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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 ...

On Nov. 25, 1984, a group featuring some of the biggest names in British pop music — including members of Duran Duran, Culture Club, Spandau Ballet, the Police, Bananarama and Wham! — recorded a ...

A new version of the song "Do They Know It's Christmas" is out today — November 25. And it's already stirred up a bit of controversy. Irish rocker Bob Geldof was the driving force behind the first ...

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 ...

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. A ...

Following the success of Band Aid, Bob Geldof visited Ethiopia to oversee the distribution of aid and realised that if the Band Aid organisation owned its own fleet of trucks to transport much-needed ...

Bob Geldof is standing his ground on "Do They Know It's Christmas?" As the Irish musician and activist, 73, prepares to release a 40th-anniversary edition of the holiday charity song — and faces ...

"Do They Know It's Christmas," by Band-Aid, is the number one song in Britain this Christmas. It is a remake of the 1984 benefit song for the famine-struck country of Ethiopia. This time it's for ...

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 ...