Fresh off multiple top-five singles and a No. 1 hit, the \u201cOnly In My Dreams\u201d singer was invited to perform at the Prince\u2019s Trust Concert in London. The concert, which supported the Prince’s Trust charity (which later became The King\u2019s Trust), was a who\u2019s who of talent. The acts also got the chance to meet members of the royal family.<\/p>\n
In her new memoir, Eternally Electric: The Message In My Music<\/a>, Gibson recalls being underdressed while meeting the ever-glamorous Princess Diana<\/a>.<\/p>\n “It was such a surreal evening, with me telling the princess how the special gown I\u2019d wanted to wear for my receiving-line moment had been vetoed by the producers because they wanted me ready to open the show,” she writes in the book. “They had insisted I wear my video-look performance outfit \u2014 blue-jean cutoff shorts, a vest, and a bandana in my hair \u2014 but she could not have been more gracious.”<\/p>\n Gallery Books<\/p>\n The cover of Debbie Gibsons’s book, ‘Eternally Electric.’<\/p>\n \u201c’You look a heck of a lot more comfortable than I am,’ she leaned in and whispered,” Gibson recalls.<\/p>\n Shortly after, the “Lost In Your Eyes” singer, then just 18 years old, took the stage to sing “Electric Youth\u201d after being introduced by Sir Sean Connery<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s one of the biggest, most successful recording artists in America,\u201d the James Bond actor said in his introduction before she hit the stage.<\/p>\n Duncan Raban\/Popperfoto via Getty<\/p>\n Debbie Gibson in 1988.<\/p>\n That night turned into one Gibson, now 55, would never forget. Later in the evening, her friend convinced a restaurant with live music to stay open late \u2014 a memory she still holds dear.<\/p>\n “I wrote a song about it a few years ago called ‘The Band Plays On,’ because it was such a memorable life moment,” she recounts in the memoir.<\/p>\n “That sweet scene we started; I can rest my head upon; Proof that love stays like the band plays on.”<\/p>\n Eternally Electric<\/a> is now available wherever books are sold.<\/p>\n![\"Gallery](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/82f801aaf3637826c51e1aef75acb24a.jpeg\"\/)
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