There’s a little Sliding Doors-style moment in our cover feature this month that quite possibly changed the course of modern history. Picture this. It’s 1984 and Bob Geldof is kicking back at the London offices of The Boomtown Rats’ record label Mercury after a day of meetings brainstorming ideas to boost the fortunes of their single Dave. The third release from the band’s sixth studio album In The Long Grass was doing rather lacklustre chart business at the time.