"Over the course of 40 years, hundreds of thousands of people — probably millions — are alive because of a little pop song," Geldof said on CNNBob Geldof is doubling down on his support of the 40th anniversary re-recording of the classic charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?

Geldof defended the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" saying that it had grown into an important piece of political discourse.

Bob Geldof says he’ll ‘chat’ to Ed Sheeran as listeners call Band Aid 40 song ‘awful’ - ‘The debate must be made and it means we can argue our point of view even more strongly’