Carla Bruni will record a French-language version of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, her agent confirmed today.
Mrs Nicolas Sarkozy is rumoured to have lined up a number of French acts, including Daft Punk, for a continental take on the Band Aid song’s revival in aid of the fight against Ebola in West Africa.
Earlier today, organizer Bob Geldof announced that the volume of pre-orders for the track ensured it had raised in excess of £1million within minutes of the song being premiered on TV last night.
Geldof announced the former first lady of France’s involvement in the interview with the BBC. Ms Bruni’s involvement was later confirmed to The Telegraph by her agent.
‘The Germans go into bat today, I have asked the Germans to do the German version and I have asked Carla Bruni to do it in France, to translate it into French, so they’re going next.’
Geldof has called the track ‘a little bit of pop history’ and said it delivered a powerful message about the urgent need to fight Ebola, estimated to have killed more than 5,000 people in West Africa.
He then went on to criticize the response from some national governments.
‘The Germans aren’t doing enough, frankly. Obviously the French have sent their troops to help in Guinea and of course the British, the squaddies are down in Sierra Leone,’ he said, Daily Mail informs.
