Sheeran is by far from the first high-profile figure to speak out. He was responding to a comment from Fuse ODG, the British-Ghanian afrobeats artist who has been an avowed critic of Band Aid.

Figures less impressive than the million copies notched up by the original’s first week sales, certainly, but well ahead of the 200,000 copies sold by Band Aid 20. So this Christmas spare a ...

He has covered technological and cultural issues extensively in the U.S. and the U.K., such as the rise of Elon Musk and other tech figures within ... defended the Band Aid song "Do They Know ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Band Aid, a group put together to make ... and people around the world were trying to figure out what they could do to help. Image caption, Ethiopia is ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

On Nov. 25, Band Aid released the “ultimate remix” of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” the rock charity single from 40 years ago that, in addition to whatever good it has done ...

It is a song that spawned many musical efforts to grow charitable giving. It launched Band Aid which led to Live Aid, Farm Aid and many other events. However, the song's tone of colonialism has ...