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 ...

Ed Sheeran says Band Aid 40th release didn’t ask permission to use his vocals - He had appeared in Band Aid 30 alongside One Direction, Sam Smith and Chris Martin from Coldplay.

"Do They Know It's Christmas" was recorded on November 25, 1984, at S.A.R.M. Studios in London, reports the website On This Day in Music. The song was written by The Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof and ...

An era-spanning mega mix of the 1984 hit "Do They Know It's Christmas?" will be released this year to mark its 40th anniversary and to raise yet more money for charity. The new track will blend vocals ...

"Over the course of 40 years, hundreds of thousands of people — probably millions — are alive because of a little pop song," Geldof said on CNN Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty; Lionel ...

What is Band Aid 40? The charity Christmas single that's causing controversy - Musicians are distancing themselves from the “colonial” Christmas single, but Bob Geldof refuses to change the lyrics ...