Re: General Music News that doesn't need it's own thread

[Butterfield]

The BBC are once again doing their best to get Band Aid cancelled due to those "problematic" lyrics, with another long, often negative analysis of its impact.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dl22gz3vlo


After this and the ongoing f***tgate we'll have no popular Christmas songs left at this rate.

[Butterfield]

Then there's this: Tony Hadley hits back.

Ed Sheeran has objected to his vocals being recycled for the new track because the "narrative" had changed, and said he would have declined permission if he had been asked.

In response, Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley, who sang on the original 1984 single, told BBC Radio 2: "I think they [critics like Sheeran] should shut up, to be honest."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl47nddn1wo