A comedy duo have teamed up with local businesses to release their third Derbyshire-themed Christmas single. Mark Page and Craig Webb have asked if Santa will remember the people of Matlock this ...
The two-day Veterans Band Aid Music Festival is coming to Virginia Beach for the fifth year in an effort to raise money for emerging treatment used to ease symptoms of service-related traumatic brain ...
Forty years ago, Bob Geldof had an idea that arguably changed the world, and certainly changed the music world. It is such a simple idea, really, it is a wonder no one had tried it before: get as many ...
On Nov. 25, 1984, a group featuring some of the biggest names in British pop music — including members of Duran Duran, Culture Club, Spandau Ballet, the Police, Bananarama and Wham! — recorded a ...
Singer, Ed Sheeran announced his refusal to participate in the Band Aid - 2024 Ultimate Mix—the 40th Anniversary Edition of the iconic charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas?. This has not only ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — It's a case of rock and roll to soothe the soul. The classic rock band 38 Special will headline the 4th annual Veterans Band-Aid Music Festival this weekend at the Holiday Trav-L ...
LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - British-Ghanaian musician Fuse ODG has urged other artists to follow in the steps of Ed Sheeran and speak up about the 1984 hit "Do They Know It's Christmas," which he says ...
LONDON — It’s been 40 years since the release of the original version of “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” the song that brought together dozens of pop stars as Band Aid to raise money in an effort to ...
The BBC apologized Thursday for a March report that implied millions of dollars raised for famine relief by the Band Aid music charity had been used by Ethiopian rebel groups to buy arms, Reuters ...
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 ...
Band-Aid has helped launch its latest product, Waterproof Clear Adhesive Bandages, through a marketing blitz at Summerfest, a three-weekend, nine-day event held in downtown Milwaukee that’s billed as ...
Kasabian have criticised Band Aid 30 for "churning over the same s**t again". Frontman Tom Meighan offered his views on Bob Geldof and Midge Ure's initiative, telling the Daily Star that they are ...