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, ...

Fuse ODG has hit back at Band-Aid's remake of 'Do They Know It's Christmas' with the single 'We Know It's Christmas'.

Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas leads the race for Number 1 following the release of its 2024 Ultimate Mix. Artists who prominently feature on the track include the likes of George ...

But it couldn’t, and didn’t, skate around why Band Aid happened in the first place. “After Live Aid my wife and I worked in Ethiopia for a month,” U2’s frontman Bono recalled.

The Band Aid drama rages on as Sir Bob Geldof has reportedly called Ed Sheeran after backlash over ‘damaging stereotypes’ in Christmas hit.. The Boomtown Rats icon has defended the charity ...

In 1984, the Boomtown Rats’ Bob Geldof and Ultravox’s Midge Ure wrote a catchy, well-intentioned, deeply problematic Christmas song about the need to help other people during the holiday season.

The original Band Aid single saw artists join forces in 1984, led by Boomtown Rats frontman Geldof and Ultravox’s Midge Ure to help charities working with starving children in Ethiopia.

Paul, 68, met his wife Stacey Smith while filming the video to his 1983 hit Come Back And Stay, a year before Band Aid. They married in 1987 and went on to have three children, Levi, Layla and Grady.

Listeners tuning in to hear the revamped Band Aid 40 charity single have branded it a 'hot mess' and claimed the song has been 'absolutely ruined'.

Bob Geldof has defended his Band Aid charity single against criticism, including Ed Sheeran’s complaint last week that he would not have added his vocals to a new mix had he been asked.. This ...

Over the past four decades, it is believed the Band Aid Charitable Trust "has raised more than £140 million in total", said the BBC. The hit also spawned Live Aid, the 1985 concert, and Live 8, a ...