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Brit Art star joins Brit pop stars for new Band Aid record.(News)
UK artist Damien Hirst has been commissioned to design the sleeve artwork for the 2004 version of Band Aid's Do They Know Its Christmas?.
The artist's involvement will add a further element of demand for the single, which was last Friday given a firm release date of November 29 through Mercury Records. "Damien's involvement will make the single a collectors' item in its own right," says a Band Aid spokesman. The project has also been given the name Band Aid 20, as it is 20 years since the original version was released.
Recording will take place at London's Air Studios on November 14 with production duties handled by Radiohead, Beck and Travis producer Nigel Godrich. The list of vocalists "100% confirmed" for Band Aid 20, according to a spokesman, now includes Darkness singer Justin Hawkins, Robbie Williams, Coldplay's Chris Martin, Travis frontman Fran Healy, Beverley Knight, Dido and the Sugababes. In addition, Supergrass drummer Danny Goffey will join Midge Ure in the band. Robbie Williams' ...