Ed Sheeran says his "permission" to use his vocals in the 40th-anniversary mix of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? was not given to the organisers.

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Sheeran says Band Aid didn't ask permission for vocals

The pop star says he would have refused permission, as his understanding of Western aid has changed.

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Ed Sheeran says Band Aid didn't ask to re-use his vocals

Sharing a separate statement by Ghanaian-British star Fuse ODG, the singer-songwriter said his understanding of the narrative around Band Aid’s controversial charity singles had ‘changed’

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Ed Sheeran says Band Aid 40 didn’t ask for permission to use his vocals

Ed Sheeran did not want to be part of the new Band Aid release (Picture: Getty/PA)  Ed Sheeran says his ‘permission’ to use his vocals in the 40th-anniversary mix of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? was not given to the organisers. The Suffolk singer, 33, maintains he would have ‘respectfully’ declined to appear in the new version of the charity song, and referenced another post criticising foreign aid in Africa. He had appeared in Band A…

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Ed Sheeran says Band Aid 40th release didn’t ask permission to use his vocals

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Ed Sheeran says his “permission” to use his vocals in the 40th-anniversary mix of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? was not given to the organisers.

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He had appeared in Band Aid 30 alongside One Direction, Sam Smith and Chris Martin from Coldplay.

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Ed Sheeran is one of the voices on the new "ultimate" Band Aid mix, alongside Sting, Boy George, Harry Styles, Rita Ora and the Sugababes.

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Ed Sheeran says his didn't give Band Aid 40 permission to use his vocals

Ed Sheeran has claimed Bob Geldof and Midge Ure didn't ask for his permission to use his vocals on the '2024 Ultimate Mix' of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'.

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Ed Sheeran didn't give Band Aid 40 'approval' to use his vocals

Ed Sheeran has spoken out about the new Band Aid single, and said that he would have declined to take part, if he had been asked for permission. 
READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘Autumn Variations’ review: a pumpkin-spiced snoozer  News of a new charity single was shared last week, when it was confirmed that a ‘2024 Ultimate Mix’ version of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ would be arriving later this month in celebration of the original’s 40th anniversar…

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Ed Sheeran says he would have "respectfully declined" his vocals being used on new Band Aid single – but they didn't ask permission

He had appeared in Band Aid 30 alongside One Direction, Sam Smith and Chris Martin from Coldplay

Sheeran says Band Aid didn't ask permission for vocals

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