I.B. tease PM

POP QUIZ: Capitol chief Steve Barnett and Modest Management's Richard Griffiths worked together to set up the smash success of One Direction (during the former's days at Columbia) and are now preparing to deliver Capitol's Australian Pop wonders 5 Seconds of Summer. But another band from Down Under formed the basis of their very first collaboration, well before these young chart-toppers were born. What was that band? The answer, along with a fascinating history of decades-long friendships and Anglo-American relations in the biz, can be found in I.B. Bad's latest column, which will appear on this site in its entirety tomorrow. (3/27p)