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Band Aid is a charity supergroup ... famine in 1983–1985. The group's name stemmed from the idea ... artists from the original Band Aid to be featured ...
At a press conference on 10 November 2014, Geldof and Ure announced that another group of artists would come together to record the song, this time under the banner of Band Aid 30 and in aid of the Ebola crisis. The 2014 version was recorded on Saturday 15 November 2014 and released on the following Monday, 17 November.
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
This list also only comprises artists who performed in the show's studio, not video clips shown. ... Band Aid (25 December) [24] 1985 ... Sweet Female Attitude (14 April)
Band Aid (band) "Cantaré, cantarás" "Chiquitita", an ABBA song, sales of which benefit humanitarian relief for children; Hear 'n Aid; Music for UNICEF Concert "Tears Are Not Enough", a 1985 charity single recorded by a supergroup of Canadian artists, under the name Northern Lights, to raise funds for relief of the 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia
He formed Band Aid with British and Irish musicians and has since re-recorded the song in 1989, 2004 and 2014. The track raised $10.1 million in relief in the first year of its release, according ...
A year later, the band released the album Diamond Life, which became one of the era's best-selling albums and the best-selling debut by a British female vocalist. In July 1985, Sade was among the performers at the Live Aid charity concert at Wembley Stadium, and the next year, she appeared in the film Absolute Beginners.
In 1985, Niles signed with Rainbow Records as a solo artist. Her debut single, "The President's Girl", was released in November 1985 and was followed in May 1986 with "Tough Girls". [3] [4] Both singles failed to reach the UK Singles Chart and Rainbow Records folded before Niles' album could be released. [5]