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Geldof's return to Ethiopia...cut to a track by The Cars with the refrain "Who's going to take you home?" and had been shown at the Live Aid concert which followed Band Aid in 1985. When the film was screened to the largest audience in history - a billion people, across... In this article: Bob Geldof, Ethiopia, Band Aid, Mekele, Chewing gum, and Poverty |
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | October 31, 2009
Ethiopia on brink of famine again as Midge Ure returns 25 years after Band Aid
It was after watching the harrowing BBC broadcast that he and ex-Boomtown Rat Bob Geldof galvanised a group of pop stars to form Band Aid and produced the single "Do They Know it's Christmas?", which raised millions in famine relief...
In this article: Midge Ure, Ethiopia, Save the Children, Bob Geldof, Britain, Maize, and Cattle
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GlobalPost | November 07, 2009
Kenya battles recurring drought
...starvation thanks to a drought that may be the worst in a decade or more. Twenty-five years after a BBC report from Ethiopia kick-started Band Aid and then Live Aid and gave us the defining image of contemporary Africa - the emaciated child,...
In this article: Kenya, Maize, World Food Program, Mwingi, Horn of Africa, Somalia, Ethiopia, Recession, and Sugar
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
The Secret Policeman's Balls
...know about its work, I did not know about torture in the world." Bob Geldof and Ultravox singer Midge Ure - who went on to create the Band Aid records, Live Aid, and Live 8 - first met and worked together at 1981's The Secret Policeman's...
In this article: Amnesty International, John Cleese, Martin Lewis, The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, Monty Python, Peter Luff, London, and UK
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Wikipedia | November 06, 2009
Famine
...on 23 October 1984, which he described as a "biblical famine". This prompted the Band Aid single, which was organised by Bob Geldof and featured more than 20 other pop stars. The Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia raised further...
In this article: Europe, Africa, India, Ethiopia, People's Republic of China, Potato, Ireland, Pesticide, World Food Programme, and Overpopulation
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Biography, discography, news, album reviews and links to the best content for Band Aid from across the BBC and the web. ... about Band Aid at musicbrainz. ...
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BBC - h2g2 - Band Aid and Live Aid
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Geldof hails new Band Aid single
Bob Geldof says the recording of the new Band Aid single is "firing the starting pistol" to raise cash for Africa. ... Band Aid single. By Ian Youngs. BBC News ...
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | World premiere of Band Aid song
The new Band Aid single, Do They Know It's Christmas? is played on BBC Radio 1 for the first time on Tuesday. ... Click here to see the full Band Aid 20 line-up ...
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Band Aid (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in ... Aid, the first disc of which features the BBC news report, as well as the Band Aid video. ...
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Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release. Two subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts. The original was produced by Midge Ure. The 12" version was mixed by Trevor Horn.
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