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Band Aid 30

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Band Aid 30 is the 2014 incarnation of the charity supergroup Band Aid. The group was announced on 10 November 2014 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, with Geldof stating that he took the step after the United Nations had contacted him, saying help was urgently needed to prevent the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa spreading throughout the world. As in previous incarnations, the group covered the track "Do They Know It's Christmas?", written in 1984 by Geldof and Ure, this time to raise money towards the Ebola crisis in Western Africa. The track has re-tweaked lyrics to reflect the current Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa with all proceeds going towards battling what Geldof described as a "particularly pernicious illness because it renders humans untouchable and that is sickening".

Members

	Seal g, b *1963 GB
	Chris Martin voc *1977 GB
	Sinéad O'Connor voc, eg *1966 IE
	Guy Garvey voc *1974 GB
	Midge Ure voc, g, syn *1953 GB
	Bob Geldof voc *1951 IE
	Roger Taylor voc, dr, perc *1949 GB
	Angélique Kidjo voc *1960 US
	Paul Hewson voc
	Rita Ora voc *1990 GB
	Paloma Faith voc, bvoc *1981 GB
	Sam Smith voc *1992 GB
	Emeli Sande voc, p *1987 GB
	Ellie Goulding acg, voc *1986 GB
	Jessie Ware voc *1984 GB
	Olly Murs bvoc *1984 GB
	Ed Sheeran voc *1991 GB
	Disclosure *2010 GB
	One Direction *2010 GB
	Bastille *2010 GB