The 40th anniversary of Band Aid will bring with it a new opportunity to raise money for charity this Christmas. Over the past four decades, it is believed the Band Aid Charitable Trust "has raised more than £140 million in total", said the BBC. The hit also spawned Live Aid, the 1985 concert, and Live 8, a similar project in 2005.

Ed Sheeran is slated to be on the new Band-Aid charity single with a number of music stars including Boy George, Rita Ora and Harry Styles

"A decade on and my understanding of the narrative associated with this has changed," he said, referencing criticisms of the way Africa is portrayed in the charity song "Do They Know It's Christmas?"