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Thursday, March 13, 2025

Sir Bob Geldof Pulls off BandAid 30 with Bono, Chris Martin, One Direction and More (Watch)

The 30th anniversary of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” will send proceeds to people suffering from Ebola. Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure are back. They even involved Adele’s producer Paul Epworth but they couldn’t get the “Rolling in the Deep” singer to participate. Still, they have Bono, Seal, Sinead O’ Connor, Chris Martin, Angelique Kidjo, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande, Ellie Goulding and a bunch of UK pop stars. All done in 36 hours and obviously before Bono took his bike spill and Zayn Malik got a stomach virus.

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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