Bob Geldof reminisces about recording with Band Aid A new anniversary edition of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” called “Band Aid – 2024 Ultimate Mix” arrived last week. The slightly restructured song ...

Most years, no festive singles enter the canon of Christmas classics. But in 1984, there were two. And while we celebrated 40 years of Last Christmas on the cover of this year’s first Big Issue ...

Bob Geldof and Midge Ure pictured outside SARM Studios in Notting Hill, London, during the recording of the Band Aid single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', part of the Feed The World campaign ...

The July 13 episode, titled “A Band Aid,” explores how Bob Geldof, lead singer of Irish rockers The Boomtown Rats, was inspired to write “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” with Ultravox ...

The backing band, compiled from the original and 2004 versions, features McCartney and Duran Duran’s John Taylor on bass, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke on piano, Phil Collins on drums, and The Darkness’s ...

But it’s fascinating unto itself, from our perspective,” said Geldof. With the 40th anniversary of Band Aid on the horizon, Geldof is busy with many projects to mark the monumental charity ...

Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof and Ultravox guitarist Midge Ure had teamed up in 1984 to write the Band Aid single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' in response to a tragic Ethiopian famine which ...