Band Aid at 40: how the problematic Christmas hit changed the charity sector
In November 1984, BBC journalist Michael Buerk presented a series of dispatches from the small town of Korem in northern Ethiopia. He described the scenes he encountered as a famine of “biblical proportions” and that aid workers in the region had told him it was “the closest thing to hell on earth”.
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Stuart Bruce, chief engineer of Do They Know It's Christmas, spills his secrets on the day when 40 of the world's biggest pop ...
Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas' charity single will have an 'Ultimate Mix' including vocals from all 4 versions of ...
A remix will blend the voices from all the different versions released over the years into one whole.
Forty years ago, Bob Geldof had an idea that arguably changed the world, and certainly changed the music world. It is such a ...
The 2024 Ultimate mix of Do They Know It’s Christmas will premiere on UK breakfast radio and streaming on November 25. This ...
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It is one of the biggest songs in UK chart history, but Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? is about to get even bigger.
Band Aid's 1984 single never fails to dominate the UK radio waves every December - serving as a reminder of the tragedies ...
As for decoding Kamala Harris’s loss? “It turns out the election was stolen by more people voting for Donald Trump,” Stewart ...
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