We weren’t touring or playing, and it seemed like a crazy idea, this talk of having 50 bands on the same bill,” guitarist May ...

N o 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 ...

Bob Geldof has rejected the idea that he is a “white saviour” due to his charity work in Africa. The Irish musician and ...

And Band Aid’s controversy soup only ever thickens. For while Sheeran is currently wishing that he wasn’t on this latest record, we can name 16 artists who probably wish that they were.. Yes ...

Freddie Mercury almost turned down the opportunity to perform at Live Aid in 1985. Speaking in an interview with Radio Times ...

A few months after Band Aid burst to the top of the U.K. singles chart – where it remained for five weeks – and climbed to No. 13 on Billboard’s Hot 100, the collective genius of Michael ...

The new version of Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas' commemorating the organization's 40th anniversary is headed for a No. 1 debut in the U.K.

Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas' charity single will have an 'Ultimate Mix' including vocals from all 4 versions of the track, out on Nov. 25.

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 ...

For the 20th anniversary, Band Aid 20 involved a re-recording of the single with more popular music stars of the era, including Lemar, Estelle, Daniel and Natasha Bedingfield, Dido, Dizzee Rascal ...

Ed Sheeran says he wasn't asked to approve the use of his vocals on the Band Aid 40 version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' and would have declined.

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: CDs of the charity single 'Do They Know It's Christmas' by Band Aid 20 are displayed at a music store in central London. November 29, 2004.