Band Aid 30

 

Pochi minuti dopo la presentazione di Do They Know It’s Christmas,  durante l’X Factor inglese, il brano cantato dalla Band Aid 30 messa insieme da Bob Geldof aveva già guadagnato oltre un milione di sterline. Lo ha rivelato lo stesso Geldof che ha messo insieme una trentina di superartisti, dagli One Direction a Chris Martin, da Bono a Robert Plant e poi Rita Ora, Sinead O’Connor, Ellie Goulding e i Bastille, per registrare la canzone e raccogliere fondi per la lotta all’ebola. E tutto è iniziato nel migliore dei modi: «È l’era digitale, iTunes (che rinuncerà alle proprie commissioni, ndr) sembra impazzito», ha detto soddisfatto Geldof, che ha già annunciato un versione tedesca del brano e una francese.

The official music video for Band Aid 30 was first shown on the results show of The X Factor on 16 November 2014, with Geldof suggesting that the song and video shown on The X Factor may not be the finished versions. "We'll have a rough edit on The X Factor and we'll have a rough edit of the film," he said. The video was introduced by Bob Geldof, who described the new recording as a "bit of pop history". He said the video—which began with shots of victims of Ebola—was "harrowing and not meant for an entertainment show" but was something the The X Factor audience should see

Participants  The line up for Band Aid 30

Organisers and producers:

• Bob Geldof – organiser  Midge Ure – organiser  Paul Epworth – producer

Instruments:

• Milan Neil Amin-Smith (from Clean Bandit) – violin
• Grace Chatto (from Clean Bandit) – cello
• Roger Taylor (from Queen) – drums

Vocals:

• Bastille   Bono (from U2)  Clean Bandit   Alfie Deyes Disclosure  Paloma Faith  Guy Garvey (from Elbow)   Ellie Goulding  Nick Grimshaw  Angélique Kidjo  Chris Martin (from Coldplay)   Olly Murs  Sinéad O'Connor  One Direction  Rita Ora  Emeli Sandé  Seal  Ed Sheeran  Sam Smith  Joe Sugg  Zoe Sugg  Underworld  Jessie Ware