70s rock icons with Bob Geldof links announce 2025 UK tour including major London destination
70s rock icon Bob Geldof has announced a massive tour for 2025 with his band, The Boomtown Rats. First formed in Dublin in ...
Band Aid sang ‘feed the world’ 40 years ago – where is hunger still an issue today?
The 40th-anniversary remake of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? charity hit was released on November 25. The new mix, ...
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The enduring image of Freddie Mercury and Queen
It’s not the band’s first time in Northampton ... In 1985, a Queen that had waned in relevancy performed at Live Aid at the ...
Rick Magee (opinion): Band Aid lyrics didn't age well, but we could use more of that optimism
Columnist Rick Magee reflects on the 40th anniversary of the Band Aid Christmas anthem "Do They Know It's Christmas?" ...
Bob Geldof on 40 Years of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’: Charity, Controversy & Changing Lives
Geldof says he'll "have a talk" with Ed Sheeran, who participated in the 2014 version of the song and has since expressed his ...
How Bono, Sting, George Michael and more banded together for ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ 40 years ago
In 1984, Bob Geldof led a who’s who of British and Irish hitmakers — from Sting, Bono and George Michael to Phil Collins, ...
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BBC to mark 40th anniversary of Band Aid single Do They Know It’s Christmas?
The BBC has announced plans to mark 40 years since the recording of Band Aid’s ... the hit single in aid of the Ethiopian famine appeal, brought together by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure.
Bob Geldof Stands by Band Aid's 40th Anniversary Release After Ed Sheeran Weighed in on Controversy
"Over the course of 40 years, hundreds of thousands of people — probably millions — are alive because of a little pop song," ...
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Bob Geldof says he will chat to Ed Sheeran after his criticism of charity single
Bob Geldof has said he will chat 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 which ...
Bob Geldof Defends Band Aid Christmas Song After Ed Sheeran Criticism
Geldof defended the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" saying that it had grown into an important piece of political ...
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Mike Stock hits out at Bob Geldof for omitting Band Aid II from Do They Know It's Christmas? Ultimate Mix
Record producer Mike Stock has hit out at Bob Geldof for reducing 1989's Band Aid II to a "footnote" as it is not included in ...
Sir Bob Geldof responds to Band Aid criticism on CNN
CNN interviews Sir Bob Geldof about the re-release of Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ song, to mark the 40th anniversary of the original. The singer and political activist responds to ...