Band Aid (band) Band Aid (band) Band Aid is a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. On 25 November 1984, the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, and was released in the UK four days later. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release. Three subsequent re-recordings of the song
Band Aid (band) but was unable to as he was in hospital at the time with a kidney infection. The Band Aid project inspired other charity records around the world, including "We Are the World" by USA for Africa (in the United States), "Cantaré Cantarás" by Project Hermanos (in Latin America), "Nackt im Wind" by Band für Afrika (in Germany), "Ethiopie" by Chanteurs Sans Frontiere'(in France), "Tears Are Not Enough" by Northern Lights (in Canada), "Show some Concern" by The Concerned in Ireland, "Sammen for Livet" by Forente Artister (in Norway), "Maksamme Velkaa" by Apua-Orkesteri (in Finland), "Chega de Mágoa" by Nordeste Já