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3 days ago · On 12 December 2022, British blogger Mark Hoyle, aka LadBaby, announced that he had been given permission from Ure, Geldof, and the Band Aid Trust to rewrite the lyrics to "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and release it as his 2022 Christmas single.
May 13, 2024 · Bob Geldof (born October 5, 1951, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) is an Irish rock musician and philanthropic activist who is a member of The Boomtown Rats rock group. He founded the charitable supergroup Band Aid in 1984 and organized the Live Aid concert in 1985 for the relief of famine in Ethiopia.
2 days ago · Since the release of "We Are the World", and the Band Aid single that influenced it, numerous songs have been recorded in a similar fashion, with the intent to aid disaster victims throughout the world.
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May 1, 2024 · 2024 marks 40 years since The Boomtown Rats ' frontman Bob Geldof and Ultravox 's Midge Ure first enlisted a star-studded supergroup for the charity song; which went on to become 1984's Official...
1 day ago · In November 2014, Geldof announced that he would be forming a further incarnation of Band Aid, to be known as Band Aid 30, to record an updated version of the charity single, with the proceeds going to treat victims of the Ebola virus in West Africa.
4 days ago · 1. Who invented the Band Aid? The Band Aid was invented by Earle Dickson, an employee of Johnson & Johnson, in 1920. He created it to help his wife effectively dress her own wounds without assistance. 2. Why is it called Band Aid? It is called Band Aid because the inventor’s wife suggested that it looked like a “band-aid” for wounds. The ...
Apr 30, 2024 · The first meeting of the Band Aid organisers took place on 5th November 1984, when they discussed the ambitious idea of bringing together a host of top artists to record a fundraising record. Geldof then began recruiting other stars to sing on the record, the first one being Sting, lead singer of the Police, who agreed straight away.
