They came to be known as Band Aid and helped the Bob Geldof and Midge Ure composition “Do They Know It’s Christmas” sell 3.75 million copies in the UK alone, and nearly 12 million worldwide ...

The original Band Aid single saw artists join forces in 1984, led by Boomtown Rats frontman Geldof and Ultravox’s Midge Ure to help charities working with starving children in Ethiopia.

Bob Geldof, Midge Ure, and Trevor Horn have announced special 40th anniversary details of Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” The anniversary will be celebrated with a brand new 2024 ...

A t barely 20 years old, Midge Ure was already successful with his first band Slik. For the first time in his career, he ...

The original release of "Do They Know It's Christmas", by an all-star line-up of artists entitled Band Aid ... who worked with Ultravox singer Midge Ure, said The Guardian. In the last 40 years ...

Midge Ure on playing the 2025 Cruel Fest Line ... such notable bands as Visage and Thin Lizzy. He helped form Band Aid where he produced and co-wrote the smash charity single 'Do ...

Although the song was written by Midge Ure and Bob Geldof using acoustic ... Guitars were a bigger feature in Band Aid 20’s 2004 recording of the track, with Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood ...

It was described as 'The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World' but how did that unforgettable day on 13 July 1985 come about. Band Aid... It all started when Bob Geldof, who had seen Michael Buerk ...

British rockers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure expanded their Band Aid charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” into daylong concerts in London and Philadelphia, starring dozens of music’s ...

Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory's memories of the Band Aid recording day Glenn Gregory tells how Midge Ure called him "out of the blue" to join Band Aid in 1984. 2 mins ...

British rockers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure expanded their Band Aid charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” into daylong concerts in London and Philadelphia, starring dozens of music’s biggest ...