“Do They Know It’s Christmas” has been updated in honor of the song’s 40th anniversary. A remix will subsequently combine the original track with three prior versions to honor the relief efforts of ...

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 ...

No 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 Ethiopia, becoming ...

The post Ed Sheeran Declined Use of Vocals in Band Aid Christmas Song Due to “Negative Stereotypes” appeared first on Consequence. Ed Sheeran has said Band Aid didn’t ask permission to reuse his ...

The singers have criticized "They Don't Know It's Christmas" for perpetuating "damaging stereotypes" of Africans as a charity case. Bob Geldof... A new version of the song "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 criticism from Ed Sheeran — he is not only defending the track's legacy ...

The 40th anniversary remake of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? has premiered on UK radio, amid renewed discussion ...

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 ...

Bob Geldof says he intends to speak to Ed Sheeran following his criticism of the charity Band Aid single Do They Know It’s Christmas?. To mark the song’s 40th anniversary, a remix has been created ...

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 ...