• facebook
  • twitter
  • rss

THE DARKNESS For BAND AID III

October 20, 2004

RTE.ie is reporting that THE DARKNESS are among the bands that will be involved in re-recording the BAND AID song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Also set to participate are COLDPLAY and TRAVIS.

The charity record would be designed to, once again, raise money to tackle the latest African famine crisis.

Bob Geldof has given the re-release his backing, telling reporters: "I'm 100 per cent behind it. The money will be critical as there are more severe famine conditions now and it will get worse in the next couple of months."

The first time the song was released was twenty years ago with Bono, DURAN DURAN, Sting, Boy George and George Michael. It was re-recorded in 1989.

The original raised £8m for famine relief in Ethiopia and spawned the hugely successful Live Aid concert in July 1985.

Find more on
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).