "Garden of Flowers" (5:28)
  9. "Watching You Out There" (5:37)
  10. "You and I" (6:21)
CD2: this was advertised as being the same as the original second disc from 2CD version of the album + 2 more tracks ("Garden of Flowers - Radio Edit" and "Garden of Flowers - Radio Edit with Guitars"), but it is actually more a new version of that disc and with just one additional version of "Garden of Flowers"
  1. "Looking for Love (2023 mix)" (3:56), "Seven" under a different name
  2. "Theres Only So Much You Can Do (2023 mix)" (3:31)
  3. "Freeway (extended)" (6:44)
  4. "Your Life (extended)" (7:41)
  5. "Garden of Flowers (alternative)" (5:28), which makes it a different version to "Garden of Flowers (alternative)" on the prior 2CD release
  6. "Garden of Flowers (radio edit with guitars)" (4:43)
  7. "Two Tribes" (4:51)
CD3: original album mix

CD4: extras; tracks (somewhat different to what was advertised), with Horn or Braide on lead vocals:
  1. "Broadway" (4:55)
  2. "Come in Elektra" (5:53)
  3. "You and I (Dada Mix)" (3:13)
  4. "Give Us a Clue" (3:37)
  5. "Home" (4:33)
  6. "Music for Bel Air" (4:28)
  7. "Summer Rain" (4:46)
  8. "The Path of Sydney Arthur" (3:51)
  9. "Your Life (End Intro Idea)" (0:52)
CD5: instrumentals of the 2023 mix (advertising omitted "Every Single Night in Jamaica", but it is included)

There is also a 2LP version (BRED2LP893), with the first disc being the original album mix. Side C is "Your Life (Extended)", "Garden of Flowers (Alternative)" and "Seven". Side D is "There's Only So Much You Can Do", "Freeway (Extended)".

Braide also released on 6 Dec 2025 digitally on Bandcamp Ghosts of Basing Street - The 2007 Mixes by 'The' Producers. These are the original 2007 mixes; disc 1 on the boxset appears to be close to these, but is slightly different. This version of the album does not have "Every Single Night in Jamaice" or "Garden of Flowers", but instead includes "Looking for Love" (a.k.a. "Seven") and "Summer Rain". The scare quote around the "The" reflect how the band was originally billed as The Producers, but later changed to just Producers. Tracks:
  1. "Johnny Walker Intro" (0:26), an extract from seemingly a radio broadcast where Walker introduced the band
  2. "Freeway (2007 Mix)" (6:13)
  3. "Waiting for the Right Time (2007 Mix)" (4:52)
  4. "Man on the Moon (2007 Mix)" (3:40)
  5. "Your Life - Original Chris vocal (2007 Mix)" (6:32)
  6. "Barking Up the Right Tree (2007 Mix)" (3:20)
  7. "Stay Elaine (2007 Mix)" (3:45)
  8. "Looking for Love (2007 Mix)" (3:51)
  9. "Watching You Out There (2007 Mix)" (5:35)
  10. "Summer Rain (2007 Mix)" (4:44)
  11. "You And I (2007 Mix)" (6:23)
The download also comes with three videos, for "Freeway" and "Barking Up the Right Tree", and then a trailer for their live shows. The album is credited to Braide (vocals, piano, guitars, producer), Lipson (lead guitars, programming, producer), Soan (drums, acoustic guitar), Creme (guitars, vocals, producer) and Horn (bass, vocals, producer).

Released the same day, there was also a digital single of "Man on the Moon", credited to Chris Braide - X Producers; tracks:
  1. "Man on the Moon - Original Version" (2:42)
  2. "Man on the Moon - Hollow King Mix" (3:58)
  3. "Man on the Moon - Live at the Royal Albert Hall" (3:58)
  4. "Man on the Moon - Moondust Mix" (2:51)
  5. "Man on the Moon - Unreleased 2007 Mix" (3:40)
The original version was recorded in 2006. The alternate mixes are described as "from the period". Track 5 here is as on the Ghosts of Basing Street - The 2007 Mixes album.

Braide also included an early live performance of "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by The Producers, but then withdrew it, on his EP Wonderous Stories: see on the main page for details.

On 27 Dec 2025, Braide next released through Bandcamp a solo 2025 cover of "Freeway" as "Freeway (Things That Make the World Go Round)", with 2 tracks: "Freeway (Supersonic Version)" (4:10), "Freeway (Supersonic Instrumental)" (4:01). On 21 Jan 2026, he then released "Freeway - Around The World Epic Mix" (13:14), largely performed by himself, but with lead guitar by Dave Bainbridge (Downes Braide Association) and drum overdubs by Ash Soan.
Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp
Husband and wife Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp (King Crimson) are on the cover of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax" on Horn's Echoes. They were recording with Simon Darlow (worked with The Buggles, Grace Jones, Toyah Willcox) in his studio. More work has followed. In a 13 Aug 2022 YouTube update, Willcox said, "I've recorded quite a few things with him [Horn] now". That implies more than just "Relax" on Echoes. Fripp and Willcox also guested live with the Trevor Horn Band in 2022.

Reimagining the Eighties
Trevor Horn Reimagines the Eighties saw Horn re-visit classic '80s pop songs, mostly that he wasn't involved in. Details on Yescography. Live work began with a show in London on 2 Nov 2018. Performing were Horn (bass, vocals), Alan Clark (Dire Straits Legacy, Eric Clapton, ex-Dire Straits; Hammond, keys), Steve Ferrone (Dire Straits Legacy, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, worked with Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Paul Simon, Duran Duran; drums), Cameron Gower Poole (worked with Billy Idol, Dua Lipa, Anne-Marie; samples, percussion), Kate Holmes-Smith (vocals), Izzy Chase (worked with Ellie Goulding, Kim Wilde, Boy George; vocals), Phil Palmer (Dire Straits Legacy, Eric Clapton; lead guitar), Lol Creme (Trevor Horn Band, ex-Art of Noise, ex-10cc, worked with Yes, Seal; guitar, bass, vocals, keys), Simon Bloor (Trevor Horn Band; lead guitar, keys), Julian Hinton (works with Numa Palmer, worked with Seal; keys, conductor, string arrangements) and an 8-piece string section (which I think was with Q Strings, Paloma Deike, Jess Cox (worked with ELO), Amy Stanford, Laura Stanford, Miriam Wakeling), with various further guests. Front of house sound was by Tim Weidner (worked with Yes), and organisation by Joel Peters. Read my review here. Set:
  1. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" Reimagined intro, string section only
  2. "Two Tribes", Ryan Molloy (ex-Frankie Goes to Hollywood, worked with Producers) lead vocals
  3. "Video Killed the Radio Star" (with "Check It Out" insert), Horn lead vocals
  4. "Dancing in the Dark", Holmes lead vocals
  5. "Different for Girls", Steve Hogarth (Marillion) lead vocals
  6. "Ashes to Ashes", Hogarth lead vocals
  7. "Rubber Bullets", Creme lead vocals, no strings
  8. "All the Things She Said", Chase/Holmes lead vocals, Creme second bass, no strings
  9. "Slave to the Rhythm", Chase/Cardle lead vocals
  10. "The Power of Love", Cardle lead vocals
  11. "Living in the Plastic Age", Horn lead vocals
  12. "What's Love Got to Do With It?", Molloy lead vocals
  13. "Take on Me", Horn/Molloy/Cardle lead vocals
  14. "Cry", Molloy lead vocals, no strings
  15. "Blue Monday", Jimmie Wood lead vocals & harmonica
  16. "Brothers in Arms", Horn lead vocals, Mick MacNeil (ex-Simple Minds) accordion
  17. "Girls on Film", Chase/Holmes lead vocals
  18. "I'm Not in Love", Cardle lead vocals, Creme keys
  19. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", Molloy lead vocals
  20. "Owner of a Lonely Heart", Horn lead vocals, Creme bass, Cardle additional backing vocals
  21. "Relax", Molloy lead vocals
  22. "Money for Nothing", Molloy lead vocals, Wood harmonica

The show was filmed: in the Jan 2019 Facebook Q&A, Horn said that they are "still editing at the moment" and then that he will "figure out what to do with it".

(Dire Straits) Legacy
DSL* Dire Straits Legacy (YouTube) is a band led by former Dire Straits guitarist Phil Palmer (Trevor Horn Band, Eric Clapton, worked with Cher). Several other former members of Dire Straits are or were involved in the project. Live, they mostly play Dire Straits material, but they also released an album of new material as Legacy: 3 Chord Trick (2017). Trevor Horn was providing bass and backing vocals, but his last live show with the band was 4 Dec 2023. The rest of the band are usually Palmer (guitar, vocals, musical director), Alan Clark (Eric Clapton, ex-Dire Straits, ex-Tina Turner; piano, Hammond B3), Marco Caviglia (vocals, lead guitar), Primiano Di Biase (keys), Mel Collins (King Crimson, worked with Dire Straits, Chris Squire, Eric Clapton; sax), Danny Cummings (ex-Dire Straits, ex-Mark Knopfler, ex-Tina Turner; percussion, vocals) and Cristiano Micalizza (worked with Eros Ramazzotti, Max Gazzé; drums). However, the line-up does vary on some tour legs. The band tours regularly, including Europe, and North and South America in 2023. They played 10 Brazilian dates in May 2023, 6 European dates across Jul-Sep 2023 (9 Sep, Norway, sold out), and 10 US dates in Sep. Nov and Dec 2023 saw 3 dates in Germany, 1 in China and 9 in Italy (30 Nov, Rome, sold out). The band continues to tour without Horn, with Steve Walters (worked with George Michael) on bass.

The band played Europe and then North America in 2022. The 21 May 2022 set was all Dire Straits material: "Once Upon a Time in the West", "Expresso Love", "Walk of Life", "Setting Me Up", "Private Investigations", "Tunnel of Love", "Romeo and Juliet", "Down to the Waterline", "The Bug", "Your Latest Trick", "Telegraph Road", "Brothers in Arms", "Sultans of Swing", "Solid Rock", "Money for Nothing", "So Far Away". They played "On Every Street" as an alternate second encore the previous night. North American dates in Aug/Sep 2022 included "Owner of a Lonely Heart", which I think stayed in the set through to Horn's departure.

Musicals & soundtracks
Horn and "Video Killed the Radio Star" co-writer Bruce Woolley have, for a long time, been developing a musical, provisionally called The Robot Sings. In a Nov 2024 interview, Woolley said, "I'm working on a musical, with Trevor [Horn], about robots". Mar 2017 reports described it as in "early initial development", although in an Oct 2018 interview, Horn said that the pair had been working on the material much longer, explaining that the track "The Happy Worker", used on 1992's "Toys" soundtrack, comes from this project. This appears to be the project that the Sep 2016 issue of Prog called Mirrors on the Sea and indeed the project that Horn mentioned in a Yahoo chat in Oct 1999 ("I'm writing a musical [...] about Robots"). 2017 reporting had that the musical will feature "Video Killed the Radio Star" (which was by Woolley, Horn and Downes) and original music. Geoff Downes was contributing additional music, the script is by Jack Woolley, with graphic designer and illustrator Paul Sizer also involved. The story is loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest: it entails a world where robots obediently serve humans and reflects the work of Brain Aldiss, JG Ballard and Isaac Asimov. An orphan, Jay, see his robot guardian shut down: his attempts to save her could lead to reconciliation between robots and humans, or to war. The 2018 interview was in Italian and has Horn saying:

Sono anni che tento di scriverlo, ma credo di non essere portato e porta via troppo tempo. A questo punto credo che non lo faremo più e che io e Bruce pubblicheremo un album con le canzoni che abbiamo composto. Uscirà a nome nostro… o qualcosa del genere.
That is, Horn has been trying to write the musical for years and, at this point, he thinks that they will not do it as a musical, but that he and Woolley will do an album of the songs that have been composed.

Horn is working on another musical, set in a recording studio: A Day in the Life of a Recording Studio is written with Lol Creme (Trevor Horn Band, ex-Art of Noise, ex-10cc, worked with Yes, Seal). A Jan 2014 interview with Horn described him as currently writing the project, while one the following month said the pair had "just finished writing a musical about a day in the studio." An Aug 2013 interview had more, describing "a stage production set appropriately enough in a recording studio", with Horn saying, "I've nearly finished it[.] I'm a big fan of musicals."

"Do They Know It's Christmas? – 2024 Ultimate Mix"
 Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas? (40th Anniversary)" was released 25 Nov 2024 digitally and comes on CD and 12" on 29 Nov. Proceeds benefit the Band Aid Charitable Trust. The EP tracks are (physical release):
  1. "Do They Know It's Christmas? – 1984 Version"
  2. "Do They Know It's Christmas? – 2004 Version"
  3. "Do They Know It's Christmas? – 2014 Version"
  4. "Do They Know It's Christmas? – 2024 Ultimate Mix" (4:58; start of b-side)
  5. "Do They Know It's Christmas? – Live at Wembley Stadium, 1985"
The EP was mastered by Miles Showell, Horn and Alex McArthur. The digital track listing moves the 2024 version to be first. There is also a digital single version (3:54). "Do They Know It's Christmas?" returned to the UK single chart, reaching #8 in the 12 Dec chart (#1 in sales, in physical sales and in vinyl, #2 in downloads). It fell to #14 the next week, but was back up to #12 for the Xmas week chart. It also returned to the Irish singles chart, making #28 (12 Dec). The 2024 mix (EP version) has made #16 on the German iTunes chart, #32 on the Australian one and #81 on the Italian, with the single version making #2 on the UK chart, #24 on the Australian and #93 on the Italian.

Horn was associated with the original charity single, producing the 12" version and a 1985 remix. He has now returned to produce the 40th anniversary version of the song that mixes together recordings of the song from over the decades: the original in 1984, Band Aid 20 in 2004, and Band Aid 30 in 2014. (Horn has said he didn't use anything from Band Aid II in 1989 because multitracks weren't available.) In a Sep 2024 interview, Geldof said Horn had just completed the mix. Co-writer Midge Ure explained in an Aug 2024 interview, "There's a big megamix about to come out, done by Trevor Horn, utilizing all of the different mixes and a bunch of new stuff [...] He's done his magic. He's created kind of this slightly symphonic, mega-extra-long thing, which was just wonderful. It's great. It's a great way of celebrating the 40 years, really." Singers included in the Ultimate Mix include Bono, Paul Young, George Michael, Boy George, Sting (ex-The Police), Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran), Gary Kemp, Paul Weller, and Kool & the Gang from 1984; Bono (again), Chris Martin (Coldplay), Robbie Williams, Dido, Dizzee Rascal and the Sugababes from 2004; and Bono (again), Chris Martin (again), Ed Sheeran, Sinéad O'Connor, Sam Smith, Seal, Guy Garvey, Rita Ora, Karl Hyde (Underworld) and One Direction from 2014. Horn used machine learning technology to separate out some vocal parts for use in the mix. Reports of which instrumental contributions have been used are not entirely consistent. The backing band have been reported to be taken from just the 1984 and 2004 versions, including Ure (1984), John Taylor (Duran Duran; bass, 1984), Paul McCartney (bass, 2004), Thom Yorke (Radiohead; piano, 2004), Phil Collins (ex-Genesis; drums, 1984), Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead; guitar, 2004), and Justin and Dan Hawkins (The Darkness; guitar, 2004). Promo also mentions Damon Albarn, who was only ever originally credited as a tea boy on the 2004 version. However, another report has Roger Taylor (Queen; drums, keys) also included, who was on the 2014 version. The mix also includes a spoken word contribution by David Bowie and audio from Michael Buerk's BBC news report that inspired the record, both from 1984. The new version also uses some new recordings (including orchestra, choir). Ure executive produced. Cover art is by Peter Blake. There is a music video (single version) also mixing together performance and other footage from across the years, directed by Oliver Murray (directed the music video for The Beatles' "Now and Then").

Various documentaries about the song have also been made. Band Aid have released a documentary about the original recording using original footage of the recording day in Nov 1984. Both Horn and his then wife Jill Sinclair appear in the film. The original footage was directed by Nigel Dick and produced by Sinclair. This was also shown on the BBC. Horn contributed at the end of BBC Radio 2's "Do They Know It's Christmas?: The Song That Changed The World" (part of Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies), talking about the 40th anniversary version. Horn was interviewed for a Virgin Radio 2-part documentary on Band Aid, available on YouTube: Part One and Part Two.
Production work etc.
Horn is producing a new album by Bloc Party, their seventh. Lead vocalist Kele Okereke said in a May 2025 interview, "It's a record about heartbreak, really [...] Hopefully it will be out next year [2026], but we'll see." He continued, "We're only halfway through with six songs. I think it feels quite synthetic in places. The term that we were bandying around at the start was 'disco heartbreak'. That was the umbrella, but it's kind of morphed into something else. We're only six songs in, so it could go completely left. We'll see." In a Sep 2025 interview, Horn said, "I'm just doing an album with Bloc Party".

There was work on a debut album from opera singer Olivia Safe (La Mia Bocca, worked with Robbie Williams, The Squad), produced by Graham Archer (worked with Robbie Williams, John Legend, Olly Murs) and Julian Hinton (works with Horn, Producers, worked with The Buggles, Seal, The Squad) and with Horn as executive producer. Horn signed Safe in 2010. The album was to be on SONYArista. It was described as a collection of covers, including of pieces by Damien Rice, Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainwright and Tim Buckley. Hinton described "putting the finishing touches to [...] Olivia Safe's debut album" on his website. However, I've not seen any news on it lately.


Art of Noise
In the Apr 2008 interview for Future Music, asked about whether the Art of Noise will be doing anything new, Horn said, "We keep talking about it." He also describes how they worked on a "visual sampler" before The Seduction of Claude Debussy: "So when you hit a note, you get a picture as well as sound. [...] there's about a 20 minute video that Lol Creme did, and I'm going to put it on DVD." JJ Jeczalik told a source that the original band line-up met up in 2014 to discuss a reunion.


Other re-issues & covers
Cherry Red released expanded versions of Marc Almond's 1991 Tenement Symphony, produced by Horn (trailer). There is a 6CD+1DVD limited edition deluxe box set, with 34 previously unreleased tracks. CD1 reverses the sides of the original release (to reflect what had been Horn's original plan) and adds 6 b-sides. CD2 collates released remixes, extended versions, 7" versions etc. CD3 has early versions, unreleased mixes etc. CD4 contains a live show from 1992. CD5 has a live show from 2000, plus 5 demos. CD6 has more mixes and backing tracks. The DVD contains promo videos and BBC appearances. There is also a 2CD expanded edition, with just CDs 1 and 2; and a translucent blue vinyl 2LP.

ABC's The Lexicon of Love, originally produced by Horn, is receiving a limited edition 40th anniversary Blu-ray re-release from Super Deluxe Edition, with remixes by Steven Wilson. There are various versions of the album, including a Dolby Atmos mix, hi-res stereo, and instrumental version. Release is on Blu-ray and/or LP; there are no CD releases involved.

 Seal's 1991 debut eponymous album, which was produced by Horn, received a deluxe re-issue on 4 Nov 2022, with the 4CD+2LP Seal: Deluxe Edition. Horn, with Tim Weidner engineering, did a Dolby Atmos surround sound remix of the debut album: this had a digital-only release on 4 Nov 2022. Horn explained the process in a Mar 2022 interview: "It took a lot of time to track down the original tapes[.] We eventually found most of them, and what we didn't have, we worked around by using 5.1 mixes or live recordings. This was my first experience of mixing in Dolby Atmos and it was an interesting experiment, especially for someone who has mainly recorded in stereo for the last 50 years."

Rhino are also releasing Seal: Deluxe Edition, a remastered and expanded issue of Seal's second album, Seal or also known as Seal II, from 1994. This was due 14 Jun 2024. "Kiss from a Rose (Alternate Version)" was released digitally 16 Apr 2024. The album is in various formats. There are 2 CDs: the original album, remastered, and a second disc, "Rare"; tracks:
  1. "Bring It On" – Alternate Version, previously unreleased
  2. "Reality", previously unreleased
  3. "Prayer for the Dying", previously unreleased
  4. "Kiss from a Rose", previously unreleased
  5. "Fast Changes", previously unreleased
  6. "Newborn Friend", previously unreleased
  7. "I'm Alive"
  8. "Don't Cry", previously unreleased
  9. "People Asking Why", previously unreleased
  10. "Dreaming in Metaphors", previously unreleased
  11. "If I Could", previously unreleased
  12. "Love is Powerful"
  13. "Manic Depression"
  14. "Blues in E"
  15. "The Wind Cries Mary"
  16. "Fly Like an Eagle"
A Blu-ray comes with an Atmos mix and a Hi-Res stereo mix.



Other news
Horn did a speaking tour of England entitled "Adventures in Modern Recording", connected to his memoir (see below). There were 13 dates in Oct/Nov 2025. In Nov 2025, he was also recording an audiobook version of "Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT", released previously in book form by Bonnier Books Ltd/Nine Eight Books. The description for the book says, "This book is Trevor's story in his own words, as told through the prism of twenty-three of his most important songs - from the ones that inspired him to the ones that defined him. This play-by-play memoir transports readers into the heart of the studio to witness the making of some of music's most memorable moments, from the Buggles' ground-breaking 'Video Killed the Radio Star' to Band Aid's perennial 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', via hits such as 'Relax', 'Poison Arrow', 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' and 'Crazy'." The book covers up to 2004, with Horn not wanting to cover the period including his wife's accident and later death. He initially wrote 4 chapters ten years ago, but plans for a book then fell through. The cover is by Lora Findlay. Horn also read the audiobook version. A paperback is now available. Horn did a Q&A/book signing for it in London on 30 Oct 2023. The book was 2nd in the multimedia section of Prog magazine's 2023 critics' choice. It appears the book had provisionally been titled "Crazy: Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT". On BBC Radio 2's The Chris Evans Breakfast Show in Oct 2018 (hosted by Sara Cox), Horn had said, "I was thinking about" writing an autobiography. In a Sep 2021 interview, he confirmed an autobiography was planned.

Horn is to appear in the documentary film "The Unexpected Return of Mr. Meek", about producer Joe Meek (worked with Steve Howe/The Syndicats, David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Tom Jones, Diana Dors, The Tornados).

Horn presented The Corrs with a Legend award at the O2 Silver Clef Awards 2025 on 2 Jul 2025.

Horn is managed by Sandy Dworniak. He signed with PPL for the international collection of his neighbouring rights royalties in Mar 2023.



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