Band Support has launched a brand new quick movie celebrating the charity supergroup’s fortieth anniversary, and looking out again on the making of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” The movie was directed by Oliver Murray, and narrated by actor Jeremy Irons.
Shaped in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, the group got here collectively to assist elevate funds to assist famine assist in Ethiopia. The BBC’s protection of the famine had impressed The Boomtown Rats frontman Geldof—who additionally acted with the encouragement of his associate, Paula Yates—to take motion, recruiting a bunch of primarily British and Irish faces to file “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” The artists featured on the unique 1984 file included Boy George, Duran Duran, Bono, Phil Collins, George Michael, Duran Duran, Tradition Membership, Kool & The Gang, Chris Cross, Bananarama and extra. Paul McCartney, David Bowie and others additionally supplied spoken messages on the one’s B-sides.
In assist of the file, the group additionally performed a collection of Dwell Support reveals run by Movie star Charity, and broadcast in over 160 nations. Collectively, Band Support and Dwell Support raised about $150 million for famine reduction.
Since 1984, a number of iterations of stars have come collectively to re-record the one for various charitable causes. In 2004, Band Support 20 launched an version with all proceeds going to assist humanitarian assist in Sudan’s Darfur area. Bono and Paul McCartney have been the one authentic Band Support artists to sing on this version—the brand new model featured Sugababes, Robbie Williams, Gary Lightbody, Jamelia, Estelle, Dido, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Natasha Bedingfield, and Dizzee Rascal, who was the one artist so as to add new lyrics. Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead performed piano and guitar, respectively.
The group’s most incarnation, Band Support 30, launched a model of the music in 2014 to assist assist victims of the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa. New faces included Seal, One Path, Sinéad O’Connor, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Jessie Ware, Emeli Sandé, Paloma Religion and Clear Bandit. The file was remastered simply this yr, marking 40 years since Geldof and Ure’s preliminary brainchild.
Take heed to “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” now.
