His mother encouraged his artistic talent when he was six years old by entering him in a screen test for a Persil washing powder TV advertisement, which proved successful.

[citation needed] For a time Le Bon worked as a theatre porter at Northwick Park Hospital Accident and Casualty, and also sang in a punk band called Dog Days at Harrow School of Art.

He appeared in a few television advertisements and also in several theatre productions including Tom Brown's School Days in the West End of London.

The band had a powerful pop sound flavoured with disco, funk, and electronics, built on a solid rock rhythm section, and all they needed was a charismatic singer with a distinctive voice.

[3] After listening to the songs the band had already composed together, Le Bon spent some time fitting one of his poems ("Sound of Thunder") to one of the instrumentals, and found they had a good match.

The group added guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and drummer Sterling Campbell and recorded the studio album Liberty (1990), but the band's success had begun to wane in the late 1980s.

In 1989, for Jonathan Elias' Requiem for the Americas project, Le Bon contributed "Follow in My Footsteps", with the Bangles' Susanna Hoffs providing backing vocals.

Another solo track, "Dreamboy", was featured on the SYN-released soundtrack to the Mario Van Peebles comedy film Love Kills (1998).

In October 2005 Dutch trance DJ Ferry Corsten released the track "Fire", with vocals by Le Bon.

In 2010, Le Bon collaborated on the song "Record Collection", the title track from Mark Ronson's third studio album.

In the song, Le Bon is heard singing the chorus, along with Mark Ronson and hip hop artist Wiley.

[8] Despite the accident, Le Bon and Drum went on to participate in the 1985–1986 Whitbread Round the World Race, coming in third overall in elapsed time.

During a touring break in August 2005, Le Bon again raced Drum in the Fastnet Race, borrowing the vessel from her owner (the late Scottish multi car garage owner Sir Arnold Clark) to participate, and raising funds for charity the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

[11] In 2009 Le Bon (who describes himself as a "concerned agnostic")[12] contributed an essay to the book The Atheist's Guide to Christmas, edited by Ariane Sherine.

"[14] In 2018, Le Bon was accused by a therapist named Shereen Hariri of sexually assaulting her at the Wherehouse, a record store where she worked during a signing session on 10 April 1995.

[15] He responded via the band's social media pages denying the allegation, saying in part, "I have always been one who can admit to my mistakes and apologize for my failings.

"[16][17] Le Bon was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity.