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Band Aid

December 2023

  • Bing Crosby; Gary Joules and Michael Andrews; Slade; Rage Against the Machine; Wings

    2023 Christmas puzzles special
    Who is the only person to sing their own name in Do They Know It’s Christmas? Try our 2023 festive No 1s quiz

    Big on Band Aid? Mad for Mad World? As much a savant of sausage rolls as LadBaby? It’s time to put your festive chart knowledge where your mouth is with our quiz

December 2018

  • Simply having a wonderful No 1.

    'Someone called me the antichrist': behind the battles for Christmas No 1

    Christmas No 1 was once a fiercely fought-over prize. From RATM v Joe McElderry, Slade v Wizzard and George Michael in Wham! v George Michael in Band Aid, winners and losers recall the great festive stand-offs

December 2017

  • Elnathan John

    Call it a world of dread and fear, Geldof? Try eating catfish in a Lagos bush bar

    Elnathan John
    Nigerian satirist Elnathan John responds to Do They Know It’s Christmas? – the Band Aid song that did as much to entrench myths as it did to raise money
  • George Michael in the video for Wham!'s Last Christmas

    Still saving us from tears: the inside story of Wham!'s Last Christmas

    From George Michael hogging the sleigh bells in the studio to pratfalling on the snowy video set, the beloved Christmas song is testament to the late pop star’s talent – and insecurities
  • Afua Hirsch

    Ed Sheeran means well but this poverty porn has to stop

    Afua Hirsch
    Aid adverts featuring ‘white saviours’ may bring in cash but they remove dignity from those in crisis, says author Afua Hirsch

July 2015

  • Live Aid

    Live Aid – test your knowledge of the Global Jukebox

  • Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/REX (4270394bm)Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and One DirectionAmerican Music Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, America - 23 Nov 2014AMERICANMUSICAWARDSARRIVALSLOSANGELESAMERICA23NOV2014LIAMPAYNENIALLHORANLOUISTOMLINSONZAYNMALIKHARRYSTYLESONEDIRECTION1DAwardsMusicMaleNot-PerformingWith OthersPersonality26087856

    From The Beatles to Bieber, how pop stars have saved the world

December 2014

  • Will Pooley

    Ebola survivor Will Pooley calls Band Aid 'cringeworthy cultural ignorance'

  • africa for norway

    Guardian Africa network
    Bad charity awards highlight the worst cases of western stereotyping

November 2014

  • Sir Bob Geldof

    Bob Geldof urges those who've purchased charity single to 'delete and download again'

  • Bono

    Band Aid clinches number one spot

  • 'The Jonathan Ross Show' TV Programme, London, Britain. - 08 Nov 2014

    Lily Allen: Band Aid is smug and I’d rather donate actual money

  • Was Britain really better in 1984?

    Is Ukip right – was life really better in 1984?

  • Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leads French Band Aid

  • Lost in showbiz
    Never mind, Adele, you can always be in Band Aid 40

  • Band Aid 30 becomes fastest-selling single of 2014

  • Band Aid 30 single raises £1m within minutes of X Factor debut

  • Band Aid 30 introduces a whole new world of dread and fear

  • Band Aid 30: teen star + Bono + drummer = Bob’s your uncle

  • Band Aid 2014: Adele's spokesperson denies singer ignored request

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