Tax Relief For Band Aid Project

09-11-2004 00:00

LIVE AID TAX BOOSTLIVE AID organisers have been given a $7.2 million (£4 million) financial boost by the British Government.^{Dido and the rset of Band Aid will see more of the money the raise go to the charity} Rockers SIR BOB GELDOF and MIDGE URE, who planned LIVE AID and the original and upcoming remixed BAND AID singles, will be given a rebate on all value added tax (17.5 per cent) paid on a new DVD of the 1985 concert and the new version of single DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?

The gesture, made on Sunday (7NOV04) by Chancellor of the Exchequer GORDON BROWN, could be worth more than $7.2 million for the charity.

ROBBIE WILLIAMS, DIDO, TRAVIS, KEANE, EMBRACE, THE SUGABABES, THE DARKNESS, SNOW PATROL, JAMELIA, NATASHA BEDINGFIELD and COLDPLAY will all perform on the new single - which will raise money for refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan.Former BOOMTOWN RATS frontman Geldof praised Brown's decision as "a remarkable gesture. It will be a hugely significant sum.Get the low down on your favorite Celebrity, all the Gossip, all the News