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Band Aid 20 was the 2004 incarnation of the charity group Band Aid. The group, which included Daniel Bedingfield, Justin Hawkins of the Darkness, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Bono of U2, and Paul McCartney, re-recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?". The song reached No. 1 on 6 November 2004, spent four weeks at that position and became the ...
Nov 25, 2011 · ︎ SPANDAU BASSIST MARTIN KEMP REMINDS US via Twitter that on this day in 1984, he and about 40 other mainly British superstars went into the studio under the group name of Band Aid to record the fund-raising single, Do They Know It’s Christmas? This collabarative gesture in the name of charity held the record for 13 years as the UK’s ...
Nov 12, 2014 · Here are 14 fast facts about the making of the song that may surprise you. 1. Band Aid was the UK's biggest ever selling single for 13 years. It was only eventually pushed off the top spot by ...
Nov 17, 2014 · U2 frontman Bono returns for the new Band Aid track 30 years on from Bob Geldof's original, but his surrounding cast could hardly be more different. From social media celebrities boasting millions ...
Dec 2, 2022 · 2 Dec 2022, 15:45. Credit: YouTube. Band Aid’s 1984 song ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ remains one of the most iconic festive tunes of all time. In 1984, Bob Geldof and Ure wrote Do They Know It’s Christmas? to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia, and the song was recorded and performed by the supergroup of British and Irish ...
Band Aid was a British charitable group that was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money to fight the famine in Ethiopia . The name Band Aid had a double meaning: a band of musicians who offers help for an emergency situation, but at the same time also the perspective that this project not more than a band-aid on a major wound was. On november 28, 1984 was the ...
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In 1989, another all-star cast assembled under the banner of Band Aid II to record a new version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It too was a number one hit, as was the 20-year anniversary version by Band Aid 20. Sleeve artist Peter Blake (4) is also credited as a member of Band Aid.
