LONDON (Reuters) – Boy band One Direction and U2 lead singer Bono joined some of the biggest names in British pop and rock music on Saturday to record a new version of the Band Aid charity song to raise money to combat Ebola in Africa.
The single, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, was first recorded 30 years ago after musician and philanthropist Bob Geldof inspired a host of stars to come together under the Band Aid name to help those affected by famine in Ethiopia.
The song has been given a makeover, with words to the original version which he co-wrote with Midge Ure changed to reflect the current crisis.
“The record, it’s a song, it’s a track but it’s an event, and the next stage now is to turn it into a phenomenon like it was in the 80s,” Geldof told BBC TV as he arrived at a recording studio in west London.
He said he had spoken to British finance minister George Osborne who had agreed to forego the usual tax owed to the government from sales of the record.
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