It soared to the top of the charts upon its release, staying there for five weeks and bagging the coveted Christmas number ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

David Bowie, left, and Bob Geldof at Live Aid in July 1985. The global concert followed the charity recording "Do They Know It's Christmas?," released in December 1984 to raise money for famine relief ...

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 ...

As Fuse ODG rightly pointed out, Band Aid and its subsequent singles are causing more harm than good to the geo-politics of ...

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 ...