George Michael's 'major threat' to Christmas hit as he makes confession 'beyond the grave'
The BBC has uncovered unseen footage from the recording day of Do They Know It's Christmas? which shows the pop stars put ...
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Band Aid reissue will do more damage than good, aid body warns
A re-issue of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas reinforces colonial racism and could undo much good work done by ...
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Fuse ODG Calls for Rethink on Iconic Christmas Song
Originally created by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to address famine in Ethiopia, the song's lyrics have been critiqued for ...
Band Aid has done a huge amount of good, but Ed Sheeran's right: it's portrayal of the continent where I grew up is outdated, writes ESTHER KRAKUE
Just as Britain no longer sends missionaries overseas to convert benighted inhabitants of far-flung countries, its wrong for ...
Speak up against Band Aid Christmas hit, British-Ghanaian singer tells music stars
British-Ghanaian musician Fuse ODG has urged other artists to follow in the steps of Ed Sheeran and speak up about the 1984 ...
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Retro Irish Top Ten: It’s 25 years since Dustin the Turkey reached number one with “32 Counties”
He has also topped the chart with “The Christmas No. 1” (with Zig and Zag), “Spanish Lady” (with Ronnie Drew), “Rat Trap” ...
UK sends £7.2bn abroad 40 years after Live Aid - do they know we’re not rich anymore?
Band Aid was a rare point of light in the 1980s, a decade when Margaret Thatcher, Arthur Scargill, AIDS, crack and the Cold ...
Band Aid 40: time to change the tune?
Band Aid's massively popular 1984 hit raised around £8m for famine relief in Ethiopia and the charity has generated over ...
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Fuse ODG Calls for Artists to Rethink 'Do They Know It's Christmas'
Fuse ODG encourages artists to reconsider the narrative of the 1984 hit 'Do They Know It's Christmas', which he believes ...
Bob Geldof defends Band Aid's impact as fundraising single turns 40
As a new remix of the Ethiopian famine fundraising single draws the ire of Ed Sheeran, ROB CROSSAN looks back at the ...
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Ed Sheeran wouldn’t have approved vocals for new Band Aid track
A debate is breaking out over plans to release a new version of Band Aid’s charity single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ which combines vocals from all four previous versions into an ‘ultimate mix’.
Ed Sheeran Distances Himself From Controversial Christmas Song
Speaking about the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Sheeran said that his "understanding of the narrative associated with this has changed." ...