Band Aid (band) three weeks at number one, becoming the ninth biggest-selling song of the year. Vocalists: Musicians: Band Aid 20 was the 2004 incarnation of the charity group Band Aid. The group, which included Daniel Bedingfield, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Bono of U2, and Paul McCartney, re-recorded the 1984 song "Do They Know It's Christmas?", written by Band Aid organisers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. Vocalists: Musicians: Additional personnel: Band Aid 30 is the 2014 incarnation of the charity supergroup Band Aid. Announced by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, the aim was to aid 2014 Ebola outbreak
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