Band Aid 30 Band Aid 30 Band Aid 30 is the 2014 incarnation of the charity supergroup Band Aid. The group was announced on 10 November 2014 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, with Geldof stating that he took the step after the United Nations had contacted him, saying help was urgently needed to prevent the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa spreading throughout the world. As in previous incarnations, the group covered the track "Do They Know It's Christmas?", written in 1984 by Geldof and Ure, this time to raise money towards the Ebola crisis in Western Africa. The track has re-tweaked
Beyond the Valley of 1984 TV show, where Tom Snyder introduced them as "possibly the greatest punk rock band in the entire world". "Beyond the Valley of 1984" would go on to spend 9 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at 142 in the summer of 1981. The album was re-released in 2000 by Plasmatics Media, Inc. Beyond the Valley of 1984 Beyond the Valley of 1984 is the second album by punk-metal band The Plasmatics. After the success of their first album and tour, the band began recording their follow-up album, "Beyond the Valley of 1984". After the amount of time and money