Sir Bob Geldof hits back at criticism of Band Aid Christmas hit | ITV News

A new remix is being released to mark 40 years since 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', but it has faced criticism for carrying an 'outdated' message about Africa as ITV News' Arts Editor Nina Nannar reports

[Gally]

1984 version is and will always remain the best version

[motomixer]

Why don't the celebs help with their millions instead of begging us for money who are struggling with money

[MediaBuster]

OMG why why why did they have to rewrite those lyrics and keep recording new versions??? Leave the original alone!!!

[AngelaCowan-qn]

Why don't they do a song too help Britain's homeless folk.

[topresearcher]

The original 1984 will always be the best

[Watch_disciple]

Why destroy the original legacy with the likes of Ed and the rest of them. The original had real talented artists

[TheMockatiel]

🤔still trying to figure out how Bob got that level of filthy rich just from the royalties from “i don’t like Mondays”

[Ian-gwvx]

The pool of talent in mainstream pop has dried up since 1984. Enough said.

[lw]

You just can't beat the original 1984 version.

[suzannemanley]

I love how Bob NEVER GIVES CREDIT to Paula Yates who originally started all of this. She had a tin on top of the fridge and she'd collect money in it to send to charity and when she raised the idea with Bob he took all credit and made himself out to be "The saviour of Ethiopia". Don't get me wrong I love the original and it's sentiment but to see millionaires asking us to give to the poor people when alot of us have nothing ourselves is atrocious! If you care so much Bob you donate your millions!

[charlesrod]

Sorry Bob this is a slap in the face to the original singers

[mugepurvis]

Any help should be appreciated, not criticised . Please give the aid all people who are in war zones and desperately in need, right now. I am sure they won't complain about it.

[THEremiXFACTOR]

Ed was doing us all a favour asking for his utterly mediocre voice to be left off the track

[Chris_]

Saint Bob has made a career out of being a virtue signaling *grifter*

[karlastraight]

Shut up Ed. One simple song saved millions of lives.

[ravenmad]

Here we are forty years later, and there is still famine in Africa.

[yisuyisu]

Currently, Ethiopia is one of the biggest wheat producers and has the 5th largest economy in Africa. We export wheat to different countries. We thank Bob Geldof and his crew for the good work they did 40 years ago, but this song does not reflect the current situation of Ethiopia and African. I encourage Bob Geldof and his crew to visit Ethiopia.

[choctaw]

Multimillionaires, multi billionaires, billions being spent on arms for wars and men women and children STILL dying of starvation.
I wonder why?

Truth is, no one should die of Hunger. It's CURABLE! Its Man-made

[markbates]

It's gone from being a classic to a complete joke. Until I see proof of where the money goes you won't get a penny off me.

[C_A_W]

A terrible remix, really awful.. especially bono... a shambles...