Following the success of Band Aid, Bob Geldof visited Ethiopia to oversee the distribution of aid and realised that if the Band Aid organisation owned its own fleet of trucks to transport much-needed ...

Ed Sheeran recently called out Band Aid for using his vocals without permission in their recent mix. Fans have now grown curious about the controversy between the singer and the charity supergroup. So ...

In late September, Bob Geldof was in no mood to reminisce about “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” the November 1984 charity single raising money for the victims of Ethiopian famine. “I do the Africa ...

Today it looked like the goodwill generated by 30 years of music-based charity work had dried up for Bob Geldof, Bono and their latest band of pop sensations. Band Aid 30, unlike its predecessors, has ...

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It’s not yet Thanksgiving, but those commercial-free holiday-music marathons are already inescapable. Listen long enough and, after repeat playings of Mariah Carey and Mannheim Steamroller, you’ll ...

On Nov. 25, Band Aid released the “ultimate remix” of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” the rock charity single from 40 years ago that, in addition to whatever good it has done, also broadcasts a ...

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Unless you’re a sociopathic (and I’m sure none of my readers are), you probably don’t enjoy delivering bad news. It could be announcing that the quarterly numbers aren’t on target, letting someone ...

In late September, Bob Geldof was in no mood to reminisce about “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” the November 1984 charity single raising money for the victims of Ethiopian famine. “I do the Africa ...