Le Bon first received news that he would be named an MBE by King Charles in June. The award was presented in recognition of the musician’s services to music and charity. At that time, he shared that the honor was “incredible and totally unexpected.”

Le Bon dropped out of university to perform with the group, who became synonymous with the New Romantic scene, after a successful audition in the 1980s. With hit songs including R

The ‘death’ of the band has been much discussed over the past couple of months, with statistics showing that it’s now solo artists who dominate the upper echelons of the sales and streaming charts (not to mention the lion’s share of the cultural conversation).