was recorded on three separate occasions, over three separate generations, Band Aid (1984), Band Aid 20 (2004) and Band Aid 30 (2014)” any Smash Hits reader worth their button badges knows that ...

Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas leads ... John’s Merry Christmas (15), Kelly Clarkson’s Underneath The Tree (19), and Ariana Grande’s Santa Tell Me (20). Finally, Ma Meilleure ...

No song in the history of pop has had an effect quite like Band Aid’s “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” The 1984 star-studded supergroup charity single raised £8m for famine relief in ...

On Nov. 25, Band Aid released the “ultimate remix” of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” the rock charity single from 40 years ago that, in addition to whatever good it has done ...

Last week, Sheeran, 33, claimed on social media that Band Aid didn't ask for his permission to use his vocals (he appeared on the 2014 version of the track) on the new mix, and said that given the ...

The new version of the song will be released on Nov. 25. By Thomas Smith A new version of Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” has been announced to celebrate the song’s 40th ...

It was hastily recorded by the super-group Band Aid. But the lyrics did not paint a full picture of the famine. They recycled many of the old colonial tropes of Africa as a barren land requiring ...

IT'S been forty years since Band Aid was created - releasing one of the most recongised and iconic Christmas song. Bob Geldof and Midge Ure formed the group, which aimed to highlight the plight of ...

is being released, to commemorate 40 years of Band Aid. The charity single first debuted in the lead-up to Christmas in 1984, with musical heavyweights like George Michael, Sting, U2 frontman Bono ...

An official press release teased: “On Band Aid – 2024 Ultimate Mix you will hear a young Sting sing alongside a young Ed Sheeran. A young Boy George with a young Sam Smith. A young George ...

LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - British-Ghanaian musician Fuse ODG has urged other artists to follow in the steps of Ed Sheeran and speak up about the 1984 hit "Do They Know It's Christmas," which he ...

It was hastily recorded by the super-group Band Aid. But the lyrics did not paint a full picture of the famine. They recycled many of the old colonial tropes of Africa as a barren land requiring ...