When Band Aid recorded a single to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, the supergroup famously sang: "Do they know it's Christmas time at all?" The discovery confirms that Christianity ...

Band Aid performers gather for group portrait during the recording of the charity single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' at Sarm West studios, London, 24th November 1984. Line up includes (back ...

He also recognises that Ethiopians celebrate Christmas but says that in 1984 "ceremonies were abandoned". In an email to the BBC, Joe Cannon, the chief financial officer of the Band Aid Trust ...

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Band Aid Ethiopian famine relief single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” organizer/producer Trevor Horn has blended elements from the original as ...

The song "Do They Know it's Christmas?" turned 40 this year. It is a song that spawned many musical efforts to grow charitable giving. It launched Band Aid which led to Live Aid, Farm Aid and many ...

"Last Christmas" was blocked from the top of the charts by Band Aid's "Do They Know It’s Christmas?" when it was first released in 1984. But four decades on, it has clinched the title for two ...

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 ... was originally recorded by ...

The release of the Band Aid single, and the Live Aid concert that followed eight months later, became seminal moments in celebrity fundraising and set a template that many others followed. Do They ...