It's been 40 years since Band Aid wrote and recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and to celebrate the song's anniversary, ...

The 40th-anniversary remake of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas ... and released in 1984 in response to harrowing news images of famine in northern Ethiopia. These pictures inspired two ...

The song "Do They Know it's Christmas?" turned 40 this year. The song's tone of colonialism has made it a point of controversy in recent years. Yet it remains popular and still seen by many as a force ...

Add the project’s reliance on distressing images of nameless victims of famine to push its narrative, and the theory goes, Band Aid is in fact damaging and patronising, perpetuating harmful ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Band Aid, and we’ve looked back in our archives to find examples of local bands performing for charity – as you can see, there are many. It was founded ...

Band Aid’s long-term impact on Africa’s image is equally troubling. The branding of Ethiopia — and by extension, Africa — as a monolithic land of suffering has been repeated through the ye ...

Image: Artists who took part in the original Band Aid in 1984. Pic: PA Image: The re-recording of the song in 2014. Pic: PA He claims the song "inadvertently contributed to a broader identity ...

Band Aid’s long-term impact on Africa’s image is equally troubling. The branding of Ethiopia — and by extension, Africa — as a monolithic land of suffering has been repeated through the ye ...