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exclaim.ca - 17 days ago

Exclaim News: Fucked Up to Use Polaris Prize Money to Record “Do They Know It's Christmas?” with Broken Social Scene, Vampire Weekend, No Age, GZA

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11/6/2009 By Keith Carman In keeping with their name, Canadian hardcore outfit Fucked Up are doing something rather unusual. They've planned to re-record 1984 holiday classic “Do They Know It's Christmas?” and they're doing it will the help of a pretty stellar all-star cast. For the ...

pitchfork.com - 17 days ago

Fucked Up Plan All-Star Cover of "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

— pitchfork.com — Back in 1984, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure rounded up basically the entire British pop music establishment to record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" , a vaguely condescending but undeniably catchy all-star Christmas song about Ethiopian famine. In 2004, ... Fucked Up Plan All-Star Cover of "Do They Know It's ...

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Music Notes: The Late Edition, November 6, 2009
CBC Radio 3 — K'naan forced to cancel November tour with Maroon 5 due to fatigue. MySpace Fucked Up use Polaris money to record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Broken Social Scene, Vampire Weekend, No Age, GZA, David Cross + others. Exclaim Smugglers founding drummer Paul Preminger dies of a heart attack. Exclaim Watch the Great Lake Swimmers animated video for "I Will Never See The Sun" on Aux TV, Nov 15 at 11 PM. Aux TV Last chance to get your Bison ...

Fucked Up to Record Song for Benefit
AbsolutePunk.net - News — Fucked Up will be using their Polaris Prize money to record a version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Broken Social Scene, Vampire Weekend and more to benefit Justice for the Missing.