SLOWLY shaking her head with disgust, Birhan Woldu is seething that her beloved Band Aid has come under attack. “That song helped keep me and thousands of others alive,” said the mother of two ...

Band Aid's 1984 single never fails to dominate the UK radio waves every December - serving as a reminder of the tragedies that plagued the band members in the years that followed.

Band Aid may have raised more than £150m in the past four decades to help Africa, but some are saying the charity's song Do They Know It's Christmas? is increasingly outdated and even 'harmful ...

Sheeran recorded vocals for Band Aid 30 back in 2014, alongside One Direction, Sam Smith, Rita Ora and Ellie Goulding. But he says that, had he been approached about this year’s remix, he would ...

ARRIVING at the remote village school in the Tigray highlands, Band Aid icon Birhan Woldu is swamped by a sea of smiling faces. At the head of the crowd, two beaming children are holding a sign the… ...

On Nov. 25, Band Aid released the “ultimate remix” of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” the rock charity single from 40 years ago that, in addition to whatever good it has done, ...

Band Aid 20 raised funds for Sudan's Darfur region, while the 30th anniversary supported those helping throughout the 2014 Ebola crisis. Read more: Like A Virgin at 40: How Madonna defined an era ...

Ed Sheeran says he wasn't asked to approve the use of his vocals on the Band Aid 40 version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' and would have declined.

The Band Aid style supergroup has inspired many other charities and campaigns. In the immediate aftermath of Band Aid, in early 1985, USA For Africa recorded We are the World.