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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 ...
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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 single Do they know it's Christmas released, written by Bob Geldof and produced by Midge Ure. The song, which was recorded in one day,25 november , reached in many countries, including Britain and the Netherlands, first place. The cover of the single was created by Peter Blake.
Bob Geldof organized 1985 Live Aidbenefit concert. Formed In imitation of American Band Aid star that same year the group USA for Africa.
In 1989 a group of artists with the project Band Aid II, had broken out again after famine in Ethiopia. Band Aid II Do they know it's Christmas again took on. the plate did it in Netherlands less good (highest place number 18 in the Dutch Top 40) than 5 years before that.
A third version appeared In 2004 under the name Band Aid 20, referring to the 20 years that Do they know it's Christmas? is. The record was 14 november and 29 november appeared in stores. The proceeds go to Sudan. England donates even the tax that is levied on the CDs to the country.
The data of the Foundation are accessible through the website of the British Charity Commission. This shows that, for example, in 2011 nearly 4 million English pounds was paid out to projects.
•Freddie Mercury (Queen)
•Adam Clayton (U2)
•Phil Collins
•Bob Geldof
•Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)
•Chris Cross (Ultravox)
•Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz)
•Tim Wheeler (Ash)
•Daniel Bedingfield
•Natasha Bedingfield
•Thom Yorke
•Bono (U2)
The Dutch Top 40 SinglesSingles in the Flemish Top 50Radio 2 Top 2000Dec 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 ...
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The project lead naturally the next year to Live Aid, the biggest global rock concert ever, viewed by two billion people in 60 countries, who coughed up still more dollars. It is estimated that Live Aid raised £150m (about $283m). The idea for Band Aid was proposed by one man, Bob Geldof, since granted an honorary knighthood but in 1984 a ...
