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  2. Do They Know It's Christmas? - Wikipedia

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    "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was inspired by a series of reports made by the BBC journalist Michael Buerk in 1984, which drew attention to the famine in Ethiopia. [2] The BBC News crew were the first to document the famine, with Buerk's report on 23 October describing it as "a biblical famine in the 20th century" and "the closest thing to hell on Earth". [3]

  3. Band Aid (band) - Wikipedia

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    Band Aid is a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. [1] [2] [3] It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year.

  4. Bob Geldof - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951) Bob Geldof KBE Geldof in 2009 Born Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (1951-10-05) 5 October 1951 (age 73) Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland Occupations Singer-songwriter political activist Years active 1975–present Spouses ...

  5. Bob Geldof calls 'Do They Know It's Christmas' an 'instrument ...

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    Bob Geldof maintains his simple message: 'Feed the world' A few months after Band Aid burst to the top of the U.K. singles chart – where it remained for five weeks – and climbed to No. 13 on ...

  6. Opinion: Not another revival of Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's ...

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    Ethiopians knew it was Christmas in the winter of 1984, and they know it now — despite the song’s patronizing question. And Ethiopia continues to be misrepresented in the Western imagination.

  7. The new version of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is set to feature vocals from the 1984, 1989, 2004 and 2014 recordings, according to Billboard. It will include renditions from Bono, ...

  8. Marilyn (singer) - Wikipedia

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    In late-1984, Marilyn took part in the Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" along with various other pop stars of the era. [24] In early-1985, facing financial difficulties and being forced to sell his London home, Phonogram Records dispatched him to Detroit, to work with producer Don Was. While in America, he cut his ...

  9. Band Aid Organizers Prep ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ Megamix

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    The compilation itself sports the 1984, 2004 and 2014 versions of “Christmas,” as well as the new mix and a live version recorded at Live Aid at London’s Wembley Stadium in 1985.

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