the upcoming version will feature the audio of the original song, the 20th-anniversary version released in 2004 (which included Dizzee Rascal, Robbie Williams and the Sugababes) and the Band Aid ...

They then enlisted a host of other stars to record the song under the name of Band Aid. Released on 7 December 1984, the single became the UK's biggest selling single of the time and raised £8m.

A new mix, released next week, blends his vocals with those of Sting from the original 1984 version of the charity song. “My approval wasn’t sought on this new Band Aid 40 release," Sheeran said.

"Christianity is not new for Tigrayans, we are the first, no one is before us," one ... Ironically, when the Band Aid song was recorded during the 1983-85 famine, the nation was under a communist ...