Forty years ago, a seven-minute report and some of the most heartbreaking images of our time sparked a global effort for ...

The 73-year-old singer is spearheading a new version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - which he co-wrote with Midge Ure in 1984 to raise awareness and funds for famine in Ethiopia - which features ...

Band Aid 40, 2024 – for various crises in Africa, including mass killings in Sudan, and food insecurity in Ethiopia ...

Columnist Rick Magee reflects on the 40th anniversary of the Band Aid Christmas anthem "Do They Know It's Christmas?" ...

The Making Of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ 9pm, BBC Four. Some readers may be feeling their age when they realise it’s 40 ...

Geldof says he'll "have a talk" with Ed Sheeran, who participated in the 2014 version of the song and has since expressed his ...

The 40th-anniversary remake of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? charity hit was released on November 25. The new mix, ...

On November 25 1984, a number of British pop and rock stars gathered to record the hit single in aid of the Ethiopian famine appeal, brought together by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. A new ...

Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley and the song’s producer, Trevor Horn, defended the intentions behind the charity single ...

Band Aid Megamix released - at 40 - the new "ultimate mix" blends vocals from several versions of the charity single recorded ...

Time can change your perspective on something like that, as it did for Ed Sheeran, who participated in a newer version of ...

In 1984, the Boomtown Rats’ Bob Geldof and Ultravox’s Midge Ure wrote a catchy, well-intentioned, deeply problematic ...