It’s Christmas time… and the 2024 ‘Ultimate Mix’ of charity classic Do They Know It’s Christmas? is out now. The song’s latest iteration - released to mark its 40th anniversary - is a compilation of ...
Band Aid is back again - but who has taken part in the charity single over the last 40 years? (PA Images) Charity supergroup Band Aid introduced one of the most famous Christmas songs ever to hit the ...
The song, which was composed by Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof of the Boom Town Rats and Scottish singer-songwriter Midge Ure of Ultravox, featured popular British and Irish musical acts to raise ...
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, also broadcasts a ...
"This little pop song has kept millions of people alive," the Irish musician and activist told ‘The Sunday Times’ Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty Bob Geldof is standing his ...
A new 40th anniversary version of Band Aid's festive hit 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' will see U2's Bono sing with a younger version of himself and a young George Michael sing with Harry Styles. The ...
David Bowie performing at Live Aid at London's Wembley Stadium on July 13, 1985 (photo: Georges De Keerle / Getty Images). In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Band Aid Ethiopian famine ...
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 says ...
Over the years, Band Aid has brought an all-star group of musicians together to record the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” for charity. The original version arrived in 1989, and other editions ...
As the Irish musician and activist, 73, prepares to release a 40th-anniversary edition of the holiday charity song — and faces criticism from Ed Sheeran — he is not only defending the track's legacy ...
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, also broadcasts a ...