Band Aid (band) organisations of live Benefit Concerts run by Celebrity Charity. The concerts were USA for Africa and Live Aid and were broadcast in over 160 countries across the globe. Band Aid and Live Aid combined raised about $150 million (USD) for the famine relief effort in Ethiopia. The first hit was so popular that several of the artists got together again to do a cover version of the original song "Do They Know It's Christmas?". These artists include Dido, Robbie Williams and Chris Martin. The group has come together on a total of four occasions composed of popular British and Irish
Band Aid (band) released the album "Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records", as well as an EP entitled "We Are the World", jointly recorded with US band A State of Mind, both of which were intended as anti-capitalist critiques of the Band Aid/Live Aid phenomenon. They argued that the record was primarily a cosmetic spectacle, designed to draw attention away from the real political causes of world hunger. In a 1985 "Time Out" interview, Morrissey gave his views about the song: 'I'm not afraid to say that I think Band Aid was diabolical. Or to say that I think Bob Geldof is a