It was top of the UK Singles Chart for three weeks. For the 20th anniversary, Band Aid 20 involved a re-recording of the single with more popular music stars of the era, including Lemar ...

by Band Aid was recorded on November 25, 1984, and released just two weeks later. It became a runaway sensation, a number one ...

The new track will blend vocals from different versions of the single, meaning stars such as ... by an all-star line-up of artists entitled Band Aid, was "masterminded" by Boomtown Rats frontman ...

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 ...

They then enlisted a host of other stars to record the song under the name of Band Aid. Released on 7 December 1984, the single became the UK's biggest selling single of the time and raised £8m.

Reflecting on Band Aid’s cultural impact, the documentary will feature never-aired-before footage, brand new interviews and access from those who masterminded the landmark single, from the high ...

Compact Discs arrive, while Michael Jackson, Madonna, U2 and Band Aid rule the world. 1980 - The Pretenders' Brass In Pocket becomes the first new Number 1 single of the decade, as the band score ...