Stars have turned on Ed Sheeran in the escalating row over the new Band Aid single – with Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley telling him to ‘shut up’.

Trevor Horn, producer of a fresh 40th anniversary version of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, has also been critical of Sheeran after the singer spoke out against the new version of the charity track.

Sheeran revealed last week he would have preferred his vocal contributions from a 2014 recording were not used on the new version.

The song’s co-writer Bob Geldof has been defending the song against criticism that it fuels ‘pity rather than partnership’ while promoting harmful stereotypes about Africa.